Occupation Actress Children Alexandra La Capria Role Television actress | Name Ilaria Occhini Years active 1954–present | |
 | ||
Parents Barna Occhini, Gioconda Papini Grandchildren Tommaso Venditti, Alice Venditti Movies Loose Cannons, Mar Nero, All at Sea, Two Men in Town, Damon and Pythias Similar People Raffaele La Capria, Ennio Fantastichini, Alexandra La Capria, Nicole Grimaudo, Lunetta Savino | ||
Ilaria Occhini (born 28 March 1934) is an Italian stage, television and film actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films since 1954.
Contents
Life and career
Born in Florence, niece and daughter of novelists, Occhini started her film career at 19 with the Luciano Emmer's comedy film Terza Liceo with the stage name Isabella Redi, then attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The same year she back to acting with Mario Monicelli's Il medico e lo stregone, and at the same time she debuted on stage with Luchino Visconti's La ragazza delle smirne and had her first leading role in the Anton Giulio Majano's TV series Jane Eyre.
Occhini obtained her major successes on stage, working several times with Luchino Visconti, then joining the Piccolo Teatro of Naples, where she received large critical appreciation by interpreting classical and contemporary authors. She was also a constant presence of RAI television series, and also starred in many films, but rarely in leading roles.
In 1992 Occhini won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting role for her performance in Benvenuti in Casa Gori. In 2008 she was awarded Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role in Mar Nero. In 2010 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Loose Cannons; the same year she was awarded with a special Nastro d'Argento for her career.
She is married to screenwriter and author Raffaele La Capria, with whom she has a daughter, Alexandra.