Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Infobox actor


caption = Mezzogiorno on the right along with Stefania Sandrelli shows off her Coppa Volpi
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|11|9
birthplace = Rome

Giovanna Mezzogiorno (born November 9, 1974) is an Italian theater and film actress.

Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, the daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. [ [http://madeinatlantis.com/movies_central/2004/facing_windows.htm Facing Windows - Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Serra Yilmaz, Massimo Poggio, Ivan Bacchi ] ] [ [http://winnipegsun.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/11/17/4662757-sun.html winnipegsun.com - Movies - Cholera's European fever ] ] After her studies in actor practice, she worked for two years in Paris in Peter Brook's theater laboratory. Her career began in 1995, in Brook's "Qui est là", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", as Ofelia.

In 1997, she made her debut in the cinema world, in the Sergio Rubini's film "Il viaggio della sposa", winning the Premio Flaiano as best female interpreter. After Michele Placido's "Del perduto amor", in 2000 and 2001 she worked for international productions alongside with John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu, but her fame increased greatly after her part in the lucky "L'ultimo bacio" by Gabriele Muccino. In the latter she acted alongside Stefano Accorsi, who was to be her companion for a long period.

In 2002, in the movie "Il più crudele dei giorni", she portrayed the Italian journalist Ilaria Alpi, who had been killed in Somalia in mysterious circumstances. Her role gained her a Silver Ribbon. Other numerous awards were given to her for Ferzan Ozpetek's "La finestra di fronte" and Cristina Comencini's "La Bestia nel Cuore / The Beast in the Heart" (2005), which was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2006 Oscars. Mezzogiorno, alongside Spanish actor Javier Bardem and American actor Benjamin Bratt, appeared in Mike Newell's film adaptation of "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez.

Filmography

*"Il viaggio della sposa" (1997)
*"Del perduto amore" (1998)
*"Più leggero non basta" (1999, TV movie)
*"Asini" (1999)
*"Un uomo perbene" (1999)
*"Les Misérables" (2000, TV mini-series)
*"Afrodita, el sabor del amor" (2001)
*"State zitti per favore" (2001)
*"L'ultimo bacio" (2001)
*"Malefemmene" (2001)
*"Nobel" (2001)
*"Tutta la conoscenza del mondo" (2001)
*"Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni" (2002)
*"Entrusted" (2003, TV movie)
*"La finestra di fronte" ("Facing Windows", 2003)
*"L'amore ritorna" (2004)
*"Stai con me" (2004)
*"Il club delle promesse" ("Au secours, j'ai trente ans!", 2004)
*"Virginia, la monaca di Monza" (2004, TV movie)
*"La bestia nel cuore" ("The Beast in the Heart", 2005)
*"Love in the Time of Cholera" (2007)
*"The Palermo Shooting" (2008)

References

External links

*imdb name|name=Giovanna Mezzogiorno|id=0583856
* [http://www.giovannamezzogiorno.com/ Giovanna Mezzogiorno unofficial site] (English)