Jasmine Trinca

Jasmine Trinca (Italian: [ʒaˈzmin ˈtriŋka]; born 24 April 1981) is an Italian actress.

Jasmine Trinca
Trinca in 2024
Born	(1981-04-24) 24 April 1981 (age 44) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Life

Trinca was born in Rome, Italy. She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning The Son's Room, receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as Best New Talent of the Year. In 2004, she won a Nastro d'Argento for The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù). Trinca worked again with Moretti in Il caimano (2006).

In 2022, Trinca made her feature-length directorial debut with Marcel!,^[1] which premiered at the 75th Cannes Festival.

Trinca was chosen to play Maria Montessori in a biopic of her life. The film, which also includes Leïla Bekhti, achieved distribution deals in 2024.^[2]

In June 2024, Trinca was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[3]

Filmography

Jasmine Trinca at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	The Son's Room	Irene Sermonti	Guglielmo Biraghi Award Italian Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress Golden Ciak for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
2003	The Best of Youth	Giorgia Esposti	Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress
2004	La fuga degli innocenti	Tilla Nagler	"Hidden Children" (English title); TV miniseries
2005	Manuale d'amore	Giulia
	Cefalonia	Elena	TV movie
	Romanzo criminale	Roberta
2006	The Caiman	Teresa	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Golden Ciak for Best Supporting Actress
2007	Piano, solo	Cinzia
2008	The Big Dream	Laura	Marcello Mastroianni Award
2009	Ultimatum	Luisa
2011	House of Tolerance	Julie
2012	Ti amo troppo per dirtelo	Francesca
2013	There Will Come a Day	Augusta	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
	Miele	Irene	Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress (also for There Will Come a Day) Italian Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
	Another Life	Aurore
2014	Saint Laurent	Talitah Getty
2015	The Gunman	Annie
	Wondrous Boccaccio	Giovanna
	You Can't Save Yourself Alone	Delia	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
2016	Tommaso	Chiara
2017	Slam	Antonella	Netflix film Golden Ciak for Best Supporting Actress
	Lucky	Fortunata	David di Donatello for Best Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance
2018	On My Skin	Ilaria Cucchi	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress
	The Happiest Man in the World	Herself
2019	The Goddess of Fortune	Annamaria Muscarà	David di Donatello for Best Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
	An Almost Ordinary Summer	Penelope
2020	Romantic Guide to Lost Places	Allegra	Nominated—Golden Ciak for Best Actress
	Being My Mom	-	Director only; short film
2021	The Story of My Wife	Viola
	The Catholic School	Coralla Martirolo
	Superheroes	Anna
2022	Marcel!	-	Director and writer only
2023	Profeti	Sara
2023	Maria Montessori	Maria Montessori
2024	Diamonds	Gabriella Canova
	The Art of Joy	Mother Leonora	Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress