Benedicta Boccoli

Italian theater and movie actress

Benedicta Boccoli
Benedicta Boccoli
Born	(1966-11-11) 11 November 1966 (age 57) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1984–present
Website	benedictaboccoli.it

Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child.^[3] Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and Filippo.

Known for being an eclectic and versatile actress, she made her television debut at the age of 18. A few years later, she realized that her true passion as an actress lay in theatre.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi nicknamed her the Artistissima (the ultimate artist) due to her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as Corriere della Sera,^[7] La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Tempo, and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.

Every Monday, she writes a column titled Cosa resterà for Il Fatto Quotidiano. It's a diary reflecting on the life of a teenager in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career highlights

Film

Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo – 2003
Valzer, director Salvatore Maira – 2007
Pietralata, director Gianni Leacche – 2008
Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba – 2016
Colpevole, director Gianni Leacche - 2024 ^[8]

Short film

La confessione, director herself – 2020;^[9]^[10]

Come un fiore, director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;^[11]

Theater

Blithe Spirit of Noël Coward, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 –
Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 –
Buonanotte Bettina, of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and Miranda Martino - 1995/1996/1997 –
Can-Can – Musical of Abe Burrows, 1998/1999 –
Orfeo all'inferno – Opera di Jacques Offenbach – 1999 – acting Tersicore
Polvere di stelle, 2000/2001/2002
Le Pillole d'Ercole of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, with Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Nichetti - 2002/2003/2004
Anfitrione, of Plautus, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004
Stalker of Rebecca Gillmann, dir Marcello Cotugno - 2004
Plutus of Aristofanes, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004
Cactus flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, with Edoardo Siravo, dir Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006
Prova a farmi ridere of Alan Aykbourn, with Pino Quartullo, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2006
The Tempest of William Shakespeare, – 2006 – Ariel
Sunshine of William Mastrosimone, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, 2007/2008
L'Appartamento, of Billy Wilder, 2009–2010
Il marito scornato (Georges Dandin), of Molière, 2011
Vite private, of Noël Coward, with Corrado Tedeschi – 2012–2013
Dis-order, of Neil LaBute, dir. Marcello Cotugno, with Claudio Botosso – 2014
Incubi d'Amore, of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli, dir. Augusto Fornari, with Sebastiano Somma and Morgana Forcella – 2014
Crimini del Cuore, of Beth Henley, dir. Marco Mattolini – 2015
A Room with a View, of E. M. Forster, dir. Stefano Artissunch – 2016
Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, dir Piergiorgio Piccoli and Aristide Genovese - 2016
Il più brutto week-end della nostra vita of Norm Foster, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2017-2018
The test of Jordi Vallejo, dir. Roberto Ciufoli [it] - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023;^[12]^[13]
Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2020;^[14]^[15]
Les Précieuses ridicules free taken from Molière, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with Lorenza Mario and Stefano Artissunch - 2023-2024;^[16]
Donne in pericolo of Wendy MacLeod, dir. Enrico Maria Lamanna (2023-2025)

Television

Pronto, chi gioca?, directed by Gianni Boncompagni
Domenica In – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990
Viva Colombo inclosed in Il sabato sera di Rai Uno - 1991
Gelato al limone – with Massimiliano Pani
Unomattina – 1994
Due come noi – Co-starring with Wilma De Angelis – 1997
Incantesimo
Reality Circus – Reality show 2006/2007

Gallery

Benedicta Boccoli, Paola Bonesi and Fulvia Lorenzetti in Crimini del Cuore ("Crimes of the Heart"),^[17] 1 May 2015.
Benedicta Boccoli and her sax in Crimini del Cuore, 1 May 2015.^[18]

References

^ "Benedicta Boccoli dopo una brutta depressione è felicemente single" (in Italian). Invidia.it. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Benedicta Boccoli". Gratis. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Benedicta Boccoli: Da giovane ho rischiato l'anoressia" (in Italian). Gossip.it. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Benedicta Boccoli: Ultime Notizie, Curiosità e Video su Boccoli in Liquida" (in Italian). Liquida.it. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ Marco Calafiore. "Serie TV "Forza 10": nel cast anche "L'artistissima" Benedicta Boccoli. L'Intervista | Mediaxpress" (in Italian). Mxpress.eu. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ Francesco Canino. "Il terzo grado – Benedicta Boccoli" (in Italian). panorama.it.
^ "RASSEGNA STAMPA | Benedicta Boccoli Official Web Site | Copyright 2013" (in Italian). BenedictaBoccoli.it. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
^ "Colpevole". filmitalia.org. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ "La confessione". cinemaitaliano.info. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ Francesco Bettin (31 March 2020). "NOSTRA INTERVISTA – Benedicta Boccoli" (in Italian). cinemaitaliano.info. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "Mese internazionale della prevenzione dei tumori al seno". komen.it. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Bruno Cimino e Bruna Fiorentino (25 February 2020). "Il Test di Jordi Vallejo" (in Italian). abitarearoma.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ Redazione (26 February 2020). "Debutta domani nell'Isola di "Il Test" di Jordi Vallejo, con Roberto Ciufoli (che firma anche la regia), Benedicta Boccoli, Simone Colombari e Sarah Biacchi" (in Italian). shmag.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "È proprio il caso di dire: "Su con la vita!". Lo spettacolo di Maurizio Micheli ad Avezzano". espressione24.it. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "Su con la vita! Gli spaiati e Le belle statuine". teatrostabile.umbria.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "È proprio il caso di dire: "Su con la vita!". Lo spettacolo di Maurizio Micheli ad Avezzano". espressione24.it. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^ "Crimini del cuore visto al San Babila". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
^ "Il Teatro San Babila chiude la stagione di prosa - Crimini del cuore". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.