The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via run-off voting by all the members of the Accademia.
Ilaria Occhini was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films.
Graziella Granata is an Italian retired film and stage actress.
Piccoli equivoci is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was shown at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, in the section "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs".
Valeria D'Obici is an Italian film, stage and television actress.
Welcome to Home Gori is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti.
Camera d'albergo is a 1981 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Ida Di Benedetto won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and Ruggero Mastroianni won the David di Donatello for Best Editing.
Parenti serpenti is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes. Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain.
Alessandro Benvenuti is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television. He made his film debut in West of Paperino, for which he won the 1982 Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director, therefore he started a critically appreciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies. In 1995 he won a second Nastro d'Argento for the script of the film Belle al Bar. In 1996, he received three Globi d'oro nominations for his comedy drama film Ivo the Genius in the categories best film, best actor and best director.
Monica Scattini was an Italian actress. Films Scattini appeared in include Maniaci sentimentali, for which she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress, and Lontano da dove, for which she was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress. Her television credits include Un ciclone in famiglia and Recipe for Crime. She also appeared in the films Nine, Le Bal, One from the Heart, and Nora
Belle al Bar is a 1994 Italian comedy film directed, written and starred by Alessandro Benvenuti. It won the 1995 Silver Ribbon for best script.
Raffaele "Lello" Arena is an Italian actor and comics writer. He was also an occasional film director and screenwriter.
Tre colonne in cronaca is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name written by Corrado Augias and Daniela Pasti.
Un'altra vita is a 1992 Italian comedy drama film directed by Carlo Mazzacurati.
Giulio Scarpati is an Italian actor.
Quanto è bello lu murire acciso, also known as The Expedition and How Wonderful to Die Assassinated, is a 1976 Italian historical drama film directed by Ennio Lorenzini. It depicts the failed expedition organized by Carlo Pisacane in 1857 to provoke a rising in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Athina Cenci is a Greek-born Italian former actress, stand-up comedian and politician.
Alessandro D'Alatri was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He started a career as an actor, and later he enrolled at as a successful career as a film and television director.
Lontano da dove is a 1983 Italian romantic drama film written and directed by Stefania Casini and Francesca Marciano. For this film Monica Scattini was awarded Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actress.
Simonetta "Simona" Izzo is an Italian actress, voice actress, director and screenwriter.
