Loredana Cannata (born 14 July 1975) is an Italian movie, television and theater actress.

Biography

Born in

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, Italy, Cannata studied

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while growing up in her native

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. She started early on to play leading roles in several stage plays, some of which based on works by

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'') and

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''). In 1999 she made her film debut in ''

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'' directed by

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. Cannata has also appeared in numerous television series throughout her career. Since 2001 she has been starring, alongside Italian actor

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'', a long running TV series broadcast on

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, one of Italy's state owned channels. ''Un caso di coscienza'' is now in its fifth season. She was cast in the 2005-2006 Italian edition of ''

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''. She came back to the movies in 2012 with "

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in 2015. Additionally, Cannata is president of ''"Sesto Sole"'' (6th Sun), an Italian charity organization that provides health related help to the indigenous population of the

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. She is

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and supports animals rights. In 2003 she directed the documentary ''Insurgentes'' about the

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Career

Theater

* ''

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(1993–94) * ''

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(1996) * ''All' uscita'', L. Pirandello (1996) * ''

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, director A. Marziantonio (1997) * ''Orgasmica Soirée'', regia di F. Soldi (1999) * ''Benzina'', director Daniele Falleri (2001) * ''Per il resto tutto bene'', director Claudio Boccaccini (2010-2011) * ''Una donna di Ragusa - Maria Occhipinti'', director Loredana Cannata (2011-2012-2015) * ''(Odio) gli indifferenti 02/06/05'', written and directed by herself (2012) * "Marilyn - Her words", written and directed by herself (2014-2015)

Film

* '' La donna lupo'' (''The man-eater''), directed by

(1999) * ''Sotto gli occhi di tutti'', directed by Nello Correale (1999) * ''Maestrale'', directed by Sandro Cecca (2000) * ''Ustica. Una spina nel cuore'', directed by

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(2001) * ''Gabriel'', directed by Maurizio Angeloni (2001) * ''Sotto gli occhi di tutti'', directed by Nello Correale (2002) * ''

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'', directed by

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(2002) * ''Un mondo d'amore'', directed by

(2002) * ''Albakiara'', directed by Stefano Salvati (2008) * ''

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'', directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (2012) * ''

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'', directed by

(2015) * '' Scarlett'', directed by Luigi Boccia (2018) * ''

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'', directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (2019)

Television

* ''La voce del sangue'', regia di Alessandro Di Robilant - Film TV (1999) * ''Giochi pericolosi'', regia di

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- Film TV (2000) * ''La casa delle beffe'', regia di

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- Miniserie TV (2000) * ''Villa Ada'', regia di Pier Francesco Pingitore - Film TV (2000) * ''Il bello delle donne 2'', regia di Gianni Dalla Porta, Luigi Parisi,

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e Giovanni Soldati - Serie TV (2002) * ''La squadra 3'', Serie TV (2002) * ''Un caso di coscienza'', regia di Luigi Perelli - Miniserie TV (2003) * ''Il bello delle donne 3'', regia di Maurizio Ponzi e Luigi Parisi - Serie TV (2003) * ''Madame'', regia di

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- Film TV (2004) * ''La caccia'', regia di Massimo Spano - Miniserie TV (2005) * ''Un caso di coscienza 2'', regia di Luigi Perelli - Miniserie TV (2005) * ''Finalmente Natale'', regia di Rossella Izzo - Film TV (2007) * ''Exodus - Il sogno di Ada'', regia di Gianluigi Calderone - Miniserie TV (2007) * ''Finalmente a casa'', regia di Gianfranco Lazotti - Film TV (2008) * ''Provaci ancora prof'', regia di Rossella Izzo - Miniserie TV (2008) * ''Un caso di coscienza 3'', regia di Luigi Perelli - Miniserie TV (2008) * ''Un caso di coscienza 4'', regia di Luigi Perelli - Miniserie TV (2009) * ''Viso d'angelo'', regia di Eros Puglielli - Miniserie TV (2011) * ''Un caso di coscienza 5'', regia di Luigi Perelli - Miniserie TV (2013) * ''Una pallottola nel cuore'', regia di Luca Manfredi - TV series (2014) * ''Romanzo siciliano'', regia di

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- TV series (2015) * ''Questo è il mio paese'', regia di

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- TV series (2015)

Documentary

* ''Insurgentes'', director Loredana Cannata (2003) * ''Monógamo sucesivo'', director Pablo Basulto (2004) * ''L'alba del Sesto Sole'', director Roberto Salinas (2008) * ''Calvino Cosmorama'', director

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(2010) coproduzione Italia-Francia-Canada

Spot

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* Yellow Pages director

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References

External links

*
Loredana Cannata on MyMovies
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cannata, Loredana 1975 births Living people People from Ragusa, Sicily Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Actors from the Province of Ragusa