Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series .

Biography

Born in

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, after a few minor roles Ricci emerged in 1984, with the Pupi Avati's film '' Impiegati'', for which she won a

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for Best New Actress. In 1988 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 Supporting Actress and a Silver Ribbon in the same category for her role in Carlo Verdone's '' Io e mia sorella''. In 1990 Ricci was awarded with a

for Best Actress and a

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in the same category for her performance in '' Ne parliamo Lunedì''. In 2010 she shared with Lunetta Savino a Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actress for '' Mine vaganti'', directed by

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. Elena Sofia Ricci is very active as a television actress, starring in many popular TV series. For her television activity she received several awards, including two Telegatti, the 2005 Fiore di Roccia, and the 2006 Premio Afrodite as Best TV-Actress. In 2018, she won the Silver Ribbon for Best Actress for her role of Veronica Lario in

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's '' Loro'', for which she won the David di Donatello for Best Actress the following year.

Private life

She is married to the musician Stefano Mainetti. Her second baby, Maria, was born in 2004. She was previously married to Luca Damiani and was also in a relationship with

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, with whom she had a daughter with. Formerly an agnostic, she now considers herself

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Filmography

Awards

* 1988:

David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice non protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the ...

for '' Io e mia sorella'' * 1988: Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress for '' Io e mia sorella'' * 1988:

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for Best Supporting Actress for '' Io e mia sorella'' * 1990: David di Donatello for Best Actress for '' Ne parliamo Lunedì'' * 1990:

for Best Actress for '' Ne parliamo Lunedì'' * 2010: Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress for '' Loose Cannons'' * 2010:

for Best Supporting Actress for '' Loose Cannons'' * 2018:

Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists") the association of Italian film critic ...

for '' Loro'' * 2019: David di Donatello for Best Actress for '' Loro''

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* * 1962 births Living people Italian film actresses Actors from Florence David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses Italian Roman Catholics Converts to Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism {{Italy-actor-stub