Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian actress.
Early life
Alba Rohrwacher was born in
Florence
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, the daughter of a German father and an Italian mother.
From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be a doctor. At the age of 21 she moved to
Rome
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to study acting at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Her younger sister is director
Alice Rohrwacher.
Career
Her first movie role was in 2004 in ''L'amore ritrovato''. In 2008, she was awarded the
David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice non protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the ...
. In 2009, she received a
David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance in
Pupi Avati
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, ''The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' Zeder ...
's ''
Giovanna's Father''. At the
Berlin International Film Festival 2009 she was awarded the
Shooting Stars Award.
Rohrwacher worked with her sister, director
Alice Rohrwacher in the 2014 film ''
The Wonders'' a semi-autobiographical film in which Alba played a role loosely based on the sisters' mother.
On 6 September 2014, Rohrwacher won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the
71st Venice International Film Festival in ''
Hungry Hearts'', a film by Italian director
Saverio Costanzo.
Under the presidency of
Meryl Streep, she was member of the jury of the
Berlinale 2016.
Rohrwacher worked with her sister a second time on the film ''
Happy as Lazzaro
''Happy as Lazzaro'' ( it, Lazzaro felice) is a 2018 Italian drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwacher won the award for Best Screenpla ...
'' which premiered at the
2018 Cannes Film Festival
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.
Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...
.
Rohrwacher provided the narration for the series ''
My Brilliant Friend'', an adaptation of
Elena Ferrante's
Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet, are a four-part series of fiction by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated into English by Ann Goldstein, and published by Eu ...
.
Personal life
Rohrwacher is in a relationship with Italian director
Saverio Costanzo.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1979 births
21st-century Italian actresses
Living people
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
David di Donatello winners
Italian film actresses
Italian people of German descent
Nastro d'Argento winners
Actors from Florence
Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners
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