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{{Short description|Italian actress of television, theatre and the cinema}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Isabella Ferrari
| name = Isabella Ferrari
| image = Isabella Ferrari.jpg
| image = Isabella Ferrari.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Ferrari in 2008
| caption = Ferrari in 2008
| birth_name = Isabella Fogliazza
| birth_name = Isabella Fogliazza
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|31|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|31|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Ponte dell'Olio]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], Italy
| birth_place = [[Ponte dell'Olio]], [[Province of Piacenza|Piacenza]], Italy
| occupation = Actress
|nationality = [[Italians|Italian]]
|occupation = actress
| spouse = {{plainlist|
|spouse = Massimo Osti<br>Renato De Maria
*Massimo Osti
*Renato De Maria
|children = Teresa (born 1995), Nina (born 1998), Giovanni (born 2001)
}}
|known_for = Police Commissioner ''Giovanna Scalise'' in ''Distretto di Polizia''
| children = 3
}}
'''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]]''.<ref>http://www.''Mymovies.it'', retrieved 31-3-10</ref>
| known_for = Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in ''[[Distretto di Polizia]]''
}}
'''Isabella Fogliazza''' (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of '''Isabella Ferrari''', is an Italian television, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the main character 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 ''[[The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995 film)|Romanzo di un giovane povero]]''.<ref>http://www.''Mymovies.it'' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025208/http://www./ |date=20 October 2007 }}, retrieved 31-3-10</ref>


== Career ==
== 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<ref>Interview with Isabella Ferrari ''Venice 2006'' on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10</ref> 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''.
Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in [[Ponte dell'Olio]], [[Province of Piacenza]], [[Emilia-Romagna]]. At the age of 15 she was elected ''Miss Teenager'' in a contest held in a [[discoteque]]. She made her acting debut at the age of 17<ref>Interview with Isabella Ferrari ''Venice 2006'' on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10</ref> 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''.
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''.


She was nominated to the [[David di Donatello]] for [[David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] in 2006 thanks to her performance in ''[[The Goodbye Kiss (film)|The Goodbye Kiss]]'' and in 2008 for her performance in ''[[Quiet Chaos (film)|Quiet Chaos]]''.
She was nominated to the [[David di Donatello]] for [[David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] in 2006 thanks to her performance in ''[[The Goodbye Kiss (film)|The Goodbye Kiss]]'' and in 2008 for her performance in ''[[Quiet Chaos (film)|Quiet Chaos]]''.

In 2021, she was selected as jury member for International competition section of [[74th Locarno Film Festival]] held from 4 to 14 August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/LFF/locarno-74/awards-and-juries/Jury-Concorso-Internazionale.html |title= 74th Locarno Film Festival (Concorso Internazionale: Jury) |website= Locarno Film Festival |date= July 3, 2021 |access-date= July 3, 2021|lang=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Ferrari lives in [[Rome]], Italy, and is the mother of three children.<ref>Interview with Isabella Ferrari, ''Libertà OnLine'', 11 May 2001, www.libertà.it, retrieved 31 March 2010</ref> Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.
Ferrari lives in [[Rome]], Italy, and is the mother of three children.<ref>Interview with Isabella Ferrari, ''Libertà OnLine'', 11 May 2001, www.libertà.it, retrieved 31 March 2010</ref> Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.


