Monica Guerritore

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Monica Guerritore

Monica Guerritore (born January 5, 1958 in Rome ) is an Italian actress .

Life

Guerritore was born in Rome, but grew up in Palmi . Her father Renato De Carmine left the family early; she had a difficult youth that included an escape from the Swiss boarding school she attended. She first appeared as an actress in 1973 in Milan ( Piccolo Teatro di Milano ) in the play Il giardino dei ciliegi ( The Cherry Orchard by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ) directed by Giorgio Strehler . The first small film roles also fall during this period; her first televised film was shown in 1977, based on Giacomo Puccini's film Manon Lescaut . From 1981 she worked increasingly with Gabriele Lavia .

Her most successful work is the play Jeanne d'Arc , which she wrote in 2004 and which interprets the life of Joan of Arc as a solo piece.

Film leading roles offered her u. a. the French production The Antiques Hunter (L'homme pressé) by Édouard Molinaro , Hunger for Tenderness (Fotografando Patrizia) by Salvatore Samperi and the US two-part TV series Gezinktes Spiel (The Endless Game) by Bryan Forbes .

Since 2001 she has been in a relationship with the politician Roberto Zaccaria . The couple married in Versilia in 2010.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1977: The antique hunter (L'homme pressé)
  • 1978: Beloved Sena (Eutanasia di un amore)
  • 1982: Enchanted Canvas (La vela incantata)
  • 1984: Hunger for tenderness (Fotografando Patrizia)
  • 1985: Scandalosa Gilda - The total submission (Scandalosa Gilda)
  • 1986: Fever in the heart / Love fire in Venice / The Venetian woman (La venexiana)
  • 1987: Strange, Life (Strana la vita)
  • 1991: The Endless Game

Web links

Commons : Monica Guerritore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, article “Monica Guerritore”, in: Enrico Lancia / Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le attrici . Gremese 2003, pp. 179/180
  2. ↑ Website of La Nazione , retrieved (ital.) 14 March 2012
personal data
SURNAME Guerritore, Monica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy