Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian actress.

Early life

Alba Rohrwacher was born in

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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

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to study acting at the

Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film. The centre is the oldest film school in ...

. Her younger sister is director

Alice Rohrwacher Alice Rohrwacher (, ; born 29 December 1980) is an Italian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her film '' Le pupille'' was nominated for Oscar in 2023 in short film categories. Early life Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole, in Tuscany, to an ...

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 The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstandin ...

for her performance in

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's ''

Giovanna's Father ''Giovanna's Father'' ( it, Il papà di Giovanna) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Pupi Avati. Plot In Bologna in the late 1930s, Michele Casali (Silvio Orlando) teaches design at the same institute where his daughter Giovanna (Alba ...

''. At the

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2009 she was awarded the

Shooting Stars Award The Shooting Stars Awards are presented annually by the pan-European network organization European Film Promotion (EFP) to emerging actors from Europe. "Shooting Stars" is an initiative of the EFP for the international promotion and networking of p ...

. Rohrwacher worked with her sister, director

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 The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

for Best Actress at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in '' Hungry Hearts'', a film by Italian director

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. Under the presidency of

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, 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. Rohrwacher provided the narration for the series '' My Brilliant Friend'', an adaptation of

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Personal life

Rohrwacher is in a relationship with Italian director

Selected filmography

References

External links

* * * * 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 {{Italy-actor-stub