Isabella Ferrari

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Isabella Ferrari
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Ferrari in 2008
Born
Isabella Fogliazza

(1964-03-31) 31 March 1964 (age 59)
Ponte dell'Olio, Piacenza, Italy
OccupationActress
Known forPolice Commissioner Giovanna Scalise in Distretto di Polizia
Spouses
  • Massimo Osti
  • Renato De Maria
Children3

Isabella Fogliazza (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Ferrari, is an Italian television, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the main character in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2), which was televised on Mediaset's Canale 5 from 2000 to 2001. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival she won a Volpi Cup award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Romanzo di un giovane povero . [1]

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Career

Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. At the age of 15 she was elected Miss Teenager in a contest held in a discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 [2] as Selvaggia in the Carlo Vanzini comedy Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the film's sequel Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularly performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the protagonist in the first two seasons of the police drama series Distretto di Polizia.

At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Ferrari won a Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress in the Ettore Scola film Romanzo di un giovane povero in which she played the part of Andreina.

She was nominated to the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 thanks to her performance in The Goodbye Kiss and in 2008 for her performance in Quiet Chaos .

In 2021, she was selected as jury member for International competition section of 74th Locarno Film Festival held from 4 to 14 August. [3]

Personal life

Ferrari lives in Rome, Italy, and is the mother of three children. [4] Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.

Filmography

Films
TitleYearRoleNotes
Il ras del quartiere 1983Veronica Gatti
Time for Loving 1983Selvaggia Binetti
Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo 1983Selvaggia Binetti
Domani mi sposo 1984Susy
Chewingum 1984Isabella
Good King Dagobert 1984Chrodilde
Fracchia contro Dracula 1985Luna Jabonks
Il ragazzo del Pony Express 1986Claudia
Appointment in Liverpool 1988Caterina
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano 1990Lucia Ventura
Gangsters 1992Evelyna
Allulo Drom - L'anima zingara1992Lorenza
Romanzo di un giovane povero 1995Andreina
Escoriandoli 1996Tarcisia
Hotel Paura1996Lucia
Mare largo1998Clara
Vite in sospeso1998Eugenia
Holy Tongue 2000Patrizia
Amatemi 2005Nina
The Goodbye Kiss 2006Flora
Saturn in Opposition 2007Laura
Quiet Chaos 2008Eleonora Simoncini
Un giorno perfetto 2008Emma Buonocore
The Seed of Discord 2008Monica
The Ladies Get Their Say 2009Beatrice
They Call It Summer 2012Anna
The Great Beauty 2013Orietta
Il venditore di medicine2014Giovanna
Diva!2017 Valentina Cortese
Napoli velata 2017Valeria
In viaggio con Adele2018Carla Mariani
Euphoria 2018Michela
Cosa fai a Capodanno?2018Domitilla
Under the Riccione Sun 2020IreneNetflix Original Film
È per il tuo bene2020Isabella
Under the Amalfi Sun 2022IreneNetflix Original Film
Robbing Mussolini Nora Cavalieri
Television
TitleYearRoleNotes
Professione vacanze1986AliceEpisode: "A qualcuno piace il calcio"
Provincia segreta1998Raffaella Granelli3 episodes
Nicholas' Gift 1998AlessandraTelevision film
Sospetti 2000Serena Arcalli6 episodes
Distretto di Polizia 2000–2005Giovanna Scalise47 episodes
Cuore contro cuore 2004–2005Francesca De Luca22 episodes
Liberi di giocare2007Silvia Mauri2 episodes
Ice Fever  [ de ]2009Antonia Gallo2 episodes
Storia di Laura2011LauraTelevision film
Una grande famiglia 2015Claudia8 episodes
Baby 2018–2020Simonetta18 episodes

Theatre

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.Mymovies.it Archived 20 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 31-3-10
  2. ↑ Interview with Isabella Ferrari Venice 2006 on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10
  3. ↑ "74th Locarno Film Festival (Concorso Internazionale: Jury)". Locarno Film Festival. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Interview with Isabella Ferrari, Libertà OnLine, 11 May 2001, www.libertà.it, retrieved 31 March 2010
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