Olimpia Carlisi | |
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 Carlisi at the set of Ottone (1970) | |
| Born | 29 December 1946 Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | The Middle of the World (1974) |
Olimpia Carlisi (born 29 December 1946) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Carlisi was born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence, on 29 December 1946. After her debut as a stage actress, she made her film debut working with Roberto Rossellini in Atti degli apostoli (1968). She focused her career on primarily art films and stage work. [1]
She worked with Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet in Othon (1970), [1] where her work was praised by critics. [2] American director Mike Nichols cast Carlisi in the role of Luciana in his 1970 film Catch-22 , but she tended to work with European directors. [3]
Continuously active on television, Carlisi was the protagonist in 1970 of the RAI experimental drama Olimpia agli amici, directed by film critic Adriano Aprà. [1]
In 1974 she starred in Alain Tanner's The Middle of the World . Two years later she appeared in Fellini's Casanova . In 1979 she again collaborated with Straub and Huillet, in From the Clouds to the Resistance .
In 1980, she hosted an infamous edition of the Sanremo Music Festival alongside Roberto Benigni and Claudio Cecchetto. [4] In 1981 she appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci's Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man , and in Stephen Dwoskin's autofictional film Outside In, made in London for West German television.
In 1975, Carlisi won a Globo d'oro for best breakthrough actress.
In 1978, she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for most promising newcomer for her performance in Alain Tanner's The Middle of the World . [5]
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