Teresa Saponangelo (born 22 October 1973) is an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Life and career
Born in
Taranto
Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label= Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important com ...
, Saponangelo is the daughter of a workman and a housewife. Her father died when she was two years old, and in 1976 she moved to
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
with her mother and her brother.
After attending several dramatic societies, Saponangelo made her official stage debut in
Giacomo Rizzo
Giacomo Rizzo (born 17 January 1939) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1970. He starred in ''The Family Friend'', which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* ''Il sindacalista' ...
's ''Ce penza mammà''.
After not being admitted to the acting schools of
Piccolo Teatro and
Accademia Nazionale, Saponangelo studied at the Palmi Drama School in
Reggio Calabria, at the suggestion of
Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi (20 August 1923 – 28 May 2016) was an Italian actor and film director.
Born in San Martino a Mensola, Tuscany, Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spe ...
.
In 1994 she made her film debut in ''Il Verificatore'' by
Stefano Incerti, and then appeared in films directed by
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions.
At the C ...
,
Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature ...
,
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending ...
, and
Silvio Soldini, and on stage with directors
Toni Servillo
Marco Antonio Servillo (), known as Toni Servillo, is an Italian actor and theatrical director.
He has won the European Film Award for Best Actor twice, in 2008 for both '' Gomorrah'' and ''Il Divo'' and in 2013 for ''The Great Beauty'', as wel ...
,
Antonio Capuano, and
Mario Martone, among others.
In 2000 she was nominated for
Nastro d'Argento's Best Actress thanks to her performance in
Anna Negri
Anna Negri (born 9 December 1964) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Venice, she is the daughter of the Marxist sociologist and political philosopher Antonio Negri.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. ...
's ''
In the Beginning There Was Underwear'';
the same year she won the
Ubu Award for her performance as Dorina in the stage play ''Tartufo''.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
1973 births
People from Taranto
Living people