NERI, Francesca 1964–

PERSONAL

Born February 10, 1964, in Trento, Italy; daughter of Rosalba Neri (an actress); children: (with Claudio Amendola) Rocco.

Career: Actress.

Awards, Honors: Silver Ribbon Award, best actress, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, 1992, for Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse; Silver Ribbon Award, best actress, 1998, for Carne tremula; Silver Ribbon Award nomination, best actress, and David Award nomination, best actress, David di Donatello Awards, 2000, both for Il dolce rumore della vita; David Award nomination, best actress, 2000, for Io amo Andrea; David Award nomination, best supporting actress, 2003, for La felicita non costa niente.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Laura, Il grande blek, 1987.

Una donna spezzata, 1988.

Maria, Bankomatt, 1989.

Buon natale … Buon anno (also known as Joyeux noel, bonne anne and Merry Christmas … Happy New Year), 1989.

Title role, Las edades de Lulu (also known as The Ages of Lulu), 1990.

Valentina de Santis, Captain America, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1990.

Briganti (also known as Amore e liberta and Bandits: Love and Liberty), 1990.

Marina, Sabato italiano (also known as Italian Saturday), 1992.

Cecilia, Pensavo fosse amore invece ear un calesse (also known as I Thought It Was Love), 1992.

Livia, Al lupo al lupo (also known as Wolf! Wolf!), 1992.

La ultima frontera, 1992.

Marta Rienzi, La corsa dell'innocente (also known as The Flight of the Innocent, La coras dell'innocente attraverso i campi, and La course de l'innocent), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1993.

Lucia, Sud (also known as South), 1993.

Ana, Dispara! (also known as Outrage, Spara che ti passa, and Shoot!), A–Pix Entertainment, 1993.

Sara, Ivo il tardivo (also known as Ivo the Genius), 1995.

Il cielo e sempre piu blu (also known as Bits and Pieces), 1995.

Giulia, La mia generazione (also known as My Generation), 1996.

Claudia, Le mani forti, 1997.

Elena, Carne tremula (also known as Live Flesh and En chair et en os), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1997.

Giulia, Matrimoni (also known as Marriages), 1998.

Sofia, Il dolce rumore della vita, Medusa Distribuzione, 1999.

Andrea, Io amo Andrea (also known as I Love Andrea), Universal, 2000.

Allegra Pazzi, Hannibal, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Herself, Breaking the Silence: The Making of "Hannibal" (documentary), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer Home Entertainment, 2001.

Selena Perrini, Collateral Damage, Warner Bros., 2002.

Elena Gigli, Ginostra, Bac Films, 2002.

Sara, La felicita non costa niente (also known as Le bonheur ne coute rien and Happiness Costs Nothing), Lucky Red, 2003.

Sara, Per sempre (also known as Forever), Studio Canal Distribution, 2003.

Sonia Norton, Il siero della vanita, 01 Distribuzione, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, Francamente me ne infischio, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Que apostamos?, 1995.

Lo mas plus, 1998.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Vanity Fair, March, 1998, p. 191.