Luisa Ranieri

Luisa Ranieri
Born	(1973-12-16) 16 December 1973 Naples, Campania, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Luca Zingaretti ​ ​ (after 2012)​
Children	2 daughters

Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's Eros and 2021's The Hand of God.

Callas e Onassis

Ranieri is best known for her television movie portrayal of the opera diva Maria Callas in the 2005 Italian television film Callas e Onassis, which began her acting career. Though a number of fiction and nonfiction movies, and documentaries, have been done on the late shipping magnate billionaire Aristotle Onassis, and of Callas, the TV movie Callas e Onassis is the only television or movie depiction ever made exclusively devoted to the public and private deep emotional relationship and close friendship between Onassis and Callas.

Other appearances

Ranieri had a noteworthy acting performance in the 2010 drama film Letters to Juliet as one of Juliet's secretaries, who is the closest to Sophie, played by Amanda Seyfried. She also played the role of Assunta Goretti, the mother of Maria Goretti, in the 2003 film Maria Goretti, an Italian television movie based on real-life events of the Catholic virgin-martyr and saint, Maria Goretti. In 2014, Ranieri hosted the opening and closing nights of the 71st Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy.

Filmography

Films

Film roles showing year released, role played, director and notes

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2001	The Prince and the Pirate	Chiara	Leonardo Pieraccioni
2003	The Fugitive	Maria	Andrea Manni
2004	Guardians of the Clouds	Woman	Luciano Odorisio	Uncredited
	Eros	Linda	Michelangelo Antonioni	Segment: "Il filo pericoloso delle cose"
	Il produttore	Mariapia	Gabriele Mainetti	Short film
2007	SMS - Sotto mentite spoglie	Chiara Munno	Vincenzo Salemme
2008	Basette	Prisca	Gabriele Mainetti	Short film
2009	The Friends at the Margherita Cafe	Ninni	Pupi Avati
2010	La vita è una cosa meravigliosa	Laura	Carlo Vanzina
	Letters to Juliet	Isabella	Gary Winick
2011	Bienvenue à bord	Margherita Cavalieri	Éric Lavaine
	Mozzarella Stories	Sofia	Edoardo De Angelis
	The Immature	Marta	Paolo Genovese
2012	The Immature: The Trip
	Lightning Strike	Angela Cacace	Neri Parenti	Segment: "Primo episodio"
2014	Maldamore	Sandra Orlandi	Angelo Longoni
	Fasten Your Seatbelts	Maricla	Ferzan Özpetek
2016	Forever Young	Sonia	Fausto Brizzi
2017	The Music of Silence	Edi	Michael Radford
	Veleno	Rosaria	Diego Olivares
	Naples in Veils	Catena	Ferzan Özpetek
2018	L'affitto	Angela	Antonio Moirin	Short film
2019	Vita segreta di Maria Capasso	Maria Capasso	Salvatore Piscicelli
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	Virana (voice)	Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada	Italian voice-over role
	The Hand of God	Patrizia	Paolo Sorrentino
	7 Women and a Murder	Maria	Alessandro Genovesi
2023	Nuovo Olimpo	Titti	Ferzan Özpetek
2024	Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness	Rosalie Tobia	Johnny Depp

Television

Television roles showing year released, role played and notes

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Maria Goretti	Assunta Goretti	Television film
2004	La omicidi	Simona Colli	6 episodes
2005	Cefalonia	Feria	Miniseries
	Rockpolitik	Herself/co-host	Variety show
	Callas e Onassis	Maria Callas	Miniseries
2007	Boris	Verena	Episode: "Una questione di principio"
2008	'O Professore	Manuela	Miniseries
	Amiche mie	Marta	12 episodes
2012–2013	Amore criminale	Herself/host	True crime docu-drama (season 5)
2014	Gli anni spezzati	Gemma Capra	Episode: "Il commissario"
	Il giudice meschino	Marina Rossi	Miniseries
	A Good Season	Bianca	6 episodes
2016	Luisa Spagnoli	Luisa Spagnoli	Miniseries
2018–2020	La vita promessa	Carmela Rizzo	7 episodes
2021–present	Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco	Lolita Lobosco	Lead role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2023	Ciak d'Oro Serie TV	Best Italian Actress	Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco	Nominated

External links

• Luisa Ranieri at IMDb