Isabella Ferrari

Isabella Ferrari
Born	Isabella Fogliazza 31 March 1964 Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	actress
Known for	Her role as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in Distretto di Polizia
Spouse(s)	Massimo Osti Renato De Maria
Children	Teresa (b.1995), Nina (b.1998), Giovanni (b.2001)

Isabella Ferrari (born 31 March 1964), is the stage name of Isabella Fogliazza, an Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema. She is best known as the protagonist, Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2) which was televised on Mediaset's Canale 5 from 2000 to 2001. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival she won a Volpi Cup award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Romanzo di un giovane povero.

Career

Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. At the age of 16 she was elected Miss Teenager in a contest held in a discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 as Selvaggia in the Carlo Vanzini comedy Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the film's sequel Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularly performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the protagonist in the first two seasons of the police drama series Distretto di Polizia.

At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Ferrari won a Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress in the Ettore Scola film Romanzo di un giovane povero in which she played the part of Andreina.

Personal life

Ferrari lives in Rome, and is the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (b.1998), and son, Giovanni (b.2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.

Filmography

• Sapore di mare, cinema (1982)
• Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo, cinema (1983)
• Il ras del quartiere, cinema (1983)
• Domani mi sposo, cinema (1984)
• Giochi d'estate, cinema (1984)
• Chewingum, cinema (1984)
• Le bon roi Dagobert, cinema (1984)
• Fracchia contro Dracula, cinema (1985)
• Il ragazzo del pony express, cinema (1986)
• Professione vacanze, television (1986)
• Appuntamento a Liverpool, cinema (1988)
• Willy Signore e vengo lontano, cinema (1990)
• Malheureuse, cinema (1991)
• Oostende, cinema (1991)
• Gangsters, cinema (1992)
• Allulo drom, cinema (1992)
• nessuno mo crede, cinema (1992)
• 80mq, cinema (1993)
• Un nome à la mer, television (1993)
• Impasse meurtrière, cinema (1994)
• Romanzo di un giovane povero, cinema (1995)
• Danza delle fata confetto, cinema (1996)
• Escoriandoli, cinema (1996)
• Cronaca di un amore violate, cinema (1996)
• Hotel paura, cinema (1996)
• K. cinema (1997)
• Mare largo, cinema (1998)
• Vite in sospeso, cinema (1998)
• Provincia segreta, television (1998)
• Nicholas' Gift, television (1998)
• Dolce fa niente, cinema (1998)
• La vita cambia, television (2000)
• Sospetti, television (2000)
• La lingue del santo, cinema (2000)
• Distretto di Polizia, television (2000)
• Distretto di Polizia 2, television (2001)
• Doppio agguato, television (2003)
• Cuore contro cuore, television (2004)
• Amalemi, cinema (2005)
• L'anniversaire, cinema (2005)
• Arrivederci amore, ciao, cinema (2006)
• Il vizio dell'amore, television (2006)
• Saturno contro, cinema (2007)
• Liberi di giocare, television (2007)
• Caos calmo, cinema (2008)
• Un giorno perfetto, cinema (2008)
• Il seme della discordia, cinema (2008)
• Due partite, cinema (2009)
• Nel bianco, television (2009)

Theatre

• Ondine (1994)
• I tre alberghi (1999)
• Due partite (2006)

References

• Interview with Isabella Ferrari on 29 August 2006 Venice 2006, www.repubblica.it, retrieved on 31 March 2010

• Isabella Ferrari at the Internet Movie Database