Carolina Giammetta

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Carolina Giammetta
Born (1970-02-03) 3 February 1970 (age 55)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Occupation(s)Film director and actress
Years active1993–present

Carolina Giammetta (born 3 February 1970) is a British film director and actress.

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Biography

Giammetta was born in Nottingham to Italian immigrant parents. She is dyslexic. Giammetta was one of the inaugural members of the Central Junior Television Workshop and went on to train at drama school. [1]

Career

Between 2016 and 2019, Giammetta directed 15 episodes of BBC One's medical soap opera Doctors , while in 2017 she directed two episodes of the 32nd season of British TV series Casualty . [2] In 2024 she directed the second season of Suspect , starring Dominic Cooper and Anne-Marie Duff; [3] a thriller crime-drama based on Danish TV series Face to Face . [3] For Channel 4 she also directed crime drama Before We Die (2023). [4] Since 2025 she has been the director of TV series Bookish , starring Mark Gatiss. [5] In February 2025 it was announced that Giammetta had been hired by British production company Eagle Eye to develop and direct upcoming dramas from the company. [5] [6]

Giammetta also directed ITV's Hollington Drive and four-part television thriller drama The Drowning , which aired on Paramount-owned British network Channel 5 in February 2021. [7] [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Naked Masseuse
2000 The Asylum Tessa
2002Outside the RulesKim Andrews
2004 Hawking Lidia Sciama
2006 Venus Health Center Nurse
2008 Toscanini: In His Own Words Wally Toscanini
2009 The Unloved Teacher
2010 Oranges and Sunshine Charity Rep. 2

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016–2019 Doctors Director
15 episodes
2017 Casualty Director
2 episodes
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Director
2 episodes
2019 Agatha Raisin Director
1 episode
2019–2020 Vera Director
2 episodes
2021 The Drowning Director
Hollington Drive Director
2023 Before We Die Director
Series 2
2024 Suspect Director
Series 2
2025 Bookish Director

References

  1. ↑ "Carolina Giammetta". Directors Now. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Carolina Giammetta". IW22. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Interview with Carolina Giammetta (Director)". Channel 4. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 "ITVS's Eagle Eye Drama brings in writer and director Carolina Giammetta as its first head of drama". C21Media. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 Goldbart, Max; Whittock, Jesse (5 February 2025). "Eagle Eye Hires Drama Director; CAA Sports Hires Senior Duo; Roblox Kids Competition Movie At Vue — Global Briefs". Deadline . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Fallon, Heather (5 February 2025). "Eagle Eye appoints first director of drama". Broadcast . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Feay, Suzy (29 January 2021). "The Drowning tells a gripping story of a bereaved mother on Channel 5". Financial Times . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
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