Laura Boccanera

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Laura Boccanera
Born (1961-09-13) September 13, 1961 (age 62)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • dubbing director
Relatives Fabio Boccanera (brother)
Massimo Rossi (cousin)
Emanuela Rossi (cousin)
Riccardo Rossi (cousin)

Laura Boccanera (born September 13, 1961) is an Italian voice actress. [1]

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Biography

Born in Rome, Boccanera started her voice acting career early in the 1980s. She is best known as the official Italian voice of Jodie Foster and other actresses she has often or occasionally dubbed include Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Famke Janssen, Juliette Lewis, Winona Ryder, Annabella Sciorra and Catherine Keener. One of her most popular animated dubbing roles includes voicing Belle in the Italian dub of Beauty and the Beast , as well Morgana McCawber in the Italian dub of Darkwing Duck and Miranda Wright in the Italian dub of Bonkers .

Some of Boccanera's other dubbing contributions include Bellatrix Lestrange (portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter) in the Harry Potter film series as well as Claire Underwood (portrayed by Robin Wright) in House of Cards .

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

Personal life

Boccanera is the sister of the voice actor Fabio Boccanera, and the cousin of Massimo Rossi, Emanuela Rossi and Riccardo Rossi, all of whom are also voice actors.

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References

  1. "Laura Boccanera's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved April 16, 2019.