Francesca Neri

Italian actress (born 1964)
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Francesca Neri is a retired Italian actress.

Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997).

She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award, as Best Actress in Il dolce rumore della vita and Io amo Andrea (both 1999) and as Best Supporting Actress for La felicità non costa niente (2003).

Other notable films include her three films in Spain: Live Flesh (1997, by Pedro Almodóvar), ¡Dispara! (Outrage, 1993, by Carlos Saura), both with her own voice speaking Spanish, and sex drama film Las edades de Lulú (The Ages of Lulu, 1990, by Bigas Luna, where she's dubbed into Spanish).

After years of highly acclaimed work in Europe, she took on roles in the United States, with her first major role being Allegra, wife of the Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi in the Hollywood blockbuster Hannibal in 2001. In 2002, she co-starred in Collateral Damage alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, playing the Colombian wife of Claudio Perrini, a terrorist known as the Wolf.

Date of Birth10th February 1964
Age60 Years
Zodiac SignAquarius
CountryItaly
Current CityTrento
Birth PlaceTrento
NationalityItaly
CitizenshipItaly
SpousesClaudio Amendola
Education
Experimental Centre of Cinematography
Occupationfilm actor, actor
Awards
  • Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
  • Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress