Monica Guerritore

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 Fotografando Patrizia (1985) and in Mauro Bolognini's La Venexiana (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 Scandalosa Gilda (1985), Sensi (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]

Films

Television

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