Anna Maria Cianciulli is an Italian born Italian-American actress and academic known for her roles in film and television.
Anna Maria Cianciulli has had leading roles in film including as the mother in Downtown: A Street Tale (2004), Gertrude in Hamlet/Horatio (2021 - directed by Paul Warner), [1] and Filomena Bene in Stealing Chanel alongside Lydia Hearst, Carol Alt, and John Rothman on the Lifetime Channel. [2] On television she appeared as the character Juliana Chiari on the CBS television series East New York. [3] [4] .
As a director Cianciull directed the short film "Stay" (2014) which was an official selection of the Manhattan Film Festival. [5] [6]
Cianciulli is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and an acting for film instructor at the New York Film Academy both in New York City. [7] She has also been an adjucnt professor at The Acting Studio. [8]