Paola Cortellesi
Biography: Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973) is an eclectic Italian actress, singer, voice actress, film director, and presenter. She began her career in television with the show Macao, presented by Alba Parietti, but eventually reached nationwide popularity as a comic actress in the TV show Mai dire Gol by the Gialappa's Band (2000), which, in particular, showcased her skills at parodying famous people, a genre where she collected some of her most appreciated performances (the latest one being her parody of Milan's mayor Letizia Moratti in the 2010-2011 edition of the popular TV show Zelig). Other major performances of Cortellesi on television include the 2004 edition of the San Remo Music Festival and the leading role in the TV movie Maria Montessori: Una vita per i bambini, a biography of Maria Montessori, for which Cortellesi received the "Maximo Award" at the Roma Fiction Fest. Her career in cinema includes several appreciated performances in comedies and comic movies, including a leading role in Tu la conosci Claudia?, a very popular production starring the comic trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo. In 2008, she was nominated for the David di Donatello award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie Piano, solo by Riccardo Milani. In 2011 she won the David di Donatello for Best Actress for her leading role in Escort in Love. *Source:* **Wikipedia**
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 24, 1973
Deathday: N/A
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Piano, Solo
2007-09-21
Piano, Solo
Overview: A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-09-21
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Some Say No
2011-01-01
Some Say No
Overview: Some Say No is a new Italian comedy with a very serious subject: the way the country's society is corroded by favoritism that pushes inferior people to the top in virtually every field. In Florence, three thirty-somethings band together to wage their own war on the system. Each of them is a person of talent who has been pushed out by "favorites" or raccomandati, people who have muscled in on the promotions they ought to have gotten by pulling strings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
2021-10-20
Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
Overview: Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators at every latitude. On scene the artistic path and life full of unpredictable events of an actress both introverted and sunny are recalled, through excerpts from her films and television programs, testimonies of friends and colleagues, leading exponents of Italian cinema of yesterday and today, critics, writers and costume experts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-10-20
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Past Perfect
2003-03-28
Past Perfect
Overview: A pair of summer and winter weekends intertwine in a series of flashbacks involving five friends. Their dreams and expectations overlap with memories of events that took place in the house that they are sharing, which has a particular significance for all of them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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If I Were You
2001-05-25
If I Were You
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-05-25
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There's Still Tomorrow
2023-10-26
There's Still Tomorrow
Overview: In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life. An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards.
Genres: Drama Comedy War History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-10-26
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A cavallo della tigre
2002-11-08
A cavallo della tigre
Overview: Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On the run, Guido sets out to find his partner Antonella, who helped him with the robbery and still has the money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-11-08
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Men Vs Women
2010-10-27
Men Vs Women
Overview: From married couples to platonic roommates to testy rivals with romantic chemistry, the never-ending battle of the sexes gets personal.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-10-27
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Il posto dell'anima
2003-05-30
Il posto dell'anima
Overview: Three workers of a tire factory, in southern Italy, lead the struggle against the American company owner of the factory who wants to close the Italian branch in which they work.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-05-30
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Do you know Claudia?
2004-12-15
Do you know Claudia?
Overview: Claudia is married with dull Giovanni. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who will Claudia choose?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-12-15
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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
2022-03-03
Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
Overview: Documentary about the film and theater career of the roman actor, Gigi Proietti, who passed away on 2 November 2020
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-03-03
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Escort in Love
2011-03-18
Escort in Love
Overview: 35-year-old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to be a nightmare. Her husband dies in a car accident and her lawyer tells her that she is on her uppers. The only way she has to earn money in a short time is by resorting to the oldest job in history.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-03-18
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The Ladies Get Their Say
2009-03-06
The Ladies Get Their Say
Overview: Every Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room. Thirty years later, the daughters meet at a funeral for one of the mothers. Like their mothers, they discuss their hopes, dreams and fears.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-03-06
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La fisica dell'acqua
2010-04-30
La fisica dell'acqua
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-04-30
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Non prendere impegni stasera
2007-06-15
Non prendere impegni stasera
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-06-15
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I cassamortari
2022-03-24
I cassamortari
Overview: In Rome, the Cassamortari are people who work in the funeral business. The Pasti family's agency was founded by Giuseppe, who is willing to do anything to turn a corpse into money, preferably in black.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-03-24
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Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini
2007-05-28
Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini
Overview: The story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of the world immediately understand the importance of her theories. She was the first Italian Doctor, a famous feminist, a scientist. Her private life was hit by having an illegitimate son and by the Fascism that didn't want to accept completely her theories.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-05-28
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Amarsi può darsi
2001-03-01
Amarsi può darsi
Overview: During their divorce trial, Davide and Giulia go back through episodes of their life together while they listen to a series of witnesses. Do they really want to go different ways?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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Sotto una buona stella
2014-02-13
Sotto una buona stella
Overview: A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-02-13
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A Boss in the Living Room
2014-01-01
A Boss in the Living Room
Overview: Cristina lives a peaceful life until her older brother Ciro, who has to attend a trial, asks to spend house arrests at Cristina’s home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Detective per caso
2019-03-18
Detective per caso
Overview: Giulia dreams to become a detective since she was little. When one night her cousin dissapears, Giulia starts searching for him with the help of her friends.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-03-18
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Callas
2015-12-04
Callas
Overview: For the first time together, Dario Fo and Paola Cortellesi take the spectator through a journey in the life of Maria Callas in the last play written by Fo and the late Franca Rame.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-12-04
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Christmas at Deejay's House: A Christmas Carol
2004-12-02
Christmas at Deejay's House: A Christmas Carol
Overview: The cast of Radio Deejay reinterprets "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-12-02
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The last will be the last
2005-01-01
The last will be the last
Overview: The characters find themselves in the same place at the same time because of Colacci Luciana. She has gathered them all at gunpoint in the offices at GreenLife Italia headquarters, the company that fired her because of her pregnancy. She just wants her job back.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Un altr'anno e poi cresco
2001-07-06
Un altr'anno e poi cresco
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-07-06
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Do You See Me?
