Vanessa Gravina

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Vanessa Gravina
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Vanessa Gravina in 2006
Born4 January 1974 (1974-01-04) (age 50)
Milan, Italy
OccupationActress

Vanessa Gravina (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian film, television and stage actress.

Born in Milan, Gravina debuted as a child actress in 1985, starring opposite Jerry Calà in the Marco Risi's romantic comedy Love at First Sight . [1] For her performance she was nominated for Silver Ribbon for best new actress. [2] [3] In the following years she kept starring in films while continuing her studies at the Liceo linguistico. Starting in the late 1980s she gradually focused on television, where she got her main successes. [1] She is also active on stage, where she worked with Dacia Maraini and Giorgio Strehler, among others. [4] [2]

She considers herself Buddhist. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Dizionario del cinema italiano (in Italian). Vol. 2. Rome: Gremese Editore. pp. 174–175. ISBN   88-8440-214-X.
  2. 1 2 Cordelli, Franco (4 August 2003). "Vanessa Gravina si fa in tre per «Le Troiane»: una nuova stella a teatro". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 28. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tutti i nomi per i nastri d'argento". La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 June 1986. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "La Gravina declama 'I canti d'amore di Catullo'". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Giordano, Lucio (3 December 2022). "Vanessa Gravina: io credo in Budda, è lui il mio Dio". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 48. pp. 86–89.


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