Elisabetta Pozzi
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Born | Genoa, Italy | 23 February 1955
Occupation | Actress |
Elisabetta Pozzi (born 23 February 1955) is an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Life and career
Born in Genoa, Pozzi started to study acting during her high school years at the drama school of her hometown, and she made her debut on stage at seventeen years old, playing the role of Romilda in an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's The Late Mattia Pascal directed by Giorgio Albertazzi.[1] Pozzi soon asserted herself as one of the most requested actresses of Italian theatre, notably working with Luca Ronconi, Peter Stein, Luigi Squarzina, Nanni Loy, Giancarlo Cobelli and at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.[1][2] She is also active on television, in which she played main roles on several TV-series, and in films, where she is best known for the role of Adriana in Carlo Verdone's Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato, a role that gave her a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ "Pozzi, Elisabetta - Lessico del XXI Secolo". Enciclopedia Italiana. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.