Monica Guerritore

Monica Guerritore
Born (1958-01-05) 5 January 1958 (age 66)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
Years active1973–present
Partner(s)Gabriele Lavia (1981–2001)
Roberto Zaccaria (since 2001)
Websitemonicaguerritore.it

Monica Guerritore (born 5 January 1958) is an Italian film, theatre, and television actress.

Biography

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Guerritore was born in Rome to a Neapolitan father and a Calabrian mother.[1] She had her first small part in Vittorio De Sica's Una breve vacanza, at the early age of 13.[2] After her official debut at just sixteen years of age under the direction of Giorgio Strehler in The Cherry Orchard,[2] she tied herself romantically and artistically to film and theatre director Gabriele Lavia,[3] acting in his theatrical performances mostly strong female characters like Jocasta, Lady Macbeth and Ophelia.[4] Miss Julie in Strindberg's drama. The couple separated in 2001, during the rehearsals of Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage in which she played Marianne. Guerritore continued her work with other directors, like Giancarlo Sepe, in Madame Bovary,[5] Carmen,[6] and The Lady of the Camellias.[4][7]

Beside the stage career, Guerritore works on television and film, starting in 1976 along Marcello Mastroianni in Signore e signori, buonanotte.[8] In 1977, she plays the title role in first RAI colour TV play Manon Lescaut;[9][10] significant performances were in Salvatore Samperi's The Dark Side of Love (1985) and in Mauro Bolognini's The Venetian Woman (1986).[11][12] She stayed far away from television for 17 years and came back on screen RAI in 1997 with the title role in Costanza,[13] and in 1999 in Mario Caiano's L'amore oltre la vita.[14] In 2004, she played Ambra Leonardi in Amanti e segreti, and in 2006 she played Ada Sereni in Gianluigi Calderone's Exodus.[15]

Lavia directed her in many movies, often erotically toned, including Scandalous Gilda (1985), Evil Senses (1986) and a Sicilian film by Giovanni Verga, La lupa (1996). In theatre, she also wrote and directed Giovanna d'Arco[16] (2004–2006), and Dall'Inferno all'Infinito (2008).[citation needed] In 2007, she played a part in Ferzan Özpetek's A Perfect Day (Un giorno perfetto), and in 2008 she took part to Ivano De Matteo's La bella gente.[17] She has performed Saint Monica in Christian Duguay's Sant'Agostino.[18]

Guerritore portrayed Anna Di Gastoni in the 2018 film My Big Gay Italian Wedding.[19][20] In 2024, she starred as Gabriella in the Netflix Italian series Deceitful Love.[21][22]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1973 A Brief Vacation Maria
1974 Lovers and Other Relatives Rosy
1975 The First Time on the Grass Lotte
1976 Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen Paolo's assistant Cameo appearance
1977 Stato interessante Annabella Segment: "Secondo episodio"
Man in a Hurry Marie de Bois-Rosé
1978 Break Up Silvia
1979 Together? Giulia
1980 Men or Not Men Bertha
Ombre Monica
1981 Forest of Love Agnolella
1982 Più bello di così si muore Amelia
Io con te non ci sto più Clara
1983 Principe di Homburg Natalia
1984 The Dark Side of Love Patrizia Viani
1985 Scandalous Gilda Gilda
1986 The Venetian Woman Valeria
Evil Senses Vittoria
1988 The Strangeness of Life Anna
1992 Crazy Underwear Amalia
1996 La lupa Gnà Pina "La Lupa"
1998 Femmina Silvia
2000 Scene da un matrimonio Marianne
2007 Liberarsi - Figli di una rivoluzione minore Teresa
2008 Sandrine in the Rain Carolina
A Perfect Day Mara Solari
La fabbrica dei tedeschi Mother
The Seed of Discord Andrologist Cameo appearance
2009 La bella gente Susanna
2011 The Worst Week of My Life Clara
2012 Tell No One Aurora
2018 My Big Gay Italian Wedding Anna Di Gastoni
2019 Tuttapposto Minister Beccaria
2022 Femminile singolare Simona

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 La tela del ragno Clarissa Hailsham-Brown Television film
1989 Gioco senza fine Silvia Television film
1996 Uno di noi Monica Episode: "Una madre indegna"
1998 Costanza Costanza Television film
1999 L'amore oltre la vita Franca Television film
2004–2005 Amanti e Segreti Ambra Castelli Main role
2007 Exodus - Il sogno di Ada Ada Sereni Television film
Fuga con Marlene Marlene Television film
2010 Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine Saint Monica Television film
2011 Rossella Olimpia Main role (season 1)
2012 Sabato, domenica e lunedì Rosa Priore Television film
2013 Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia Rosa Tomei Television film
2015–2016 Thou Shalt Not Kill Lucia Ferro Main role
2021 Speravo de morì prima Fiorella Totti 2 episodes
Vita da Carlo Sandra Recurring role; 6 episodes
2023 The Good Mothers Dalia 2 episodes
2024 Deceitful Love ("Inganno") Gabriella 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Note Biografiche
  2. ^ a b "Scandalosa Monica". Corriere della Sera.
  3. ^ "Monica Guerritore Colore". claudiocaprara.ilcannocchiale.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Teatro » I lavori". monicaguerritore.it.
  5. ^ "MONICA GUERRITORE E´ "MADAME BOVARY" AL TEATRO CARCANO". marketpress.info.
  6. ^ "Monica Guerritore Carmen". culturaspettacolovenezia.it.
  7. ^ "LA SIGNORA DELLE CAMELIE di Giancarlo Sepe, liberamente ispirato al personaggio di Alexandre Dumàs". apriteilsipario.it.
  8. ^ "Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)". IMDB.
  9. ^ "Manon Lescaut (1976)". IMDB.
  10. ^ "Monica Guerritore biografia e film". windoweb.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  11. ^ "Fotografando Patrizia (1985)". IMDB.
  12. ^ "La venexiana (1986)". IMDB.
  13. ^ "FILMOGRAFIA". RAI. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  14. ^ "L'amore oltre la vita (1999)". IMDB.
  15. ^ "Televisione» I lavori » Exodus » Corriere della Sera". monicaguerritore.it.
  16. ^ "Monica Guerritore propone una nuova versione teatrale Giovanna d'Arco". cinebazar.it.
  17. ^ "La bella gente, scheda del film". vivacinema.it.
  18. ^ "Monica Guerritore, un 2009 da protagonista". cinema.excite.it.
  19. ^ Bradley, D. M. (12 June 2019). "Film Review: My Big Gay Italian Wedding". Adelaide Review. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  20. ^ Warren, Steve (19 September 2018). "Reeling 2018 reviews". Windy City Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  21. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (22 March 2023). "Grey's Anatomy Star Giacomo Gianniotti Set for Netflix's Italian Adaptation of Gold Digger TV Series". Variety. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  22. ^ Amodio, Mario (29 March 2023). "A Positano le riprese della serie Netflix Inganno: ciak con Monica Guerritore tra vicoli e spiaggia". Il Mattino (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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