Marina Suma (born 14 November 1959) is an Italian actress.

Life and career

Born in Naples, Suma started her career as a glamour model, and made her film debut in Salvatore Piscicelli's '' Le occasioni di Rosa''. For her performance in this film 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 new actress. Later she starred in

Carlo Vanzina Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. In English-speakin ...

's ''

Sapore di mare ''Time for Loving'' (released in Italy as ''Sapore di mare'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films. It also generate ...

'' and in a number of successful comedy films. From the 1990s she focused her activities on television.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Opportunities of Rosa ''The Opportunities of Rosa'' ( it, Le occasioni di Rosa, also known as ''Rosa's Chance'') is a 1981 Italian drama film directed by Salvatore Piscicelli. For her performance in this film Marina Suma, here at her film debut, won a David di Donatello ...

'' (1981) * ''

Time for Loving ''Time for Loving'' (released in Italy as ''Sapore di mare'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living subgenre of revival-nostalgic comedy films. It also generate ...

'' (1982) * ''

Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...

'' (1983) * '' A Boy and a Girl'' (1983) * ''

Cuori nella tormenta ''Cuori nella tormenta'' (''Hearts in the storm'') is a 1984 Italian romantic comedy film. It marked the directorial debut of Enrico Oldoini. Plot Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook; they become great f ...

'' (1984) * '' Blues metropolitano'' (1985) * '' Sweets from a Stranger'' (1987) * '' Dark Bar'' (1989) * ''

Disperatamente Giulia ''Disperatamente Giulia'' (also known as ''Julia Forever'') is a 1989 Italian romance-drama mini series directed by Enrico Maria Salerno. Broadcast on Canale 5, it is based on the novel with the same name by Sveva Casati Modignani.Aldo Grasso, M ...

'' (1989) * '' Infelici e contenti'' (1992) * ''

Pater Familias The ''pater familias'', also written as ''paterfamilias'' (plural ''patres familias''), was the head of a Roman family. The ''pater familias'' was the oldest living male in a household, and could legally exercise autocratic authority over his ext ...

'' (2003) * ''

Mozzarella Stories ''Mozzarella Stories'' is a 2011 Italian neo noir-comedy film written and directed by Edoardo De Angelis. It was entered into the main competition at the 38th São Paulo International Film Festival. Cast * Luisa Ranieri: Sofia *Luca Zingarett ...

'' (2011)

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* Living people Italian film actresses 1959 births Actresses from Naples David di Donatello winners Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses Italian female models People of Sicilian descent Models from Naples {{Italy-actor-stub