Simona Cavallari (born 5 April 1971,

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,Italy) is an Italian actress of the cinema, theatre, and television.

Career

She made her acting debut in 1982 at the age of eleven in the television film ''Colomba''. In 1985, she had a role in The Pizza Connection, directed by

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. She has also performed in "

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" television series, and "

Il Capo dei Capi ''Il Capo dei Capi'' (''The Boss of the Bosses'') is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias ''Totò u Curtu'' (Totò the Short), a mafioso boss f ...

", which was aired by

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in six parts in 2007. In 2009 Cavallari played the female protagonist ''Claudia Mares'' in the Canale 5 miniseries "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi". Her co-stars were

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and

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, the latter with whom she also performed in "Il Capo dei Capi". In 2010 and 2011, she played the same role in the sequels "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 2", "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 3" and "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 4".

Selected television series

* ''

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'' (1986) * ' (1991) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi'' (2009–2012) * ''Le mani dentro la città'' (2014) * ''Storia di una famiglia per bene'' (2021)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavallari, Simona Living people 1971 births Italian television actresses Actresses from Rome 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses