Isabella Ferrari

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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 Romanza di un giovane povero.[1]

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 in the Carlo Vanzini comedy Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the sequel sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularily performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise 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.

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)

Theatre

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

References

  1. ^ www.Mymovies.it, retrieved 31-3-10

Isabella Ferrari at the Internet Movie Database