Alessandra Acciai

Alessandra Acciai (born December 12, 1965, in Rome) is an Italian film, television and stage actress, whose career spanned over 30 years.

Alessandra Acciai
Born	(1965-12-12) December 12, 1965 (age 59) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Biography

Born in Rome, Acciai made her film debut in 1987, while still a student at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico.^[1] Since the late 1980s she specialized in comedy films.^[1]

In 1994 Acciai was awarded revelation actress of the year at Grolle d'oro for her performances in Enzo Monteleone's The True Life of Antonio H. and Rosalía Polizzi's Anni Ribelli.^[2] She later participated in works by young directors such as Claudia Florio, Marco Filiberti and Eugenio Cappuccio.^[3]

Acciai made her television debut in 1989 playing the leading role in the television film Il gioko, a thriller directed by Lamberto Bava, and is best known for the role of Cora in the series Incantesimo, in which she appeared for two consecutive seasons.^[1] Starting from the 1990s, she was also active on stage, working among others with Memè Perlini, Giulio Base, Sibilla Barbieri, Gigio Alberti, and Rosalinda Celentano.^[4][5]

Filmography

Cinema

• Casa mia, casa mia..., directed by Neri Parenti (1988)
• Supysaua, directed by Enrico Coletti (1988)
• Nulla ci può fermare, directed by Antonello Grimaldi (1989)
• Ferdinando uomo d'amore, directed by Memè Perlini (1990)
• Una fredda mattina di maggio, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (1990)
• Venus Fear, directed by Hirtia Solaro (1991)
• Le donne non vogliono più, directed by Pino Quartullo (1993)
• Il giorno del giudizio (The Day of Judgment), directed by Nello Rossati (1993)
• La vera vita di Antonio H. (The True Life of Antonio H.), directed by Enzo Monteleone (1994)
• Anni ribelli (Rebel Years), directed by Rosalía Polizzi (1994)
• Albergo Roma, directed by Ugo Chiti (1996)
• Uomini senza donne (Men without women), directed by Angelo Longoni (1996)
• Profili (Profiles), various directors (1996)
• La lettera (The letter), directed by Dario Migliardi (1997) - short film
• La terza luna (the third moon), directed by Matteo Bellinelli (1997)
• La classe non è acqua (Class is not water), directed by Cecilia Calvi (1997)
• Oltre la giustizia (Beyond Justice), directed by Juan José Jusid (1997)
• Il gioco (The Game), directed by Claudia Florio (1999)
• Princesa, directed by Henrique Goldman (2001)
• Poco più di un anno fa - Diario di un pornodivo (A little over a year ago - Diary of a porn star), directed by Marco Filiberti (2003)
• Come mosche (Like flies), directed by Eugenio Cappuccio (2005)
• Il grande sogno (The Big Dream), directed by Michele Placido (2008)
• Il figlio più piccolo (The youngest son), directed by Pupi Avati (2010)
• Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio (My friends - How it all began), directed by Neri Parenti (2011)
• La mia ombra è tua (My shadow is yours), directed by Eugenio Cappuccio (2022)

Television

• Il gioko (The game, directed by Lamberto Bava - TV movie (1989)
• ...e se poi se ne vanno? (...and then if they leave?), directed by Giorgio Capitani - TV miniseries (1989)
• Scoop, directed by José María Sánchez - TV movie (1991)
• Morte di una strega (Death of a witch), directed by Cinzia TH Torrini - TV miniseries (1996)
• Teo, directed by Cinzia TH Torrini - TV movie (1997)
• Due donne contro,  directed by Luciano Odorisio (1997)
• Una donna per amico – TV series (1998)
• Il maresciallo Rocca – TV series, episode 2x02 (1998)
• Mai con i quadri, directed by Mario Caiano – TV miniseries (1999)
• Incantesimo 3 – soap opera (2000)
• Lupo mannaro, directed by Antonio Tibaldi — TV film (2000)
• Qualcuno da amare, directed by Giuliana Gamba – TV film (2000)
• Incantesimo 4 –  soap opera (2001)
• Un papà quasi perfetto, directed by Maurizio Dell'Orso – TV miniseries (2003)
• Don Matteo – serie TV, TV series, episode 5x12 (2006)
• Cuore di ghiaccio, directed by Matteo Bellinelli – TV film (2006)
• Vivi e lascia vivere – TV series (2020)

Screenplay

• Rex – Tv series 1x03, Episode 1x07 (2008)