Enrica Bianchi Colombatto (born July 23, 1942 in Brescia

Brescia

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, Lombardy

Lombardy

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) is an Italian

Italy

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 actress, usually known by her stagename of Erika Blanc.

Movie career

Her most notable role was as the first fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French softcore erotic movies based on a character created by Emmanuelle Arsan in the novel Emmanuelle...

in Io, Emanuelle. Blanc also starred in several horror films, including Kill, Baby, Kill

Kill, Baby, Kill

Kill, Baby, Kill is an Italian horror film by director Mario Bava. It is known under many titles including Curse of the Dead, Curse of the Living Dead, Don't Walk in the Park, Kill, Baby.....

, The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Emilio Miraglia. It was released in 1971.-Plot:The film tells the story of Alan , a man whose obsession with his disloyal dead wife, Evelyn, causes him to prey upon sexy redheads, including Erika Blanc, who in a...

, The Devil's Nightmare, and Mark of the Devil Part II

Mark of the Devil Part II

Mark of the Devil Part II, or in original German Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält is a German horror film released in 1973. It is a sequel to Mark of the Devil.-Plot:...

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She recently came back with little but very intense roles under the direction of Turkish-born director Ferzan Ozpetek

Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome...

, acting as Antonia's mother in Le fate ignoranti

Le Fate Ignoranti

The Ignorant Fairies is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek.The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair.-Plot:...

(2001), and as the sensitive, alcohol-addicted Maria Clara in Cuore Sacro

Cuore Sacro

Cuore sacro is a 2005 Italian language film which tells the story of an Italian workaholic businesswoman Irene who experiences the loss of two of her friends by suicide...

(2005). In 2003

2003 in film

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 she also starred as the grandmother in Poco più di un anno fa-Diario di un pornodivo, directed by Marco Filiberti.