Benedicta Boccoli

Benedicta Boccoli
Benedicta Boccoli
Born	(1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present
Website	benedictaboccoli.it

Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.^[1][2]

Biography

Born in Milan on 11 November 1966 she moved to Rome with her family as a child.^[3] Her sister Brigitta is an actress, as well. She has also two brothers: Barnaby and Filippo.

Known as an eclectic and versatile actress, she had her debut in television at a very early age (18 years). A few years later, she discovered that working in theater was where she truly belonged as an actress.^[4][5][6]

Actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi nicknamed her the Artistissima (the uber artist) because of her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as Corriere della Sera,^[7] la Repubblica, The Press, Time and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.

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Career highlights

Film

• Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo – 2003
• Valzer, director Salvatore Maira – 2007
• Pietralata, director Gianni Leacche – 2008
• Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba – 2016

Short film

• La confessione, director herself – 2020;^[8][9]

• Come un fiore, director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;^[10]

Theater

• Blithe Spirit of Noël Coward, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 –
• Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 –
• Buonanotte Bettina, of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and Miranda Martino - 1995/1996/1997 –
• Can-Can – Musical of Abe Burrows, 1998/1999 –
• Orfeo all'inferno – Opera di Jacques Offenbach – 1999 – acting Tersicore
• Polvere di stelle, 2000/2001/2002
• Le Pillole d'Ercole of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, with Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Nichetti - 2002/2003/2004
• Anfitrione, of Plautus, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004
• Stalker of Rebecca Gillmann, dir Marcello Cotugno - 2004
• Aristofanes, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella
  - 2004
• Cactus flower of
  Jean-Pierre Grédy
  , with Edoardo Siravo, dir Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006
• Prova a farmi ridere of Alan Aykbourn, with Pino Quartullo, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2006
• The Tempest of William Shakespeare, – 2006 – Ariel
• Sunshine of William Mastrosimone, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, 2007/2008
• L'Appartamento, of Billy Wilder, 2009–2010
• Il marito scornato (Georges Dandin), of Molière, 2011
• Vite private, of Noël Coward, with Corrado Tedeschi – 2012–2013
• Dis-order, of Neil LaBute, dir. Marcello Cotugno, with Claudio Botosso – 2014
• Incubi d'Amore, of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli, dir. Augusto Fornari, with Sebastiano Somma and Morgana Forcella – 2014
• Crimini del Cuore, of Beth Henley, dir. Marco Mattolini – 2015
• A Room with a View, of E. M. Forster, dir. Stefano Artissunch – 2016
• Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, dir Piergiorgio Piccoli and Aristide Genovese - 2016
• Il più brutto week-end della nostra vita of Norm Foster, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2017-2018
• The test of Jordi Vallejo, dir. Roberto Ciufoli [it] - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023;^[11][12]
• Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2020;^[13][14]
• Les Précieuses ridicules free taken from Molière, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with Lorenza Mario and Stefano Artissunch - 2023;^[15]

Television

• Pronto, chi gioca?, directed by Gianni Boncompagni
• Domenica In
  – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990
• Viva Colombo inclosed in Il sabato sera di Rai Uno - 1991
• Gelato al limone – with Massimiliano Pani
• Unomattina – 1994
• Due come noi – Co-starring with Wilma De Angelis – 1997
• Incantesimo
• Reality Circus – Reality show 2006/2007

Gallery

• 
  Benedicta Boccoli, Paola Bonesi and Fulvia Lorenzetti in Crimini del Cuore ("Crimes of the Heart"),^[16] 1 May 2015.
• 
  Benedicta Boccoli and her sax in Crimini del Cuore, 1 May 2015.^[17]

References

1. ^ "Benedicta Boccoli dopo una brutta depressione è felicemente single" (in Italian). Invidia.it. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
2. ^ "Benedicta Boccoli". Gratis. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. ^ "Benedicta Boccoli: Da giovane ho rischiato l'anoressia" (in Italian). Gossip.it. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
4. ^ "Benedicta Boccoli: Ultime Notizie, Curiosità e Video su Boccoli in Liquida" (in Italian). Liquida.it. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
5. ^ Marco Calafiore. "Serie TV "Forza 10": nel cast anche "L'artistissima" Benedicta Boccoli. L'Intervista | Mediaxpress" (in Italian). Mxpress.eu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
6. ^ Francesco Canino. "Il terzo grado – Benedicta Boccoli" (in Italian). panorama.it.
7. ^ "RASSEGNA STAMPA | Benedicta Boccoli Official Web Site | Copyright 2013" (in Italian). BenedictaBoccoli.it. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
8. ^ "La confessione". cinemaitaliano.info. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
9. ^ Francesco Bettin (31 March 2020). "NOSTRA INTERVISTA – Benedicta Boccoli" (in Italian). cinemaitaliano.info. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
10. ^ "Mese internazionale della prevenzione dei tumori al seno". komen.it. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
11. ^ Bruno Cimino e Bruna Fiorentino (25 February 2020). "Il Test di Jordi Vallejo" (in Italian). abitarearoma.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
12. ^ Redazione (26 February 2020). "Debutta domani nell'Isola di "Il Test" di Jordi Vallejo, con Roberto Ciufoli (che firma anche la regia), Benedicta Boccoli, Simone Colombari e Sarah Biacchi" (in Italian). shmag.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
13. ^ "È proprio il caso di dire: "Su con la vita!". Lo spettacolo di Maurizio Micheli ad Avezzano". espressione24.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
14. ^ "Su con la vita! Gli spaiati e Le belle statuine". teatrostabile.umbria.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
15. ^ "È proprio il caso di dire: "Su con la vita!". Lo spettacolo di Maurizio Micheli ad Avezzano". espressione24.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
16. ^ "Crimini del cuore visto al San Babila". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
17. ^ "Il Teatro San Babila chiude la stagione di prosa - Crimini del cuore". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

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