Sabrina Ferilli
Italian actress (born 1964)
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::summary Italian actress (born 1964) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Sabrina Ferilli |
| image | Sabrina Ferilli at the David di Donatello, 2022 15 (cropped).jpg |
| caption | Ferilli in 2022 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Rome, Italy |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1986–present |
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|name = Sabrina Ferilli |image = Sabrina Ferilli at the David di Donatello, 2022 15 (cropped).jpg |caption = Ferilli in 2022 |birth_date = |birth_place = Rome, Italy |occupation = Actress |years_active = 1986–present
Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theatre and film actress. She has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in Me, Myself and Her), a Globo d'oro, six Ciak d'oro and received four David di Donatello nominations. In 2013, she was a protagonist of the Oscar-winning film The Great Beauty directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Early and personal life
Ferilli was born in Rome on 28 June 1964. Her father, also from Rome, was a spokesman for the Italian Communist Party in the region of Lazio, and her mother, who grew up in Fiano Romano, was a housewife and native of Caserta, Southern Italy. She attended the liceo classico Orazio ("Horace Classical High School") in Rome. After having unsuccessfully attempted to enter the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, she began her career as a film actress in secondary parts, acting in Sweets from a Stranger by Franco Ferrini, and small roles in second-tier films at the end of 1980s.
Ferilli was married to Italian lawyer Andrea Perone from 2003 to 2005. Since 2011, she has been married to manager Flavio Cattaneo.
Career
In 1990, Alessandro D'Alatri cast her in a small role for the movie Red American. In 1993 she appeared in the comedy Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima alongside Enrico Montesano and Renato Pozzetto; Law of Courage with Giulio Scarpati and in Marco Ferreri's Diary of a Maniac.
The following year she had a breakthrough role in Living It Up by Paolo Virzì, which won her the Silver Ribbon for Best Actress, and a David di Donatello nomination for Best Actress. In subsequent years she appeared in comedies, including Paolo Virzì's 1996 August Vacation, Alessandro Benvenuti's Return to Home Gori in the same year, and 1998's Mr. Fifteen Balls by Francesco Nuti.
Ferilli hosted the Sanremo Festival 1996 along with Pippo Baudo and Valeria Mazza.
She later also worked in theatre in some comedy productions by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, including Rugantino and Let's Try More, and made appearances in some television comedies.
In 2000, she modeled for a Max calendar, which has sold over 1 million copies.
On 24 June 2001, to celebrate the scudetto for AS Roma, she performed a dance at Circus Maximus in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. She had a lead role in the controversial 2003 film The Water ... the Fire by Luciano Emmer which debuted at the Venice Film Festival.
She later participated in several Italian Christmas comedies known as cinepanettoni: Christmas in Love, Natale a New York, Natale a Beverly Hills and Vacanze di Natale a Cortina. She defended her work in less serious films by saying, "How do you call them? Cinepanettoni? Well, then I'm happy to be associated with it because I love panettones, turrus and pandora."
In 2008, she appeared in Virzì's Your Whole Life Ahead of You, once again winning the Silver Ribbon. In 2013, she was chosen as a judge in the twelfth edition of Friends of Maria De Filippi and also appeared in the subsequent season. In the same year, she starred in Eros Puglielli' TV series We Kiss Our Hands – Palermo New York 1958 on Canale 5, and was chosen as the opening presenter of the Roma Film Festival.
Her 2013 performance as one of the protagonists in The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino helped the film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film Best Foreign Film on 2 March 2014.
In December 2014, she debuted on the new Agon Channel with the talk show Contratto with Luca Zanforlin. On 11 April 2015, she appeared in the fourteenth edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi with Francesco Renga and Loredana Bertè.
In 2015, she starred with Margherita Buy in Me, Myself and Her by Maria Sole Tognazzi, a lesbian retelling of Édouard Molinaro's La Cage aux Folles. The actress said she was very happy to have participated in a movie like this: "In a bigoted country like ours "Me and Her" can be important because it is a story that is not scary, to divide. I like to call it a homosexual story because the point of strength of this relationship is not gender, but feelings." She was awarded a Golden Ciak at Best Actress for the film and was nominated for the David di Donatello and Silver Ribbon for Best Actress.
Beginning in April 2016, she was again in the jury of the 15th edition of Amici di Maria De Filippi with singers Anna Oxa and Loredana Bertè.