== Filmography ==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
{{div col|cols=3}}
|-
* ''[[Sapore di mare]]'' (1982)
|+Films
* ''[[Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo]]'' (1983)
|-
* ''[[Il Ras del quartiere]]'' (1983)
!Title
* ''[[Domani mi sposo]]'' (1984)
!Year
* ''[[Summer Games (1984 film)|Summer Games]]'' (1984)
!Role
* ''[[Chewingum]]'' (1984)
!Notes
* ''[[Good King Dagobert]]'' (1984)
|-
* ''[[Fracchia contro Dracula]]'' (1985)
!''[[Il ras del quartiere]]''
* ''[[Professione vacanze]]'', TV series TV: ''A qualcuno piace il calcio'' (1986)
|1983
* ''[[Il ragazzo del Pony Express]]'' (1986)
|Veronica Gatti
* ''[[Appointment in Liverpool]]'' (1988)
|
* ''[[Willy Signori e vengo da lontano]]'' (1990)
|-
* ''Malheureuse'' (1991)
!''[[Time for Loving]]''
* ''Oostende'' (1991)
|1983
* ''[[Gangsters (1992 film)|Gangsters]]'' (1992)
|Selvaggia Binetti
* ''Allullo drom'' (1992)
|
* ''Nessuno mi crede'' (1992)
|-
* ''80mq'' (1993)
!''[[Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo]]''
* ''Un homme à la mer'' (TV - 1993)
|1983
* ''Impasse meurtrière'' (1994)
|Selvaggia Binetti
* ''[[Romanzo di un giovane povero]]'' (1995)
|
* ''Danza della fata confetto'' (1996)
|-
* ''[[Escoriandoli]]'' (1996)
!''[[Domani mi sposo]]''
* ''Cronaca di un amore violato'' (1996)
|1984
* ''Hotel paura'' (1996)
|Susy
* ''K'' (1997)
|
* ''[[Mare largo]]'' (1998)
|-
* ''[[Vite in sospeso]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Provincia segreta]]'' (TV - 1998)
!''[[Chewingum]]''
|1984
* ''[[Nicholas' Gift]]'' (TV - 1998)
|Isabella
* ''Dolce far niente'' (1998)
|
* ''La vita cambia'' (TV - 2000)
|-
* ''[[Sospetti]] (TV - 2000)
* ''[[Holy Tongue]]'' (2000)
!''[[Good King Dagobert]]''
|1984
* ''[[Distretto di polizia|Distretto di Polizia]]'' (TV - 2000)
|Chrodilde
* ''[[Distretto di polizia|Distretto di Polizia 2]]'' (TV - 2001)
|
* ''[[Distretto di polizia|Distretto di Polizia 3]]'' (TV)
|-
* ''[[Doppio agguato]]'' (TV - 2003)
* ''[[Cuore contro cuore|Heart to heart]]'' (TV - 2004)
!''[[Fracchia contro Dracula]]''
|1985
* ''[[Amatemi|Love me]]'' (2005)
|Luna Jabonks
* ''L'anniversaire'' (2005)
|
* ''[[The Goodbye Kiss (film)|The Goodbye Kiss]]'' (2006)
|-
* ''[[Il vizio dell'amore]]'' (TV - 2006)
* ''[[Saturn in Opposition]]'' (2007)
!''[[Il ragazzo del Pony Express]]''
|1986
* ''[[Liberi di giocare]]'' (TV - 2007)
|Claudia
* ''[[Quiet Chaos (film)|Quiet Chaos]]'' (2008)
|
* ''[[Un giorno perfetto|A Perfect Day]]'' (2008)
|-
* ''[[The Seed of Discord]]'' (2008)
* ''[[The Ladies Get Their Say]]'' (2009)
!''[[Appointment in Liverpool]]''
|1988
* ''[[Nel bianco (miniserie televisiva)|Nel bianco]]'' (TV - 2009)
|Caterina
* ''Storia di Laura'' (TV - 2011)
|
* ''[[They Call It Summer]]'' (2012)
|-
* ''[[The Great Beauty]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Il venditore di medicine]]'' (2014)
!''[[Willy Signori e vengo da lontano]]''
|1990
* ''[[La vita oscena]]'' (2014)
|Lucia Ventura
{{div col end}}
|
|-
!''[[Gangsters (1992 film)|Gangsters]]''
|1992
|Evelyna
|
|-
!''Allulo Drom - L'anima zingara''
|1992
|Lorenza
|
|-
!''[[Romanzo di un giovane povero]]''
|1995
|Andreina
|
|-
!''[[Escoriandoli]]''
|1996
|Tarcisia
|
|-
!''Hotel Paura''
|1996
|Lucia
|
|-
!''Mare largo''
|1998
|Clara
|
|-
!''Vite in sospeso''
|1998
|Eugenia
|
|-
!''[[Holy Tongue]]''
|2000
|Patrizia
|
|-
!''[[Amatemi]]''
|2005
|Nina
|
|-
!''[[The Goodbye Kiss (film)|The Goodbye Kiss]]''
|2006
|Flora
|
|-
!''[[Saturn in Opposition]]''
|2007
|Laura
|
|-
!''[[Quiet Chaos (film)|Quiet Chaos]]''
|2008
|Eleonora Simoncini
|
|-
!''[[Un giorno perfetto]]''
|2008
|Emma Buonocore
|
|-
!''[[The Seed of Discord]]''
|2008
|Monica
|
|-
!''[[The Ladies Get Their Say]]''
|2009
|Beatrice
|
|-
!''[[They Call It Summer]]''
|2012
|Anna
|
|-
!''[[The Great Beauty]]''
|2013
|Orietta
|
|-
!''Il venditore di medicine''
|2014
|Giovanna
|
|-
!''Diva!''
|2017
|[[Valentina Cortese]]
|
|-
!''[[Napoli velata]]''
|2017
|Valeria
|
|-
!''In viaggio con Adele''
|2018
|Carla Mariani
|
|-
!''[[Euphoria (2018 film)|Euphoria]]''
|2018
|Michela
|
|-
!''Cosa fai a Capodanno?''
|2018
|Domitilla
|
|-
!''[[Under the Riccione Sun]]''
|2020
|Irene
|Netflix Original Film
|-
!''È per il tuo bene''
|2020
|Isabella
|
|-
!''[[Under the Amalfi Sun]]''
|rowspan="2"|2022
|Irene
|Netflix Original Film
|-
!''[[Robbing Mussolini]]''
|Nora Cavalieri
|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Television
|-
!Title
!Year
!Role
!Notes
|-
!''Professione vacanze''
|1986
|Alice
|Episode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio"
|-
!''Provincia segreta''
|1998
|Raffaella Granelli
|3 episodes
|-
!''[[Nicholas' Gift]]''
|1998
|Alessandra
|Television film
|-
!''[[Sospetti]]''
|2000
|Serena Arcalli
|6 episodes
|-
!''[[Distretto di Polizia]]''
|2000–2005
|Giovanna Scalise
|47 episodes
|-
!''[[Cuore contro cuore]]''
|2004–2005
|Francesca De Luca
|22 episodes
|-
!''Liberi di giocare''
|2007
|Silvia Mauri
|2 episodes
|-
!''{{Ill|Ice Fever|de|Ken Folletts Eisfieber}}''
|2009
|Antonia Gallo
|2 episodes
|-
!''Storia di Laura''
|2011
|Laura
|Television film
|-
!''[[Una grande famiglia]]''
|2015
|Claudia
|8 episodes
|-
!''[[Baby (Italian TV series)|Baby]]''
|2018–2020
|Simonetta
|18 episodes
|}


