Emanuela Fanelli | |
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 Fanelli in 2024 | |
| Born | 6 July 1986 Rome, Italy [1] |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
Emanuela Fanelli (born 6 July 1986) is an Italian actress and comedian. [1] She received two consecutive David di Donatello awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Emanuela Fanelli began her acting career on stage when she was a teenager. She worked in theatre for many years studying under Luigi Onorato, Giorgio Amato, and David Fiandanese. She made her cinema debut in 2015 with Don't Be Bad by Claudio Caligari, which was followed by other films: The Last Will Be the Last and Ignorance Is Bliss by Massimiliano Bruno, Assolo by Laura Morante, La casa di famiglia by Augusto Fornari and A mano disarmata by Claudio Bonivento. In 2016 she starred in the role of Cinzia, the female protagonist of the TV series Dov'è Mario?, produced by Wildside for Sky Uno, alongside Corrado Guzzanti. She won a series of awards, including the special mention for best actress and best monologue at the "Ciak, si Roma!" event of the Rome International Film Festival, from a jury including Carlo Verdone, Daniele Luchetti and Lina Wertmüller. [2]
In 2014, she won the award for Best Actress at the 48 Hour Film Project for her role in the short film Un film d'amore. [2] Since 2016, she has appeared on radio alongside Lillo & Greg on the programme 610 on Rai Radio 2 in which she plays various characters. [3] In 2019 she was one of the protagonists of the TV programme Battute? on Rai 2 and she featured in the music video for "Immigrato", a song by Checco Zalone published to promote the release of his film Tolo Tolo in cinemas.
Since 2020 she has taken part in the programme Una pezza di Lundini, with Valerio Lundini, broadcast from 7 September 2020 on Rai 2. In 2021, she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival and joined Lo Stato Sociale and Francesco Pannofino in a cover of "Non è per sempre" by Afterhours. She also served as patroness of the awards ceremony at the 2021 Torino Film Festival. [4] She was later chosen as host for 60 sul 2, a programme celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Rai 2. [5]
In 2022, she starred in Paolo Virzì's Dry , which earned her the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. In 2023, she portrayed Marisa in Paola Cortellesi's directorial debut There's Still Tomorrow , which became one of the highest-grossing films of all time in Italy. [6] [7]
In 2024, she was again directed by Virzì in the film Un altro Ferragosto. That same year, she again won Best Supporting Actress at the 69th David di Donatello for her performance in There's Still Tomorrow. [8] [9]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2015 | Don't Be Bad | Prima Smandrappata | Claudio Caligari | |
| The Last Will Be the Last | Nadia | Massimiliano Bruno | ||
| 2016 | Assolo | Laura Morante | ||
| 2017 | Ignorance Is Bliss | Iris | Massimiliano Bruno | |
| La casa di famiglia | Ornella | Augusto Fornari | ||
| 2019 | A mano disarmata | Chiara Colombo | Claudio Bonivento | |
| Brave ragazze | Michela Andreozzi | |||
| 2022 | Dry | Raffaella Zarate | Paolo Virzì | |
| 2023 | There's Still Tomorrow | Marisa | Paola Cortellesi | |
| 2024 | Another Summer Holiday | Daniela | Paolo Virzì | |
| 2025 | FolleMente | Trilli | Paolo Genovese | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | La Coppia Perfetta | Lorenzo Carosi | |
| 2007 | Dov'eri? | Luca Di Giovanni | |
| 2014 | Un film d'amore | Cicova | |
| 2017 | Cose dell'altro mondo | Lorenzo Di Nola | |
| 2019 | Biagio - Una storia vera | Matteo Tiberia |
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Maschere" | Suntiago | |
| 2019 | "Immigrato" | Checco Zalone | |
| 2023 | "Tutta" | Daniele Silvestri |
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