Giovanna Mezzogiorno
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Giovanna Mezzogiorno | |
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 Mezzogiorno at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 9 November 1974 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Vittorio Mezzogiorno |
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanna ˌmɛddzoˈdʒorno]; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress.
Early life
Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, 9 November 1974, a daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on set. At first, she wanted to become a ballerina, and studied dancing for 13 years. After her father's death when she was 19, Mezzogiorno moved to Paris, where she attended the stages by Ariane Mnouchkine and worked for two years at the Peter Brook Workshop. She made her stage debut with the role of Ofelia in Qui est là, based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. The play toured various European cities. She received the Premio Coppola-Prati 1996, the jury was presided over by theatre critic Franco Quadri. One year later, she made her film debut in Il viaggio della sposa (The Bride's Journey), written by and starring Sergio Rubini. Mezzogiorno was awarded the Targa d'Argento as the New Talent in Italian Cinema, she was also given the Grolla d'oro, and the Globo d'Oro by the Foreign Press Association and the Premio Flaiano as Best Actress of the 1997 - 1998 season.
Career
In 1998, Mezzogiorno starred in the film Del perduto amore directed by
In 1999, Mezzogiorno played the role of Silvia, daughter of Enzo Tortora by whose mistaken conviction the film was inspired. The film Un uomo perbene with Michele Placido and Mariangela Melato, was directed by Maurizio Zaccaro. In that same year, she worked in Asini, directed by Antonello Grimaldi, with celebrated Italian comedian Claudio Bisio.
In 2000, she travelled between
In 2001, Mezzogiorno appeared in the film Malefemmene with Ángela Molina and directed by Fabio Conversi, in the role of Francesca, who was imprisoned following a judicial error and came into contact with the reality of friendship and attachment which she had never imagined possible. She also worked on Stai con me, with Adriano Giannini and directed by Livia Giampalmo, in the role of a mother of twins.
In 2002, she worked on the set of
Mezzogiorno starred in the film L’amore ritorna, directed by Sergio Rubini, costarring Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Margherita Buy. She also worked in France, on the set of her first comedy: Au secours, j'ai 30 ans, directed by Marie-Anne Chazel, with Pierre Palmade.
In 2004, Mezzogiorno worked in the TV movie Virginia (La monaca di Monza), directed by Alberto Sironi. She then returned to the theatre, working with the director Piero Maccarinelli in 4.48 Psicosi, written by Sarah Kane.
In 2005, La bestia nel cuore ("Don't Tell"), directed by
In 2006, Mezzogiorno acted in AD Project, a sci-fi thriller by Eros Puglielli, and acted in "Lezioni di Volo" ("Flying Lessons") by Francesca Archibugi.
In 2007, she appeared as Leila, a sexy thief, in the black comedy Notturno Bus ("Night Bus"), directed by Davide Marengo and starring Valerio Mastandrea and Ennio Fantastichini.
She travelled to Colombia to become Fermina Daza, the principal female character from Love in the Time of Cholera based on the book written by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez and directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral).
After appearing in two films shot in 2008, Sono Viva and Palermo Shooting by Wim Wenders, in 2009 she achieved great international success with Vincere by Marco Bellocchio, selected for the official competition in Cannes and a solid candidate for the final award.
Mezzogiorno narrated and produced a documentary to celebrate the career of her father Vittorio, 15 years after his sudden death in 1994.
She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010.[1] In January 2011, she was rewarded with the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress 2010 for her role in Vincere.
In 2017, Mezzogiorno appeared in the role of Adriana in the film called Napoli velata (Naples in Veils).[2]
Personal life
On the set of the film Lighter is not Enough (1998) she met Stefano Accorsi, who became her long-time partner. On the set of Vincere she met the driver Alessio Fugolo, whom she married in 2009 in Griante in a civil ceremony.[3] She has two sons, Leone and Zeno, born 26 August 2011. [4]
Filmography
References
- ^ Rebecca Leffler (15 April 2010). "Cannes reveals Competition lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Giovanna Mezzogiorno: Vi svelo i miei segreti" [Giovanna Mezzogiorno: I'm revealing my secrets to you]. Amica (in Italian). 19 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Giovanna Mezzogiorno sposa sul lago di Como". ilGiornale.it (in Italian). 26 October 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ D’Antuono, Jacopo (4 October 2020). "GIOVANNA MEZZOGIORNO/ "I miei figli hanno avuto dei problemi, io costretta a..."". IlSussidiario.net (in Italian). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
External links
- Giovanna Mezzogiorno at IMDb
