Karin Proia
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Karin Proia is an Italian actress who began acting since 1994.
Movies she has appeared in include the Italian movies The Crusaders
, the comedy Cinque giorni di tempesta and Wasteland.
She has also appeared in television dramas, including Amico mio 2, Avvocato Porta, Shoo Shoo and Lo zio d'America
.
Her stage performances include Catherine in A view from the bridge
(Italy, 1995) and Shelby in Steel Magnolias
(Italy, 1997).
, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Michele Placido
and close to actors such as Joe Mantegna
, Emmanuelle Seigner
, Valeria Golino
, Giancarlo Giannini
, Burt Young
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
.
In 1990 she obtained the "tehory, solfeggio and musiacal dictation" diploma at the Conservatory “L. Refice” in Frosinone. She plays piano and she sings.
In 1991 she obtained the diploma of "Master of Art" at the State Institute of Art “J. Romani” in Velletri (Rome) and in 1993 the diploma of "Applied Art" at the same Institute, specializing in "Art of Ceramics".
From 1991 to 1994 she attended some seminars: acting, diction, movement, theatral fencing at the "S.A.T (I.A.L.S)" of Rome and a course of mime at the "Perfecta of Latina".
In 1993 she enrolled at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome in Literature DMS (Study of the performing arts) where she also attended a class of "psichodrama" with prof. Ferruccio Di Cori.
She studied dancing and she trained in skating, archery and competitive swimming.
In 2006 she attended a course of "avid editing" in Rome. The short film Farfallina is her first film as director.
Movies she has appeared in include the Italian movies The Crusaders
The Crusaders (film)
The Crusaders is a 2001 Italian television mini-series made into a color feature film written by Andrew Porporati and directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard. The movie shows in English...
, the comedy Cinque giorni di tempesta and Wasteland.
She has also appeared in television dramas, including Amico mio 2, Avvocato Porta, Shoo Shoo and Lo zio d'America
Lo zio d'America
Lo zio d'America is an Italian television series....
.
Her stage performances include Catherine in A view from the bridge
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
(Italy, 1995) and Shelby in Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....
(Italy, 1997).
Biography
An actress since 1994, she works in theatre, cinema and television in Italy and abroad. She worked such as leading-actress with directors as Joseph SargentJoseph Sargent
Joseph Sargent is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won four Emmy Awards...
, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Michele Placido
Michele Placido
Michele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:...
and close to actors such as Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna
Joseph Anthony "Joe" Mantegna, Jr. is an American actor, producer, writer,director, and voice actor. He is best known for his roles in box office hits such as Three Amigos , The Godfather Part III , Forget Paris , and Up Close & Personal...
, Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
, Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino is an Italian-Greek film and television actress. She is best known to English language audiences for the 1988 film Rain Man, and the Hot Shots! films...
, Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...
, Burt Young
Burt Young
Burt Young is an American actor, painter and author. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law and friend Paulie in the Rocky film series.-Personal life:...
, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.-Early life:Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia...
.
In 1990 she obtained the "tehory, solfeggio and musiacal dictation" diploma at the Conservatory “L. Refice” in Frosinone. She plays piano and she sings.
In 1991 she obtained the diploma of "Master of Art" at the State Institute of Art “J. Romani” in Velletri (Rome) and in 1993 the diploma of "Applied Art" at the same Institute, specializing in "Art of Ceramics".
From 1991 to 1994 she attended some seminars: acting, diction, movement, theatral fencing at the "S.A.T (I.A.L.S)" of Rome and a course of mime at the "Perfecta of Latina".
In 1993 she enrolled at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome in Literature DMS (Study of the performing arts) where she also attended a class of "psichodrama" with prof. Ferruccio Di Cori.
She studied dancing and she trained in skating, archery and competitive swimming.
In 2006 she attended a course of "avid editing" in Rome. The short film Farfallina is her first film as director.
Filmography
- Cinque giorni di tempesta, director Francesco Calogero (1997)
- A view from the bridgeA View from the BridgeA View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
, director Luciano Odorisio - TV RAIDUE(1997) - L'avvocato PortaL'avvocato PortaL'avvocato Porta is an Italian television series....
, director Franco Giraldi - TV Series CANALE 5(1997) - Amico mio 2Amico mioAmico mio is an Italian television series....