2014-11-20
Do You See Me?
Overview: Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-11-20
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Wondrous Boccaccio
2015-02-26
Wondrous Boccaccio
Overview: It's 1348. The plague has brutally hit Florence. A group of then young people, seven women and three men, rebel against the feeling of death that is about to swallow them. They flee the city and find refuge in an abandoned villa in the Tuscan hills. Here, between moral doubts and the tasks needed to survive, they kill time by telling each other stories until they will decide to return. The stories are varied - tragic, bizarre, funny or erotic - but common and central to all of them is the female presence.
Genres: Comedy History Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-02-26
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We Are Cinema
2021-12-16
We Are Cinema
Overview: An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-12-16
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The Last Will Be the Last
2015-11-12
The Last Will Be the Last
Overview: Luciana is a factory worker married to the love of her life. She is living the simple and quiet life she’s always desired: she works and she is deeply in love with her husband Stefano, even if he doesn’t always have a job and they both need to struggle to keep on going. They are happy and always on each other’s side, but shortly after she finds out she’s pregnant, she gets fired and her world starts falling apart. After having tried to have a baby for years, the joy of impending motherhood lasts only a few months. Begging for help but with no one ready to listen to her, completely desperate and shattered, Luciana decides to kidnap the managing director of her former company, asking for the justice she deserves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-11-12
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Something New
2016-10-13
Something New
Overview: Lucia and Maria are two best friends, who have known each other from the beginning of their life, but have very different tastes and behaviors. Lucia is done with men, Maria, on the contrary, cannot be without one. One night, the perfect man shows up in Maria's bed: handsome, sensible, mature and passionate.The next morning brings up misunderstandings and lies which make the two friends split up and take a break for themselves. Maybe that young man met by chance is really the one every woman is looking for, because with his simple theories he manages to paint the perfect picture of the two women's lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-10-13
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Women Vs Men
2011-02-04
Women Vs Men
Overview: Anna and Piero fighting routine of a long marriage, when Piero loses his memory, Anna reconstructs his way. For its part, the concierge Rocco and his friend Michele play in a group that emulates the Beatles and face opposition from their partners. Finally, Marcello and Paola are a divorced couple who, from time to time, pretend they are still together to avoid problems. They are victims of a relentless war of sexes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-02-04
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Ask Me If I'm Happy
2000-12-15
Ask Me If I'm Happy
Overview: Aspiring actors Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing a passion project, staging their performance of 'Cyrano de Bergerac'. However, love for the same woman will end their friendship. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after hearing that Aldo is dying.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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Mom or Dad?
2017-02-14
Mom or Dad?
Overview: A divorced couple fights for the custody of their three children: neither of them wants it. Mom wants to leave them to dad, and vice versa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-02-14
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Like a Cat on a Highway
2017-12-28
Like a Cat on a Highway
Overview: The story of an encounter between a bourgeois man and a poor woman, because their teenage children fall in love.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-12-28
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch
2018-12-27
The Legend of the Christmas Witch
Overview: When six elementary school students suspect their missing teacher is Befana, a Christmas witch who delivers presents to good children, they set off on a magical journey to save her.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-12-27
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Bell'amico
2003-05-16
Bell'amico
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Don't Stop Me Now
2019-04-18
Don't Stop Me Now
Overview: Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-04-18
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Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay
2015-11-15
Animeland: Racconti tra manga, anime e cosplay
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-11-15
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Kidz
2020-01-23
Kidz
Overview: Sara and Nicola are married and in love. Their lives seem to be perfect: they have an angelic six-year-old daughter, thriving careers and a stable marriage. The birth of their second child, which disrupts the family balance, leads to tragicomic scenarios.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-01-23
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Like a Cat on a Highway 2
2021-08-14
Like a Cat on a Highway 2
Overview: Three years after her relationship with Giovanni, Monica is in prison and has to ask his ex for help.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-08-14
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Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne
2020-11-09
Nilde Iotti, il tempo delle donne
Overview: Thanks to archive material, reminiscences by those who knew her, and her own reflections vividly recited by actress Paola Cortellesi, the personal story and political career of Nilde Iotti transcends the biographical and touches the core of our own lives today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-11-09
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins
2021-12-30
The Legend of the Christmas Witch: The Origins
Overview: 18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for power and an unmeasurable hate for witches. The intervention of the sweet and powerful Dolores, a good witch who has devoted her life to children, saves Paola from being burned at the stake. Through a magical apprenticeship, breakneck pursuits, incredible transformations and a whole lot of trouble, Paola will discover that fate has something really special in store for her… And so the legend begins.
Genres: Family Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-12-30
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Marcel!
2022-06-01
Marcel!
Overview: The young girl, an insomniac. The mother, an artist. The dog, named Marcel. The little girl loves her mother immensely, but her mother loves Marcel more than anything else. Will an unpredictable event allow those circles of love to reconnect?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-06-01
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Fiorello & Baldini Visti da dietro
2006-12-01
Fiorello & Baldini Visti da dietro
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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