Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series .

Biography

Born in

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, after a few minor roles Ricci emerged in 1984, with the

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's film ''

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'', for which she won a

Globo d'oro The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1960 and it has as jury the Rome Foreign Press Association. The first awards ceremony took place in 1960 and was won by the film ...

for Best New Actress. In 1988 she won a

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

for Best Supporting Actress and a

Silver Ribbon The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

in the same category for her role in

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's ''

Io e mia sorella ''Io e mia sorella'' (internationally released as ''Me and My Sister'' and ''My Sister and I'') is a List of Italian films of 1987, 1987 Cinema of Italy, Italian Romance (love), romantic comedy-drama film written, directed and starred by Carlo Ve ...

''. In 1990 Ricci was awarded with a

for Best Actress and a

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in the same category for her performance in '' Ne parliamo Lunedì''. In 2010 she shared with

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for Best supporting Actress for ''

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'', directed by

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. Elena Sofia Ricci is very active as a television actress, starring in many popular TV series. For her television activity she received several awards, including two

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, the 2005 Fiore di Roccia, and the 2006 Premio Afrodite as Best TV-Actress. In 2018, she won the Silver Ribbon for Best Actress for her role of

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's '' Loro'', for which she won the

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the following year.

Private life

She is married to the musician

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. Her second baby, Maria, was born in 2004. She was previously married to Luca Damiani and was also in a relationship with

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, with whom she had a daughter with. Formerly an agnostic, she now considers herself

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Filmography

Awards

* 1988:

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 ...

for ''

'' * 1988:

Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award presented annually since 1946 by the '' Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film criti ...

for ''

'' * 1988:

Ciak d'oro ''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'', for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in 1 ...

for Best Supporting Actress for ''

'' * 1990:

for '' Ne parliamo Lunedì'' * 1990:

for Best Actress for '' Ne parliamo Lunedì'' * 2010:

for '' Loose Cannons'' * 2010:

for Best Supporting Actress for '' Loose Cannons'' * 2018:

Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists") the association of Italian film critics. ...

for '' Loro'' * 2019:

for '' Loro''

References

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* * 1962 births Living people Italian film actresses Actors from Florence David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses Italian Roman Catholics Converts to Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism {{Italy-actor-stub