Filmography
Films
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Television
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| Title | Year | Role(s) | Network | Notes | Naso di cane | I ragazzi della 3ª C | The Ogre | Valentina | Senza scampo | Una storia italiana | Un commissario a Roma | Sanremo Music Festival 1996 | Mai dire Gol | Il padre di mia figlia | Leo e Beo | Commesse | Le ali della vita | Almost America | Cuore di donna | Rivoglio i miei figli | Al di là delle frontiere | Lives of the Saints | Dalida | Angela – Matilde – Lucia | Due imbroglioni e… mezzo! | Anna e i cinque | Cars Toons | Due imbroglioni e… mezzo: The Series! | Caldo Criminale | Né con te né senza di te | Baciamo le mani – Palermo New York 1958 | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Contratto | House Party | Rimbochiamoci le maniche | Storie del genere | L'amore strappato | Tú sí que vales | Amici Speciali | Svegliati amore mio | Dinner Club | Sanremo Music Festival 2022 | Cars on the Road | Gloria | A testa alta |
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| 1986 | Prostitute | Rai 2 | 3 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Girl from Sardinia | Italia 1 | Episode: "A Carnevale ogni scherzo vale" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Anna | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Edna | Episode: "Rembrant e le streghe" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Lucia | Rai 1 | Television movie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Matilde | Miniseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patrizia Spinosi | Episode: "Specchio d'acqua" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Herself / co-host | Annual music festival | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Herself / co-host | Italia 1 | Sports/comedy show (season 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Lisa | Canale 5 | Television movie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Laura | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Marta De Santis | Rai 1 | 12 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Rosanna Ranzi | Canale 5 | 4 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Antonia | Rai 1 | Television movie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Flavia | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Sonia | Canale 5 | Miniseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angela Ghiglino | Rai 1 | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cristina Innocente | Canale 5 | Miniseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Iolanda "Dalida" Gigliotti | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Angela / Matilde / Lucia | Trilogy television movies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Gina | Television movie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Anna Modigliani | 12 episodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Sally Carrera (voice) | Disney Channel | 15 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Gina | Canale 5 | 3 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anna Tardelli | Television movie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Francesca "Capitana" Sipicciani | Rai 1 | Miniseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Gabriella Vitaliano | Canale 5 | Miniseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016, 2019, 2022 | Herself / Judge | Talent show (seasons 12–15, 18, 21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Herself / Host | Agon Channel | Talk show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Herself / Guest host | Canale 5 | Variety show (episode 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angela Tusco | 8 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Herself / Host | Rai 3 | Talk show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rosa Macaluso | Canale 5 | Miniseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Herself / Popular judge | Talent show (seasons 6–present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Herself / Judge | Spin-off of Amici di Maria De Filippi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Nanà Santoro | Miniseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herself | Prime Video | Docuseries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Herself / Co-host | Rai 1 | Annual music festival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sally Carrera (voice) | Disney+ | 9 episodes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Gloria Grandi | Rai 1 | 6 episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | Virginia Terzi | Canale 5 | Miniseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stage
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| Title | Year | Role(s) | Theatre | Alleluja brava gente | Un paio d'ali | Rugantino |
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| 1994–1995 | Belcore | Teatro Sistina | ||||
| 1997 | Sgargamella | |||||
| 1998–2001 | Rosetta | |||||
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Awards and nominations
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| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ciak d'Oro | David di Donatello | Flaiano Prizes | Globo d'Oro | Nastro d'Argento | Sacher Prize | Telegrolla Prize | Venice Film Festival | Vittorio De Sica Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actress | Law of Courage | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Best Actress | Living It Up | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | |||||||||||
| 2014 | The Great Beauty | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Best Actress | Me, Myself and Her | |||||||||||
| Comedy Actress of the Year | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | Best Actress | Living It Up | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Best Supporting Actress | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Best Actress | The Great Beauty | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Me, Myself and Her | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Prize "Donatello Speciale" | Herself | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Best Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Il padre di mia figlia | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Almost America | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Dalida | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Best Actress | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Best Supporting Actress | Donne sottotetto | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Best Actress | Living It Up | |||||||||||
| 1997 | August Vacation | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | |||||||||||
| 2013 | The Great Beauty | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | Prize "Nastro Speciale" | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Best Actress | Me, Myself and Her | |||||||||||
| Best Movie with a Social Theme | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Omicidio all'italiana | |||||||||||
| 2018 | The Place | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Best Actress | August Vacation | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Best TV Actress | Almost America | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Al di là delle frontiere | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Prize "Panorama" | Living It Up | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Prize "Kinéo" | The Great Beauty | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Best Actress | L'acqua… e il fuoco | |||||||||||
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References
References
- (17 August 2023). "Sabrina Ferilli's left: 'Think of those who don't have money. Schlein's Democratic Party too radical'".
- (2024-02-18). "Sunday's 'Domenica In' on Rai 1: Guests, Sabrina Ferilli's Career and Personal Life".
- (10 October 2012). "Sabrina Ferilli and Flavio Cattaneo get married in secret in Paris". La Presse.
- "2000 Sabrina Ferilli". Max.
- "Fifty thousand days – Sabrina Ferilli". evening courier.
- [http://www.unita.it/culture/roma-film-festival-sabrina-ferilli-veronesi-germano-cinema-muller-1.532139 Sabrina Ferilli "the godfather" of Roma Filmfest] {{webarchive. link. (11 November 2013 Unita.it)
- Tiziano Peccia, "[http://oolhodahistoria.ufba.br/numero-22-abril-de-2016/ Criticism and Criticism to the Great Beauty]", O Olho da História, issue 22 (April 2016)
- "Agon Channel ricco di star nostrane da Sabrina Ferilli a Marco Materazzi".
- (29 September 2015). ""Io e lei", Ferilli e Buy coppia "omosentimentale". Sabrina: "Se non ci pensa il governo, ci pensino i cittadini"". [[La Repubblica]].
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