Chiara de Luca
Encyclopedia
Biography
De Luca grew up in Italy, France and the United States and received a degree in dramatic arts from Tufts UniversityTufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
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She played a leading role in the film Facechasers directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel. The film won the Best Experimental Film Award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival ', prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival ' is an independent film festival held every June in Brooklyn, New York...
in 2005.
De Luca has appeared in Girl on a Bicycle by director Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Nantucket, and Paris....
, played the role of Marie de Médicis in the French television drama Ce Jour Là, Tout a Changé, and appeared as the student in the film Ever Since the World Ended with Adam Savage
Adam Savage
Adam Whitney Savage is an American industrial design and special effects designer/fabricator, actor, educator, and co-host of the Discovery Channel television series MythBusters. His model work has appeared in major films, including Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and The Matrix...
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She has also done work at the Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the...
in New York with William H. Macy
William H. Macy
William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though...
and at the British American Drama Academy
British American Drama Academy
The British American Drama Academy is a drama school in the United Kingdom.Background=The British American Drama Academy was founded in 1983 to enable students from around the world to study classical theatre with leading actors and directors of the British theatre...
in London with Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman
Henry Goodman is a British theatre actor. He trained at RADA in London alongside Jonathan Pryce.In 1988, he played George Green's brother-in-law Cyril in London's Burning. He played character roles in episodes of the popular UK police drama The Bill...
and Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw, CBE is an Irish actress and theatre director. Although to international audiences she is probably most familiar for her minor role as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films, she is an accomplished classical actress...
. De Luca speaks fluent English, Italian and French.
Filmography
- "Knife FightKnife FightKnife Fight is an upcoming American political thriller film. It stars Rob Lowe, Jamie Chung and Richard Schiff. It is being directed by Bill Guttentag and co-written by Bill Guttentag and former Al Gore spokesman Chris Lehane...
" - Julia (release scheduled in 2012) - "Girl on a BicycleGirl on a BicycleGirl on a Bicycle is a 1977 novel by Leland Bardwell . The novel is set in 1940s Ireland, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change...
- Police woman (release scheduled in 2012) - "Son va et viens" (short) (2011)
- "Ce jour là, tout a changé - Marie de Medicis (TV series) (2009)
- "Facechasers" (short) (2005)
- "Ever Since the World Ended" - Student (2001)