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Italian postcard by Cineteca Bologna. Photo: Mimmo Cattarinich. Nicoletta Braschiand Roberto Benigniin Il Mostro/The Monster(Roberto Benigni, 1994).
Italian postcard by Cineteca Bologna. Photo: Claudio Iannone. Publicity still for La tigre e la neve/The Tiger and the Snow(Roberto Benigni, 2005).
The little devil
Nicoletta Braschi was born on April 19, 1960 in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Roberto Benigniin 1980.
Her film debut was the anthology comedy Tu Mi Turbi/You Upset Me(Roberto Benigni, 1983) in which she played the Virgin Mary. It was also the directorial debut of Benigni and the first film in which they co-starred.
Next, she appeared in the American film Down by Law(Jim Jarmusch, 1986). The film centres on the arrest, incarceration, and escape from jail of three men (Tom Waits, John Lurieand Roberto Benigni). The trio eventually chance across a house in the forest, the residence of Nicoletta (Braschi). Bob (Benigni) and Nicoletta instantly fall in love, and Bob decides to stay with her in the forest.
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Nicoletta Braschi Biography
Apr 19, 1960Birth Place:
Cesena, Italy
Biography
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Nicoletta Braschi
Italian actress and producer (born 1960)
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Born | (1960-04-19) 19 April 1960 (age 64) Cesena, Italy |
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Years active | 1983–present |
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Nicoletta Braschi (Italian:[nikoˈlettaˈbraski]; born 19 April 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni.
Life and career
[edit]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 were 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 that film.
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