Stefania Montorsi (born 12 April 1968) is an Italian director and actress. She appeared in more than ten films since 1988.

Early life and career

Born in Bari, in the Carbonara-Santa Rita district, she has always lived in

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; after a theatrical training, she made her debut on television and later in cinema, where she starred, among other things, in

Mille bolle blu ''Mille bolle blu'' ("''A thousand blue bubbles''") is a 1993 Italian comedy film written and directed by Leone Pompucci. It was screened in the Italian Panorama section at the 50th Venice International Film Festival. For this film Leone Pompuc ...

, directed by Leone Pompucci, Bits and Pieces, directed by

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, and

Other Men ''Other Men'' ( it, Altri uomini) is a 1997 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Claudio Bonivento. It is based on real-life characters documented in the Antonio Carlucci and Paolo Rossetti's book ''Io il Tebano'' ("I, the Theban"). ...

, directed by

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. The 1993 film by

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The Storm Is Coming ''The Storm Is Coming'' ( it, Arriva la bufera) is a 1993 Italian comedy film written and directed by Daniele Luchetti. For her performance in this film Marina Confalone won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. Cast *Diego Ab ...

, which marks the beginning of an artistic and sentimental partnership, becoming his wife. With Luchetti she acts in Little Teachers and in

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. In 2000 she starred in the international production

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, with

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and

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. Among his productions for the small screen, we remember the tv films The Ogre, directed by

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, and Cuore in gola, directed by

Stefania Casini Stefania Casini (born 4 September 1948) is an Italian actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She starred alongside Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu in Bernardo Bertolucci's ''1900'' (1976) and received two David di Donatello Award ...

, both from 1988, the tv miniseries

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(1989), directed by

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, and the TV movie

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, directed by Roger Young. In October 2010 her first novel Amori fuoricorso was released for the publisher Sonzogno

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Selected filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montorsi, Stefania 1968 births Living people People from Bari Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses