Elena Cotta (born 19 August 1931) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, at a young age Cotta won a scholarship to attend the

Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the ac ...

; after just one year she quit the Academy to enter the stage company "La compagnia dei giovani". In 1975, she founded her own company together with her husband,

Carlo Alighiero Carlo Alighiero, stage name of Carlo Animali (2 February 1927 – 11 September 2021) was an Italian actor, director, and playwright. Biography Animali was born on 2 February 1927 in Ostra. After attending the Brera Academy and the Accademia N ...

. Cotta made her film debut in 1951, in '' Miracolo a Viggiù''. In 2000, she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress at

AFI award The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ...

and

FCCA Award The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian ...

for her performance in

Kate Woods Kate Woods is an Australian film and television director who has directed and produced mini series, television shows, pilots and feature films. Career Woods made her feature film directorial debut with the film '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2 ...

' '' Looking for Alibrandi''. In 2013, at 82 years old, she 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 Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

for her performance in '' A Street in Palermo'', in which she played an old and stubborn Albanian woman.

Partial filmography

* ''

Your Hands on My Body ''Le tue mani sul mio corpo'' (translation: ''Your Hands on My Body''), aka ''Schocking'', is a List of Italian films of 1970, 1970 Cinema of Italy, Italian giallo film directed by Brunello Rondi. Plot A young neurotic dedicates his life to hara ...

'' (1970) * '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2000) * ''

The Last Fashion Show ''The Last Fashion Show'' ( it, Sotto il vestito niente – L'ultima sfilata, lit=Nothing underneath: the last fashion show) is a 2011 Italian giallo-thriller film directed by Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an I ...

'' (2011) * '' A Street in Palermo'' (2013) * '' Loro'' (2018) * '' The Man Without Gravity'' (2019) * ''

Yara Yara may refer to: People * YARA (girl group), a Filipino girl group * Yara (given name) * Yara (surname), a Japanese surname * Yara (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese pop singer * Yara (footballer) (born 1964), Brazilian footballer Locations * Y ...

'' (2021)

References

External links

* 1931 births Living people Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Actresses from Milan Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners {{Italy-actor-stub