Cinzia Leone

Last updated

Cinzia Leone
Cinzia Leone sez.JPG
Leone in 2008
Born (1959-03-04) 4 March 1959 (age 64)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress

Cinzia Leone (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and comedian.

Contents

Life and career

Born in Rome, Italy, Leone began working in the theater since 1981, [1] but became popular thanks to the participation to several variety shows of good success broadcast by Rai 3 (La TV delle ragazze, Scusate l'interruzione, Avanzi, Tunnel). [1] [2] She is also active in films, mainly used for short but often effective character roles. [1] [2]

In 1991 Leone suffered a congenital aneurysm of the basilar artery, undergoing a complicated surgery in Phoenix, Arizona, which had a mortality rate of 80%. She was paralyzed on the left side of the body but was able to recover completely. She eventually went back to work after a long absence. [2] [3]

Selected filmography

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marina Hedman</span> Swedish-Italian pornographic actress

Bellis Marina Hedman, also known as Marina Frajese, Marina Lotar and Marina Lothar is a retired Swedish pornographic and mainstream actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ida Di Benedetto</span> Italian actress and film producer

Ida Di Benedetto is an Italian actress and film producer.

Mediaset Italia is an international linguistic and cultural television channel, part of the Italian media company Mediaset. Launched in 2009 with the aim to reach Italian communities worldwide, the channel is the international service of Mediaset and broadcast entertainment programming from Canale 5, Italia 1 and Rete 4.

Princess Isabella Orsini de Ligne de La Trémoïlle is an Italian actress. By marriage, she is a member of the House of Ligne, a Belgian noble family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Favella</span> Italian stage, television and movie actress

Anna Favella is an Italian stage, television and movie actress. She is best known for her role as Elena Marsili in the TV series Terra Ribelle, directed by Cinzia TH Torrini, and Terra Ribelle – Il nuovo mondo, directed by Ambrogio Lo Giudice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva Mameli</span> Italian botanist (1886-1978)

Giuliana Luigia Evelina Mameli, was an Italian botanist, and naturalist.

<i>Women in Skirts</i> Film

Women in Skirts is a 1991 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti. It was the highest-grossing Italian film in Italy in 1992. The film was nominated for two awards, Best Supporting Actress and Best Costume Design.

Flavia Fortunato is an Italian singer, actress and television presenter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beatrice Monroy</span> Italian writer

Beatrice Monroy is an Italian writer and dramatist.

Alessandra Appiano was an Italian novelist and journalist.

Lidia Cirillo is an Italian writer and socialist feminist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chiara Frugoni</span> Italian historian (1940–2022)

Chiara Frugoni was an Italian historian and academic, specialising in the Middle Ages and church history. She was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1994 for her essay, Francesco e l'invenzione delle stimmate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of women in the Italian Resistance</span> Italian-Partisan Movement

The history of women in the Italian Resistance plays a key role for the partisan movement in the fight against fascism during World War II. They fought to regain their country's freedom and justice by holding functions of primary importance.

Maria Rosa Cutrufelli is an Italian writer and journalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luciana Percovich</span> Italian non-fiction writer, translator, and feminist

Luciana Percovich is an Italian non-fiction writer, a teacher, a translator and director of a series of books on women's history and spirituality. She was born in Gorizia, Italy in a Mitteleuropean Italian speaking family forced to leave Fiume, Rijeka at the end of World War II, with cultural and geographical roots in Austria and Dalmatia, she spent her childhood and adolescence in Gorizia attending Classical studies. At the age of 18, she went to Milan to complete her education, and there she graduated in 1972. She has been defined as "a traveller between worlds and a weaver of space-time connections for her ability of embracing distant wide horizons with a loving insight".

Whatever I've done, it's been conceived within women's relations, in presence of women's bodies and in the flowing of awakened women's emotions.

Alessandra Smerilli, F.M.A. is an Italian economist, academic, and Catholic religious sister. She has a post-PhD degree in political economy and statistics, obtained from the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luisa Adorno</span> Italian writer (1921–2021)

Luisa Adorno, pseudonym of Mila Curradi was an Italian writer and teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniela Padoan</span>

Daniela Padoan is an Italian writer, essayist, and documentary filmmaker. She won the 2005 Martoglio Prize for Journalism, and the 2006 Nonino Prize

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elena Gianini Belotti</span> Italian writer, teacher, and activist (1929–2022)

Elena Gianini Belotti was an Italian writer, teacher, and activist.

Alessandra Acciai is an Italian film, television and stage actress, whose career spanned over 30 years.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   888440214X.
  2. 1 2 3 Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN   9788831795999.
  3. ↑ Un universo al femminile. ""Un lampo a ciel sereno " "Vincere la malattia per poi risorgere"". Il bello delle donne. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.