Aurora "Rori" Quattrocchi (born 18 March 1943) is an Italian television, stage and film actress.
Aurora Quattrocchi | |
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 Quattrocchi in 2015 | |
| Born | 18 March 1943 (age 81) Matulji, Croatia |
| Occupation | Actress |
Life and career
editBorn in Matulji (at the time part of the Kingdom of Italy with the name Mattuglie) where her Sicilian father was serving as an army officer,[1] at 5 years old Quattrocchi lost her mother and went to live in Palermo with her aunt and uncle.[2] She started her career on stage in the 1970s,[3] and made her film debut in 1989, in Marco Risi's Forever Mary.[4]
Among Quattrocchi's best known roles, there are Fortunata in Golden Door, which got her a Chlotrudis Award nomination,[4] and the mother in Nostalgia, for which Quattrocchi got David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento nominations as best supporting actress.[5][6] Quattrocchi was awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award for her career at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.[7]
Selected filmography
edit- Forever Mary directed by Marco Risi (1989)
- Boys on the Outside, directed by Marco Risi (1990)
- The Rebel, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi (1993)
- The Star Maker, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (1995)
- One Hundred Steps, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2000)
- Malèna, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2000)
- The Council of Egypt, directed by Emidio Greco (2002)
- Un día de suerte, directed by Sandra Gugliotta (2002)
- Nati stanchi, directed by Dominick Tambasco (2002)
- Secret File, directed by Paolo Benvenuti (2003)
- Golden Door, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2006)
- Wild Blood, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2008)
- La fidanzata di papà, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2008)
- Palermo Shooting, directed by Wim Wenders (2008)
- Purple Sea, directed by Donatella Maiorca (2009)
- The Trick in the Sheet, directed by Alfonso Arau (2010)
- Scossa (segment: Speranza), directed by Carlo Lizzani (2011)
- It Was the Son, directed by Daniele Ciprì (2012)
- Amiche da morire, directed by Giorgia Farina (2013)
- Black Souls, directed by Francesco Munzi (2014)
- At War with Love, directed by Pif (2016)
- Friends by Chance, directed by Francesco Bruni (2017)
- Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2019)
- Cruel Peter, directed by Christian Bisceglia and Ascanio Malgarini (2019)
- Nostalgia, directed by Mario Martone (2022)
- L'immensità, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2022)
- Strangeness, directed by Roberto Andò (2022)
- Spaccaossa, directed by Vincenzo Pirrotta (2022)
References
edit- ^ Lo Porto, Giada (11 September 2022). "Aurora Quattrocchi: "Io, libera e appassionata, premiata a Venezia per la mia carriera"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ La Valle, Susanna (3 August 2023). "Forse non ricordi il nome ma il suo viso non lo dimentichi: ritratto di Aurora Quattrocchi". Balarm (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Amitrano, Vania (6 October 2022). "Aurora Quattrocchi, talento e fierezza inarrestabili". Ciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Aurora Quattrocchi". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Nastri D'argento 2022 , dai film agli attori tutte le candidature". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Ascione, Arianna (5 October 2023). "David di Donatello 2023: nomination, candidature, tutto quello che c'è da sapere". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Un premio alla carriera a Venezia per Aurora Quattrocchi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
