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Pasqualina "Lina" Sastri is an Italian actress and singer.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Lina Sastri started acting in amateur dramatics at very young age. She made her professional debut with the theatrical company Teatro Libero, and had her breakout in 1974, starring in the musical drama ''Masaniello''. On stage, she worked intensively with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, and her collaborations include Eduardo De Filippo, Fabio Carpi and

Memè Perlini Amelio "Memè" Perlini (8 December 1947 – 5 April 2017) was an Italian actor and film director. His directorial debut, ''Italian Postcards'', was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. He directed ...

. Sastri made her film debut in '' Il prefetto di ferro'', in 1977. In 1984 she won a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress and 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 ...

in the same category for her performance in ''

Mi manda Picone ''Where's Picone?'' ( it, Mi manda Picone, also known as ''Picone Sent Me'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Nanni Loy. Overview For this film Lina Sastri was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Silver Ribbon in th ...

''. One year later, she won the same two awards for her role in ''

Segreti segreti ''Segreti segreti'' (internationally released as ''Secrets Secrets'') is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. For this film Lina Sastri was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. The film was on first viewing ...

''. In 1987 she was awarded with a

for Best Supporting Actress for Damiano Damiani's '' L'inchiesta''. As a singer she has released numerous albums, mainly sung in the Neapolitan dialect. She participated at the Sanremo Festival in 1992 with the song "Femmene 'e mare". She considers herself Roman Catholic.

Partial filmography

Steve Scott with Lina Sastri on the set of Celluloide 1996

* ''Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano'' (1974) * ''Li nepute de lu sinneco'' (1975) * O tuono 'e marzo'' (1975) * '' Il prefetto di ferro'' (1977) * '' Ecce bombo'' (1978) - Olga * '' Café Express'' (1980) – Suor Camilla * '' Hearts and Armour'' (1983) – La Maga * '' Where's Picone?'' (1984) – Luciella * '' Secrets Secrets'' (1985) – Laura * '' La donna delle meraviglie'' (1985) – Luisa * '' The Inquiry'' (1987) – Mary of Magdala * ''Le lunghe ombre'' (1987) * ''La posta in gioco'' (1988) – Renata Fonte * '' The Strangeness of Life'' (1988) – Renata Fonte * '' Little Misunderstandings'' (1989) – Francesca * ''Luisa, Carla, Lorenza e... le affettuose lontananze'' (1989) – Luisa * ''Brown Bread Sandwiches'' (1989) – Giulia Buonanotte * ''

Celluloide ''Celluloide'' is a 1996 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani from a screenplay by Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro and Lizzani, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pirro. It stars Giancarlo Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Anna Falch ...

'' (1996) – Anna Magnani * ''

Strangled Lives ''Strangled Lives'' ( it, Vite strozzate, french: Le jour du chien) is a 1996 French-Italian crime film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize. Cast * Vinc ...

'' (1996) – Sauro * '' Li chiamarono... briganti!'' (1999) – Corifea * '' Excellent Cadavers'' (1999) – Mamma * ''Giovani'' (2002) – Irene * '' Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love'' (2004, TV Movie) – Margherita Bosco * ''

Saint Rita Rita of Cascia, born Margherita Lotti (1381 – 22 May 1457), was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. After Rita's husband died, she joined an Augustinian community of religious sisters, wher ...

'' (2004, TV Movie) – Abbess * ''Fabbrica'' (2005) – Madre Lina * '' Imperium: Saint Peter'' (2005, TV Movie) – Mary * ''

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! ''Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!'' ( it, Lascia perdere, Johnny!) is a 2007 Italian biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Fabrizio Bentivoglio. It is loosely based on real life events of musician Fausto Mesolella, a member of Picc ...

'' (2007) – Vincenza Ciaramella * ''K. Il bandito'' (2008) – Rita Santoro * '' Baarìa'' (2009) – Tana / Beggard * '' Passione'' (2010) * ''Poker Generation'' (2012) – Lucia * '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) – Friend at Cinema * ''

Discovery at Dawn ''Discovery at Dawn'' ( it, La scoperta dell'alba) is a 2012 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. It is loosely based on the novel ''La scoperta dell'alba'' by Walter Veltroni. The film premiered at the 2012 Rome Int ...

'' (2012) – Marianna Dall'Acqua * ''O sangue è quente da Bahia'' (2013) * ''My Italy'' (2016) * ''Prigioniero della mia libertà'' (2016) – G.I.P. * ''

Napoli velata ''Naples in Veils'' ( it, Napoli velata) is a 2017 mystery, thriller and noir film directed by Turkish-Italian filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek. The plot is centered around Adriana, a Naples-based medical examiner in her forties who falls for a younger ...

'' (2017) – Ludovica * ''Buon Lavoro'' (2018)

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* 1950 births Italian film actresses Italian women singers Living people Musicians from Naples David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners ZYX Music artists Italian Roman Catholics {{italy-actor-stub