Athina Cenci

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Athina Cenci
Presentazione del film "Exitus" - Athina Cenci.jpg
Cenci in 2021
Born (1946-03-13) 13 March 1946 (age 79)
Kos, Dodecanese, Kingdom of Italy, today modern Greece
OccupationActress
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Athina Cenci (born 13 March 1946) is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician. [1]

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Life and career

Born in Kos, Greece, Cenci was co-founder and member, together with Francesco Nuti and Alessandro Benvenuti, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom she achieved her first successes on stage and on television. [2] [3] She made her film debut with GianCattivi in West of Paperino (1982), then, after the group split, she started a successful solo career winning two David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Mario Monicelli's Let's Hope It's a Girl and Carlo Verdone's Compagni di scuola . [2] [3] [4] She later also worked with other notable directors, including Paolo and Vittorio Taviani and Ettore Scola, and was active on stage and on television, in TV-series and variety shows. [2] In 1999 Cenci was elected with the Democrats of the Left in the city council of Florence. [3] In 2001 she suffered a stroke that forced her to interrupt her artistic and political activities for many years. [3] [5] She reappeared in public in 2014 and the year after returned on stage as protagonist.

References

  1. ↑ Canova, Gianni (2005). Enciclopedia del cinema (in Italian). Garzanti. p. 197. ISBN   978-88-11-50516-7.
  2. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (28 February 2024). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   978-8884402141.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN   9788831795999.
  4. ↑ Enrico Lancia (28 February 1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877422211.
  5. ↑ "Athina Cenci, il ritorno al cinema. "I fiori, i tartufi, la poesia: ogni giorno ricomincio daccapo"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 3 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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