== Theatre ==
== Theatre ==
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 27 April 2024

Isabella Ferrari
Ferrari in 2008
Born
Isabella Fogliazza

(1964-03-31) 31 March 1964 (age 60)
Ponte dell'Olio, Piacenza, Italy
OccupationActress
Known forPolice Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in Distretto di Polizia
Spouses
  • Massimo Osti
  • Renato De Maria
Children3

Isabella Fogliazza (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Ferrari, is an Italian television, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the main character 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.[1]

Career[edit]

Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. At the age of 15 she was elected Miss Teenager in a contest held in a discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17[2] 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.

She was nominated to the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 thanks to her performance in The Goodbye Kiss and in 2008 for her performance in Quiet Chaos.

In 2021, she was selected as jury member for International competition section of 74th Locarno Film Festival held from 4 to 14 August.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Ferrari lives in Rome, Italy, and is the mother of three children.[4] Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.

Filmography[edit]

Films
Title Year Role Notes
Il ras del quartiere 1983 Veronica Gatti
Time for Loving 1983 Selvaggia Binetti
Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo 1983 Selvaggia Binetti
Domani mi sposo 1984 Susy
Chewingum 1984 Isabella
Good King Dagobert 1984 Chrodilde
Fracchia contro Dracula 1985 Luna Jabonks
Il ragazzo del Pony Express 1986 Claudia
Appointment in Liverpool 1988 Caterina
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano 1990 Lucia Ventura
Gangsters 1992 Evelyna
Allulo Drom - L'anima zingara 1992 Lorenza
Romanzo di un giovane povero 1995 Andreina
Escoriandoli 1996 Tarcisia
Hotel Paura 1996 Lucia
Mare largo 1998 Clara
Vite in sospeso 1998 Eugenia
Holy Tongue 2000 Patrizia
Amatemi 2005 Nina
The Goodbye Kiss 2006 Flora
Saturn in Opposition 2007 Laura
Quiet Chaos 2008 Eleonora Simoncini
Un giorno perfetto 2008 Emma Buonocore
The Seed of Discord 2008 Monica
The Ladies Get Their Say 2009 Beatrice
They Call It Summer 2012 Anna
The Great Beauty 2013 Orietta
Il venditore di medicine 2014 Giovanna
Diva! 2017 Valentina Cortese
Napoli velata 2017 Valeria
In viaggio con Adele 2018 Carla Mariani
Euphoria 2018 Michela
Cosa fai a Capodanno? 2018 Domitilla
Under the Riccione Sun 2020 Irene Netflix Original Film
È per il tuo bene 2020 Isabella
Under the Amalfi Sun 2022 Irene Netflix Original Film
Robbing Mussolini Nora Cavalieri
Television
Title Year Role Notes
Professione vacanze 1986 Alice Episode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio"
Provincia segreta 1998 Raffaella Granelli 3 episodes
Nicholas' Gift 1998 Alessandra Television film
Sospetti 2000 Serena Arcalli 6 episodes
Distretto di Polizia 2000–2005 Giovanna Scalise 47 episodes
Cuore contro cuore 2004–2005 Francesca De Luca 22 episodes
Liberi di giocare 2007 Silvia Mauri 2 episodes
Ice Fever [de] 2009 Antonia Gallo 2 episodes
Storia di Laura 2011 Laura Television film
Una grande famiglia 2015 Claudia 8 episodes
Baby 2018–2020 Simonetta 18 episodes

Theatre[edit]

  • Anestesia totale (2011)
  • Il catalogo (2010)
  • Due partite (2006)
  • I tre alberghi (1999)
  • Ondine (1994))

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.Mymovies.it Archived 20 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 31-3-10
  2. ^ Interview with Isabella Ferrari Venice 2006 on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10
  3. ^ "74th Locarno Film Festival (Concorso Internazionale: Jury)". Locarno Film Festival. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ Interview with Isabella Ferrari, Libertà OnLine, 11 May 2001, www.libertà.it, retrieved 31 March 2010

External links[edit]

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