Emanuela Fanelli

Emanuela Fanelli
Fanelli in 2024
Born (1986-07-06) 6 July 1986 (age 38)
Rome, Italy[1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Years active2003–present

Emanuela Fanelli (born 6 July 1986) is an Italian actress and comedian.[1] She received two consecutive David di Donatello awards for Best Supporting Actress.

Biography

Emanuela Fanelli began her acting career on stage when she was a teenager. She worked in theatre for many years studying under Luigi Onorato, Giorgio Amato, and David Fiandanese. She made her cinema debut in 2015 with Don't Be Bad by Claudio Caligari, which was followed by other films: The Last Will Be the Last and Ignorance Is Bliss by Massimiliano Bruno, Assolo by Laura Morante, La casa di famiglia by Augusto Fornari and A mano disarmata by Claudio Bonivento. In 2016 she starred in the role of Cinzia, the female protagonist of the TV series Dov'è Mario?, produced by Wildside for Sky Uno, alongside Corrado Guzzanti. She won a series of awards, including the special mention for best actress and best monologue at the "Ciak, si Roma!" event of the Rome International Film Festival, from a jury including Carlo Verdone, Daniele Luchetti and Lina Wertmüller.[2]

In 2014, she won the award for Best Actress at the 48 Hour Film Project for her role in the short film Un film d'amore.[2] Since 2016, she has appeared on radio alongside Lillo & Greg on the programme 610 on Rai Radio 2 in which she plays various characters.[3] In 2019 she was one of the protagonists of the TV programme Battute? on Rai 2 and she featured in the music video for "Immigrato", a song by Checco Zalone published to promote the release of his film Tolo Tolo in cinemas.

Since 2020 she has taken part in the programme Una pezza di Lundini, with Valerio Lundini, broadcast from 7 September 2020 on Rai 2. In 2021, she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival and joined Lo Stato Sociale and Francesco Pannofino in a cover of "Non è per sempre" by Afterhours. She also served as patroness of the awards ceremony at the 2021 Torino Film Festival.[4] She was later chosen as host for 60 sul 2, a programme celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Rai 2.[5]

In 2022, she starred in Paolo Virzì's Dry, which earned her the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. In 2023, she portrayed Marisa in Paola Cortellesi's directorial debut There's Still Tomorrow, which became one of the highest-grossing films of all time in Italy.[6][7]

In 2024, she was again directed by Virzì in the film Un altro Ferragosto. That same year, she again won Best Supporting Actress at the 69th David di Donatello for her performance in There's Still Tomorrow.[8][9]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role Director Notes
2015 Don't Be Bad Prima Smandrappata Claudio Caligari
The Last Will Be the Last Nadia Massimiliano Bruno
2016 Assolo Laura Morante
2017 Ignorance Is Bliss Iris Massimiliano Bruno
La casa di famiglia Ornella Augusto Fornari
2019 A mano disarmata Chiara Colombo Claudio Bonivento
Brave ragazze Michela Andreozzi
2022 Dry Raffaella Zarate Paolo Virzì
2023 There's Still Tomorrow Marisa Paola Cortellesi
2024 Another Summer Holiday Daniela Paolo Virzì

Short films

Year Title Director Notes
2007 La Coppia Perfetta Lorenzo Carosi
2007 Dov'eri? Luca Di Giovanni
2014 Un film d'amore Cicova
2017 Cose dell'altro mondo Lorenzo Di Nola
2019 Biagio - Una storia vera Matteo Tiberia

Television

  • Dov'è Mario? (2016)
  • La TV delle ragazze - Gli Stati Generali 1988-2018 (Rai 3, 2018)
  • Battute? (Rai 2, 2019)
  • Stati generali (Rai 3, 2020)
  • Una pezza di Lundini (Rai 2, 2020–2022)
  • 60 sul 2 (Rai 2, 2021)
  • Sono Lillo (2023)
  • Call My Agent - Italia (2023–2024) – 7 episodes
  • I magnifici 4 della risata (Rai 3, 2023)
  • Illuminate: Franca Valeri (2023), directed by Maria Iovine – docufilm
  • No Activity - Niente da segnalare (2024), directed by Valerio Vestoso – miniseries

Music videos

Year Title Artist Notes
2011 "Maschere" Suntiago
2019 "Immigrato" Checco Zalone
2023 "Tutta" Daniele Silvestri

Accolades

References

  1. ^ a b Volpe, Maria (16 December 2021). "Emanuela Fanelli, comica surreale, nuovo volto per festeggiare i 60 anni di Rai2". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Ambrosio, Emanuele (29 November 2018). "EMANUELA FANELLI CHI E'/ L'attrice premiata da Carlo Verdone e Lina Wertmuller (La tv delle Ragazze)". IlSussidiario.net. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "'610 LIVE' in Sala A con Lillo, Greg, Alex Braga & The Frigidaires". Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Torino Film Festival, vince "Between two dawns"". torinoggi.it. 4 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Chi è Emanuela Fanelli? Chi è il suo fidanzato? Cosa sappiamo della biografia e della sua vita privata". NonSolo.TV (in Italian). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (8 December 2023). "A Beloved Comedian's Film on Domestic Abuse Draws Italians, in Droves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Anno Corrente 01/01/2024 Al 29/02/2024". cinetel.it (in Italian). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  8. ^ Roxborough, Scott (3 May 2024). "Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano' Wins Italian Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ D'Angelo, Francesca (3 May 2024). "David di Donatello 2024: Io capitano Miglior film, ma a sbancare è Paola Cortellesi". Elle. Retrieved 9 May 2024.