Michele Placido is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film Ernesto. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series La piovra (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, Pummarò, was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara.
Virna Lisa Pieralisi, known as just Virna Lisi, was an Italian actress. Her international film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969), Beyond Good and Evil (1977), and Follow Your Heart (1996). For the 1994 film La Reine Margot, she won Best Actress at Cannes and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Vincent M. Spano Jr. is an American film, stage and television actor; he is also a film director and producer.
Gianni Garko, often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson, is a Dalmatian Italian actor who found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Sartana, starting with the first official film If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death and starring in three sequels as this character, the role played by George Hilton in the third film in the series.
Vittoria Belvedere is an Italian actress. She has appeared in several films but most of her work is television based.
Manuela Arcuri is an Italian actress, model and soubrette. She was the protagonist of two successful TV series, L'onore e il rispetto and Il peccato e la vergogna.
Renzo Palmer was an Italian film, television and stage actor. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1957 and 1988.
Tony Sperandeo is an Italian actor of cinema and television. Sperandeo is notable for frequently playing the roles of tough characters from his native region, Sicily. As of 2011, he was working on La Nuova Squadra, a police drama televised by Rai Tre, as the Superintendent Salvatore Sciacca.
Serena Autieri is an Italian actress and singer. She co-hosted the 53rd presentation of the annual Sanremo Music Festival in 2003, along with Pippo Baudo and Claudia Gerini.
La5 is an Italian entertainment television channel, launched on May 12, 2010, operated by the media company Mediaset and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is broadcast in Italy on DTT channel 30 on mux Mediaset 4 and digital satellite television through Tivù Sat.
Il bello delle donne is an Italian comedy-drama television series. The story is about the lives of different Italian women.
L'onore e il Rispetto is an Italian crime drama broadcast on Canale 5. It is composed of four seasons of six episodes each: the first aired in 2006, the second in 2009 and the third in 2012. The fourth season, initially scheduled for the first months of the year, was broadcast from 1 September 2015. Even before the airing of the said season, Mediaset renewed the series for a fifth season.
Il peccato e la vergogna is an Italian television series.
Orso Maria Guerrini is an Italian film, television and stage actor and voice actor.
Cosima Coppola is an Italian dancer and actress of cinema, theatre and television.
Giuseppe Zeno is an Italian actor of cinema, theatre and television.
Elena Russo is an Italian actress of cinema, television and theatre.
Sebastiano Lo Monaco was an Italian actor of theatre, film, and television.
Lidia Biondi, often credited as Lydia Biondi, was an Italian film and television actress who appeared in more than 40 Italian and foreign films since the 1960s. Her international film credits included Eat Pray Love (2010), starring Julia Roberts, and Letters to Juliet (2010), directed by Gary Winick, in which she appeared opposite Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave. Most recently, Biondi appeared in a series of television dramas, including La squadra, Compagni di banco, Il bello delle donne, Diritto di difesa, L'onore e il rispetto, Il Sangue e la Rosa, and Aldo Moro - Il presidente during the 2000s and 2010s.
Rosalinda Cannavò, formerly known as Adua Del Vesco, is an Italian actress, singer and model.
