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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2019 - 19.27 July

ELENA SOFIA RICCI

JULY 26 - JURY MEETS

Biography

Elena Sofia Ricci was born in Florence but has been living in Rome for a long time. Her mother was a set designer (Elena Poccetto Ricci) and her adoptive father a director. Her grandmother was the one who, In Florence, sent Elena Sofia to study dance when she was three years old and gifted her with a guitar, this way, unwittingly, passing down to her the passion for performing arts. Ricci’s first real encounter with the stage was in Naples, in the San Ferdinando theater, with Mario Scaccia, who selected her as lead actress in "Scuola delle mogli" (1981). Early in her career she worked both with well-known directors like Avati, Verdone, Odorisio, Magni, Citti, Monicelli, Risi, Nichetti, Gaudino, Ferrario, Poeti, Capitani, Torrini and Tognazzi, and with foreign directors such as Jaques Deray, Juan Luis Buñuel, Roger Young, Beat Kuert. She was an ambiguous Bovary in "Bank Clerks" (1985), an upper-class daughter in "Ultimo minuto" (1987), a rich and capricious girl in "Sposi" (1988), a sharp and nitpicky wife in "Io e mia sorella" (1987), a small-town dark lady in "Ne parliamo lunedì" (1989), a romantic heroine in "In the Name of the Sovereign People" (1990), an unpleasant journalist in "Non chiamarmi Omar" (1992) and, vice versa, a committed journalist and victim in the TV movie "Contro ogni volontà" (1992). She alternates television and film hits, ranging from series like "Giovanni Falcone" (2006), "Orgoglio" (2004-2006) and "Amiche mie" (2008 - directed by Miniero and Genovese) to roles that have stayed in the audience imagination like the ones played in the two films directed by Ferzan Ozpetek ("Mine Vaganti", "Loose Cannons", 2010 and "Allacciate le cinture", "Fasten Your Seatbelts", 2014) or in "Genitori & Figli" (2010) by Giovanni Veronesi, not disdaining to work with rising directors such as in "Noi siamo Francesco" (2014) by Guendalina Zampagni and "Ho ucciso Napoleone" ("I Killed Napoléon", 2015) by Giorgia Farina. Among her latest film roles, the part of Veronica Lario in "Loro" (2018), by Paolo Sorrentino, which earned her a Nastro D’Argento (Silver Ribbon) - Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award and a David di Donatello Award as Best Actress. Not to be overlooked are her stage performances, her first passion, where she shows how versatile her talent is in passing from comedy to drama, her interpretations ranging from Pirandello, Shakespeare and Miller, always working with great directors like Mattia Sbragia, Giancarlo Sepe, Armando Pugliese e Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. Many are the recognitions she earned throughout her career, among these: three David di Donatello Awards, three Golden Ciak, three Silver Ribbons, two Ennio Flaiano, an Italian Golden Globe, a Telegatto and a Grolla d’Oro Awards.

photo credits: STEFANO GUINDANI

  • Filmography:

