Iaia Forte
Iaia Forte | |
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 Forte at the 71st Venice International Film Festival | |
| Born | Maria Rosaria Forte 16 March 1962 Naples, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Iaia Forte (born 16 March 1962) is an Italian actress. She is well known for the Maurizio Nichetti's comedy film Luna e l'altra, for which she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress, a Globo d'oro for Best Actress and she was nominated for David di Donatello in the same category.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Naples, Forte studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and made her professional debut with Mario Martone's stage company Teatri Uniti.[2] After several minor roles, she had her breakout with Pappi Corsicato's 1993 anthology film Libera, in which she played three different characters.[2] She was nominated for the Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress twice, for her roles in Renato De Maria's Paz! and Marco Risi's Three Wives.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Grandi magazzini (1986)
- Il burbero (1986)
- Stradivari (1988)
- 'O Re (1989)
- Libera (1993)
- Black Holes (1995)
- Bits and Pieces (1996)
- Luna e l'altra (1996)
- The Vesuvians (1997)
- Rehearsals for War (1998)
- Appassionate (1999)
- Chimera (2001)
- Three Wives (2001)
- Paz! (2002)
- Bimba - È clonata una stella (2002)
- Night Bus (2007)
- The Seed of Discord (2008)
- Bets and Wedding Dresses (2009)
- News from the Excavations (2010)
- Miele (2013)
- The Great Beauty (2013)
- Mafia and Red Tomatoes (2014)
- Leopardi (2014)
- I Killed Napoléon (2015)
- Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World (2017)
- Euphoria (2018)
- 5 Is the Perfect Number (2019)
- The King of Laughter (2021)
- Natale a tutti i costi (2022)
- Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't (2025)
References
[edit]- ↑ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. ISBN 8877422211.
- 1 2 Poppi, Roberto (2003). "Forte, Iaia". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le Attrici. Gremese Editore. p. 133. ISBN 888440214X.
- ↑ "Nastri d'Argento 2002 | MYmovies". www.mymovies.it. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
External links
[edit]- Iaia Forte at IMDb
