Teresa Saponangelo

Italian actress
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Teresa Saponangelo is an Italian film, television and stage actress.

Born in Taranto, Saponangelo is the daughter of a workman and a housewife. Her father died when she was two years old, and in 1976 she moved to Naples with her mother and her brother.

After attending several dramatic societies, Saponangelo made her official stage debut in Giacomo Rizzo's Ce penza mammĂ . After not being admitted to the acting schools of Piccolo Teatro and Accademia Nazionale, Saponangelo studied at the Palmi Drama School in Reggio Calabria, at the suggestion of Giorgio Albertazzi.

In 1994 she made her film debut in Il Verificatore by Stefano Incerti, and then appeared in films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Sergio Rubini, Paolo Virzì, and Silvio Soldini, and on stage with directors Toni Servillo, Antonio Capuano, and Mario Martone, among others. In 2000 she was nominated for Nastro d'Argento's Best Actress thanks to her performance in Anna Negri's In the Beginning There Was Underwear; the same year she won the Ubu Award for her performance as Dorina in the stage play Tartufo.

Date of Birth22nd October 1973
Age51 Years
Zodiac SignLibra
CountryItaly
Current CityTaranto
Birth PlaceTaranto
LanguageItalian
ReferenceIMDB