    cinema
    Loro, by Paolo Sorrentino (2018)
    Il tuttofare, by Valerio Attanasio (2018)
    L'amore rubato, by Irish Braschi (2016)
    Ho ucciso Napoleone, by Giorgia Farina (2015)
    Noi siamo Francesco, by Guendalina Zampagni (2014)
    Allacciate le cinture, by Ferzan Özpetek (2014)
    Tutta colpa della musica, by Ricky Tognazzi (2011)
    Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso, by Giovanni Veronesi (2010)
    Mine Vaganti, by Ferzan Özpetek (2010)
    Ex, by Fausto Brizzi (2009)
    Alla fine della notte, by Salvatore Piscicelli (2003)
    Il pranzo della domenica, by Carlo Vanzina (2003)
    Storia di guerra e d'amicizia, by Fabrizio Costa (2002)
    Come si fa un Martini, by Kiko Stella (2001)
    Commedia sexy, by Claudio Bigagli (2001)
    Donna di piacere, by Paolo Fondato (1997)
    Esercizi di stile, by Sergio Citti and Volfango De Biasi (1996)
    Vendetta, by Mikael Håfström (1995)
    Tra noi due tutto è finito, by Furio Angiolella (1994)
    Anime fiammeggianti, by Davide Ferrario (1994)
    E quando lei morì fu lutto nazionale, by Lucio Gaudino (1993)
    Stefano Quantestorie, by Maurizio Nichetti (1993)
    Persone perbene, by Francesco Laudadio (1992)
    Non chiamarmi Omar, by Sergio Staino (1992)
    Ma non per sempre, by Marzio Casa (1991)
    In nome del popolo sovrano, by Luigi Magni (1990)
    Burro, by José María Sánchez (1989)
    L'assassina, by Beat Kuert (1989)
    Ne parliamo lunedì, by Luciano Odorisio (1989)
    Sposi, 2º episodio, by Cesare Bastelli (1988)
    Io e mia sorella, by Carlo Verdone (1987)
    Ultimo minuto, by Pupi Avati (1987)
    Una domenica sì, by Cesare Bastelli (1986)
    Impiegati, by Pupi Avati (1985)
    Zero in condotta, by Giuliano Carnimeo (1983)
    Canto d'amore, as Elena Uber, by Elda Tattoli (1982)
    Arrivano i gatti, uncredited, by Carlo Vanzina (1980)

    television
    Che Dio ci aiuti - TV series, 92 episodes (2011-2019)
    Le due leggi - TV film (2014)
    Romeo e Giulietta - TV series, 2 episodes (2014)
    Don Matteo - TV series, 1 episode (2011)
    Agata e Ulisse - TV film (2011)
    Gli ultimi del Paradiso - TV film (2010)
    Amiche mie - TV series, 6 episodes (2008)
    Tutti i rumori del mondo - TV film (2007)
    Caravaggio - TV film (2007)
    I Cesaroni - TV series, 115 episodes (2006-2012)
    Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra - TV film (2006)
    Fratelli - TV film (2006)
    Orgoglio - TV series, 30 episodes (2004-2006)
    Un papà quasi perfetto - TV miniseries (2003)
    Fabio Montale - TV miniseries, 3 episodes (2002)
    Stern der Liebe - TV film (2001)
    Il rumore dei ricordi - TV film (2000)
    Mio figlio ha 70 anni - TV film (1999)
    Gesù - TV miniseries (1999)
    Squadra mobile scomparsi - TV series, 1 episode (1999)
    Clarissa - TV film (1998)
    La forza dell'amore - TV miniseries, 3 episodes (1998)
    Caro maestro - TV series, 13 episodes (1996-1997)
    Ho un segreto con papà - TV film (1994)
    La marcia di Radetzky - TV miniseries, 2 episodes (1994)
    L'aquila della notte - TV film (1994)
    Contro ogni volontà - TV film (1992)
    Il segno del comando - TV film (1992)
    La vita che ti diedi - TV film (1991)
    Sangue blu - TV miniseries, 1 episode (1990)
    Chiara e Francesca - TV film (1988)
    Sound - TV film (1988)
    Little Roma - TV miniseries, 5 episodes (1987)
    Una donna a Venezia - TV miniseries, 4 episodes (1986)
    Il viaggio difficile - TV film (1986)
    Un uomo in trappola - TV series (1985)
    Quei trentasei gradini - TV miniseries, 6 episodes (1984-1985)

    teather
    Vetri rotti - by Armando Pugliese (2018)
    Mamma Mia Bella! - by Elena Sofia Ricci (2016)
    I Blues - by Armando Pugliese(2015)
    Metti una sera a cena - by G. P. Griffi (2003)
    Come tu mi vuoi - by Armando Pugliese (1999)
    Estate e fumo - by Armando Pugliese (1997)
    Macbeth - by G. Sepe (1994)
    Beatles back - by R .Mattioli (1985)
    L'invito al castello - by M. Ferrero (1983)
    Il bugiardo - by A. Piccardi (1983)
    La scuola delle mogli - by M. Mattolini (1981)