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Sabrina Impacciatore
Italian actress (born 1968) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sabrina Impacciatore (Italian pronunciation: [saˈbriːna impattʃaˈtoːre]; born 29 March 1968) is an Italian actress.[1] She is known internationally for her role as Valentina on season two of the HBO black comedy drama series The White Lotus (2022), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Born in a popular area in Rome to a father from Abruzzo and a mother from Sardinia, Impacciatore studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York and enrolled several other acting courses in Rome.[2][3] She debuted as a teenager star, in roles of comedian and singer, in the Gianni Boncompagni's television shows Non è la RAI and Macao.[2][3] She also appeared as an impersonator in several variety shows.[2][3] While studying acting, she self-funded her studies working as cleaning lady.
Impacciatore made her film debut in 1999, in Francesco Maselli's Il compagno.[2][3]
She spoke about the challenges she faced in obtaining leading roles; especially in Sergio Castellitto's 2004 film Non ti muovere, where she was convinced to have the leading role that at the end went to Penelope Cruz.[4]
In 2007, she was nominated for a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress her performance in Paolo Virzì's 2006 film Napoleon and Me, and one year later she received a second nomination for the same award for Wilma Labate's 2007 film Miss F.[5]
In 2022, Impacciatore starred as Valentina in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.[6][7][8] She and the rest of the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2023.[9] She also received an Emmy Award nomination in 2023 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal (75th Emmy Awards), ultimately losing to co-star Jennifer Coolidge.[10]
In early 2024, Impacciatore portrayed a fictionalized version of herself in season two of Call My Agent - Italia.[11] In April 2024, it was announced that she had been cast as a lead in the upcoming American comedy series The Paper.[12] Impacciatore portrayed Elena Romano in the 2025 film G20, and will next appear in In the Hand of Dante.[11]
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