Nicoletta Braschi

Nicoletta Braschi

Born 1960-08-10 (age 65) Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Nicoletta Braschi  (born April 14, 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni.

Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu Mi Turbi ("You Upset Me"). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train.

Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband have been Johnny Stecchino (1992) and La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997). The first, an Italian comedy that cast the actress as the girlfriend of a mobster (Benigni), was a huge hit in Italy; while the second, in which Braschi played the wife of an Italian Jew (Benigni) imprisoned in a concentration camp, was a widely-praised success that launched both Braschi and her husband into the international spotlight.

She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award as a cast member of Life is Beautiful. She is also a David di Donatello award winner (Italy's equivalent of the Oscars).

In 2002, she was a member of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival.

In 2010 she has returned to theatre starring in "Tradimenti".

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Known For

Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful

1997

as Dora

The Monster
The Monster

1994

as Jessica Rossetti

Ovosodo
Ovosodo

1997

as Giovanna Fornari

Mystery Train
Mystery Train

1989

as Luisa

Pinocchio
Pinocchio

2002

as Blue Fairy

The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky

1990

as French Woman

Happy as Lazzaro
Happy as Lazzaro

2018

as Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna

Son of the Pink Panther
Son of the Pink Panther

1993

as Jacqueline Gambrelli

Secrets Secrets
Secrets Secrets

1985

as Suora

Pereira Declares
Pereira Declares

1995

as Marta

The White Crow
The White Crow

2018

as Claire's Mother

Cinématon
Cinématon

1978

as N°800

The Tiger and the Snow
The Tiger and the Snow

2005

as Vittoria

Down by Law
Down by Law

1986

as Nicoletta

The Little Devil
The Little Devil

1988

as Nina

Johnny Stecchino
Johnny Stecchino

1991

as Maria

Who Killed Pasolini?
Who Killed Pasolini?

1995

as Graziella Chiarcossi

You Upset Me
You Upset Me

1983

as Maria

Especially on Sunday
Especially on Sunday

1991

as Nicoletta

Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future