Sabrina Ferilli


Sabrina Ferilli is an Italian theater and movie actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento, a Globo d'oro, six Ciak d'oros and received four nominations for David di Donatello. In 2013, she was the protagonist of the Oscar-winning film La grande bellezza directed by Paolo Sorrentino.

Early and personal life

Ferilli was born in Rome on 28 June 1964. Her father was also from Rome and a spokesman for the Italian Communist Party in the state of Lazio and her mother, who grew up in Fiano Romano, was a housewife and native of Caserta. She attended the Liceo Clasico Orazio in Rome. After having unsuccessfully attempted to enter the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, she began her career as a film actress in secondary parts, acting in Sweets from a Stranger by Franco Ferrini, and small roles in second-tier films at the end of 1980s.
Ferilli was married to Italian lawyer Andrea Perone from 2003 to 2005. Since 2011, she has been married to manager Flavio Cattaneo. She is a fan of AS Roma.

Acting career

In 1990 Alessandro D'Alatri cast her in a small role for the movie Red American. In 1993 she appeared in the comedy Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima' alongside Enrico Montesano and Renato Pozzetto, Il giudice ragazzino with Giulio Scarpati and in Marco Ferreri's Diario di un vizio. The following year she had a breakthrough role in The Beautiful Life by Paolo Virzì, which won her the Silver Ribbon for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress. During the following years he has been involved in the movie Ricky Tognazzi and continues to appear in good comedies, such as Ferie d'agosto always of Virzì and Return to Home Gori of Alessandro Benvenuti. He conducted Sanremo Festival 1996 along with Pippo Baudo and Valeria Mazza. Two years later, he has been co-starred in the dramatic film You Laughter and the comedy Francesco Nuti.
She later also worked in theater in some productions of Garinei and Giovannini comedies, including Rugantino and Let's Try More and made appearances in some television comedies. In 2000, she modeled for a Max calendar, which has sold over 1 million copies. On 24 June 2001, to celebrate the scudetto for A.S. Roma, she performed a dance at Circus Maximus in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. She had a lead role in the controversial 2003 film The Water... the Fire by Luciano Emmer which debuted at the Venice Film Festival.
She later participated in several Italian Christmas comedies known as "cinepanettoni": Christmas in Love, Christmas in New York, Christmas in Beverly Hills and Christmas Holiday to Cortina. She defended her work in less serious films by saying, "How do you call them? Cinepanettoni? Well, then I'm happy to be associated with it because I love panettons, turrus and pandora."
In 2008, she appeared in Virzì's Your Whole Life Ahead of You, once again winning the Silver Ribbon. In 2013, she was chosen as a judge in the twelfth edition of Friends of Maria De Filippi and also appeared in the subsequent season. In the same year, she starred in Eros Puglielli' TV series We Kiss Our Hands – Palermo New York 1958 on Canale 5, and was chosen as the opening presenter of the Roma Film Festival. Her 2013 performance as one of the protagonists in The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino helped the film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Film Best Foreign Film on March 2, 2014. In December 2014, she debuted on the new Agon Channel with the talk show Contratto with Luca Zanforlin. On 11 April 2015, she appeared in the fourteenth edition of "Amici di Maria De Filippi" with Francesco Renga and Loredana Bertè.
In 2015, she starred with Margherita Buy in Io e lei by Maria Sole Tognazzi, a lesbian retelling of Edouard Molinaro's Il vizietto. The actress said she was very happy to have participated in a movie like this: "In a bigoted country like ours "Me and Her" can be important because it is a story that is not scary, to divide. I like to call it a homosexual story because the point of strength of this relationship is not gender, but feelings." She was awarded a Golden Ciak at Best Actress for the film and was nominated for the David of Donatello for Best Actress Starring David of Donatello and Silver Ribbon for Best Actress Starring.
Beginning 2 April 2016, she was again in the jury of the 15th edition of "Amici di Maria De Filippi" with Anna Oxa and Loredana Bertè.

Filmography

TitleYearRoleNotes
I ragazzi della 3ª C1988ClassmateEpisode: "A Carnevale ogni scherzo vale"
The Ogre1989AnnaTelevision film directed by Lamberto Bava
Valentina1989Edna, the WitchEpisode: "Rembrant e le Streghe"
Una storia italiana1992MatildeMiniseries; 2 episodes
Un commissario a Roma1993Patrizia SpinosiEpisode: "Specchio d'acqua"
Sanremo Music Festival1996Herself/HostAnnual music festival
Il padre di mia figlia1997LisaTelevision film directed by Livia Gianpalmo
Leo & Beo1998LauraMiniseries; 2 episodes
Donna sotto le stelle1998–1999Herself/HostSeason 9
Commesse1999–2002Marta De SantisMain role; 12 episodes
Le ali della vita2000–2001Rosanna RanziMain role; 4 episodes
Almost America2001AntoniaTelevision film directed by Andrea Frazzi
Rivoglio i miei figli2004SoniaMiniseries; 2 episodes
Al di la delle frontiere2004Angela GhiglinoMiniseries; 2 episodes
Lives of the Saints2004Cristina InnocenteMiniseries; 2 episodes
Dalida2005DalidaTelevision film directed by Joyce Bunuel
Due imbroglioni e... mezzo2007GinaTelevision film directed by Franco Amurri
Scherzi a parte2007Herself/Guest
Anna e i cinque2008–2011Anna ModiglianiMain role; 12 episodes
Due imbroglioni e... mezzo2010GinaMain role; 4 episodes
Caldo criminale2010Anna TardelliTelevision film directed by Eros Puglielli
Né con te né senza di te2012Francesca SipiccianiMiniseries; 2 episodes
Baciamo le mani - Palermo New York 19582013Gabriella Vitaliano/ Ida Di GiulioMain role; 8 episodes
Amici di Maria De Filippi2013–2016; 2020Herself/JudgeSeasons 12–15 ; season 19
Contratto2014-2015Herself/Host10 episodes
Rimbocchiamoci le maniche2016Angela TuscoMain role; 8 episodes
Houseparty2016Herself/Co-host
Facciamo che io ero2017Herself/Guest
Storie del genere2018Herself/Host9 episodes
Tú sí que vales 2019–presentHerself/Judge9 episodes
L'amore strappato2019Rosa MacalusoMiniseries; 3 episodes