Nicoletta Braschi

Italian actress and producer (born 1960) Nicoletta BraschiBraschi in 2005Born (1960-04-19) 19 April 1960 (age 66)Cesena, ItalyOccupations Actress producer Years active1983–presentSpouse Roberto Benigni ​(m. 1991)​ Nicoletta Braschi (Italian: [nikoˈletta ˈbraski]; born 19 April 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Life and career Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu mi turbi (You Upset Me). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train. Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband were Johnny Stecchino (1991) and La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997). The first, an Italian comedy that cast the actress as the girlfriend of a mobster (Benigni), was a huge hit in Italy, while the second, in which Braschi played the wife of an Italian Jew (Benigni) imprisoned in a concentration camp, was a widely praised success that launched both Braschi and her husband into the international spotlight. She was nominated for a Screen Actors