Isabella Ferrari
Isabella Ferrari | |
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 Ferrari in 2008 | |
| Born | Isabella Fogliazza 31 March 1964 Ponte dell'Olio, Piacenza, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Known for | Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in Distretto di Polizia |
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| Children | 3 |
Isabella Fogliazza (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Ferrari, is an Italian television, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the main character in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2), which was televised on Mediaset's Canale 5 from 2000 to 2001. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival she won a Volpi Cup award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Romanzo di un giovane povero.[1]
Career
Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. At the age of 15 she was elected Miss Teenager in a contest held in a discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17[2] as Selvaggia in the Carlo Vanzini comedy Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the film's sequel Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularly performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the protagonist in the first two seasons of the police drama series Distretto di Polizia.
At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Ferrari won a Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress in the Ettore Scola film Romanzo di un giovane povero in which she played the part of Andreina.
She was nominated to the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 thanks to her performance in The Goodbye Kiss and in 2008 for her performance in Quiet Chaos.
In 2021, she was selected as jury member for International competition section of 74th Locarno Film Festival held from 4 to 14 August.[3]
Personal life
Ferrari lives in Rome, Italy, and is the mother of three children.[4] Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Il ras del quartiere | 1983 | Veronica Gatti | |
| Time for Loving | 1983 | Selvaggia Binetti | |
| Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo | 1983 | Selvaggia Binetti | |
| Domani mi sposo | 1984 | Susy | |
| Chewingum | 1984 | Isabella | |
| Good King Dagobert | 1984 | Chrodilde | |
| Fracchia contro Dracula | 1985 | Luna Jabonks | |
| Il ragazzo del Pony Express | 1986 | Claudia | |
| Appointment in Liverpool | 1988 | Caterina | |
| Willy Signori e vengo da lontano | 1990 | Lucia Ventura | |
| Gangsters | 1992 | Evelyna | |
| Allulo Drom - L'anima zingara | 1992 | Lorenza | |
| Romanzo di un giovane povero | 1995 | Andreina | |
| Escoriandoli | 1996 | Tarcisia | |
| Hotel Paura | 1996 | Lucia | |
| Mare largo | 1998 | Clara | |
| Vite in sospeso | 1998 | Eugenia | |
| Holy Tongue | 2000 | Patrizia | |
| Amatemi | 2005 | Nina | |
| The Goodbye Kiss | 2006 | Flora | |
| Saturn in Opposition | 2007 | Laura | |
| Quiet Chaos | 2008 | Eleonora Simoncini | |
| Un giorno perfetto | 2008 | Emma Buonocore | |
| The Seed of Discord | 2008 | Monica | |
| The Ladies Get Their Say | 2009 | Beatrice | |
| They Call It Summer | 2012 | Anna | |
| The Great Beauty | 2013 | Orietta | |
| Il venditore di medicine | 2014 | Giovanna | |
| Diva! | 2017 | Valentina Cortese | |
| Napoli velata | 2017 | Valeria | |
| In viaggio con Adele | 2018 | Carla Mariani | |
| Euphoria | 2018 | Michela | |
| Cosa fai a Capodanno? | 2018 | Domitilla | |
| Under the Riccione Sun | 2020 | Irene | Netflix Original Film |
| È per il tuo bene | 2020 | Isabella | |
| Under the Amalfi Sun | 2022 | Irene | Netflix Original Film |
| Robbing Mussolini | Nora Cavalieri |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professione vacanze | 1986 | Alice | Episode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio" |
| Provincia segreta | 1998 | Raffaella Granelli | 3 episodes |
| Nicholas' Gift | 1998 | Alessandra | Television film |
| Sospetti | 2000 | Serena Arcalli | 6 episodes |
| Distretto di Polizia | 2000–2005 | Giovanna Scalise | 47 episodes |
| Cuore contro cuore | 2004–2005 | Francesca De Luca | 22 episodes |
| Liberi di giocare | 2007 | Silvia Mauri | 2 episodes |
| Ice Fever | 2009 | Antonia Gallo | 2 episodes |
| Storia di Laura | 2011 | Laura | Television film |
| Una grande famiglia | 2015 | Claudia | 8 episodes |
| Baby | 2018–2020 | Simonetta | 18 episodes |
Theatre
- Anestesia totale (2011)
- Il catalogo (2010)
- Due partite (2006)
- I tre alberghi (1999)
- Ondine (1994))
References
- ^ http://www.Mymovies.it Archived 20 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 31-3-10
- ^ Interview with Isabella Ferrari Venice 2006 on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10
- ^ "74th Locarno Film Festival (Concorso Internazionale: Jury)". Locarno Film Festival. 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ Interview with Isabella Ferrari, Libertà OnLine, 11 May 2001, www.libertà.it, retrieved 31 March 2010