, director Paolo Poeti - TV Series CANALE 5(1998) - Terra bruciata, director Fabio Segatori (1999)
- La vita che verrà, director Pasquale Pozzessere - TV Series RAIDUE (1999)
- Lui e lei 2, director Luciano Manuzzi - Episodes 1/4 - Elisabetta Lodoli - Episodes 5/8 - TV Series RAIUNO(1999)
- The savior of san Nicola aka Vola Sciusciù, director Joseph SargentJoseph SargentJoseph Sargent is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won four Emmy Awards...
- TV MOVIE (2000) - Week-end, director Paola Columba - Short Film (2000)
- Don MatteoDon MatteoDon Matteo is an Italian television series that has been airing since 2000 on the premier channel of Italian national television, Rai 1. Protagonist of the series is Father Matteo , a Catholic priest in a parish of the town of Gubbio , who is also known for his unrivaled talent in investigating...
, director Enrico Oldoini - TV Series RAIUNO (2000) - Arresti domiciliari, director Stefano Calvagna (2000)
- The crusadersThe CrusadersThe Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
Aka Crociati, director Dominique Othenin-Girard - TV Series(2001) - Segreti di famiglia Aka LagunaLagunaLaguna may refer to:* Laguna Pueblo, a Native American people of the southwestern United States- Asia :* Laguna , Philippines, a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon...
Aka VendettaVendettaVendetta may refer to:*Feud, a long-running argument or fight between parties-Film and television:* Vendetta, a 1919 German film featuring Harry Liedtke* Vendetta , an American drama produced by Howard Hughes...
, director Dennis BerryDennis BerryDennis Alfred Berry was an English musician, composer, arranger, and producer. His work has been used in filmmaking and television productions.- Early life :...
(2001) - Lo zio d'AmericaLo zio d'AmericaLo zio d'America is an Italian television series....
, director Rossella Izzo - TV Series RAIUNO(2002) - Vite a perdere, director Paolo Bianchini - TV Series RAIDUE(2004)
- Orgoglio capitolo secondo, director Vittorio De Sisti - Giorgio Serafini - Alessandro CaponeAlessandro CaponeAlessandro Capone is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1989.-External links:...
- TV Series RAIUNO(2005) - Ho sposato un calciatore, director Stefano Sollima - TV Series CANALE 5 (2005)
- Boris 2, written and directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca VendruscoloTV Series FOX(2008)
- Salomè - una storia, director Raffaele Buranelli - Short Film (2009)
- Boris 3, director Davide Marengo - TV Series (2010)
- L'importanza di piacere ai gatti, director Claudia Nannuzzi - Short Film (2010)
- Italia bella mostrati gentile, director Augusto Fornari - Short Film (2010)
- Area Paradiso, director Diego AbatantuonoDiego AbatantuonoDiego Abatantuono is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, as well screenwriter.-Biography and career:Abatantuono was born in a popular quarter of the city to a father of Pugliese origin and a mother from Como...
e Armando Trivellini (2010) - Boris - Il film, written and directed by Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre and Luca Vendruscolo (2011)
- Il nostro amico Walter, director Enzo Monteleone TV Series RAIUNO (2011)
- Le tre rose di Eva, director Raffaele Mertes TV Series CANALE 5(2011)
Teatre
- A view from the bridgeA View from the BridgeA View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
by Arthur MillerArthur MillerArthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
, director Teodoro Cassano (1995/1998) Character: Catherine - Steel MagnoliasSteel MagnoliasSteel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....
by Robert HarlingRobert HarlingSir Robert Harling was an early member of the landed gentry, soldier and political strongman. The Norfolk villages of East Harling, West Harling, Harling Market and Larling were greatly under his control. Harling was a knight of the Shire, a Lord of the Manor and comptroller of the house of Edward...
, director Teodoro Cassano (1997/1998) Character: Shelby - Denise calls upDenise Calls UpDenise Calls Up is an American Independent film released by Sony Pictures Classics in 1996. Written and directed by Hal Salwen, it is a comedy.-Synopsis:...
by Hal SalwenHal SalwenHal Salwen is an American independent filmmaker best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed Denise Calls Up , notable for being the only American film to win a prize that year at the Cannes Film Festival....
, director Pino Quartullo (2005)Character: Martina - Liolà by Luigi PirandelloLuigi PirandelloLuigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
, director Gigi ProiettiGigi ProiettiLuigi "Gigi" Proietti is an Italian actor, director, dubber and singer.-Early life:He was born in Rome to Romano Proietti, a man from Umbria, and Giovanna Ceci, a housewife. During his youth he was keen on singing and on playing guitar, piano, accordion and double bass in several roman night clubs...
(2006)Character: Tuzza - Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi 2 by Rosario Galli & Alessandro CaponeAlessandro CaponeAlessandro Capone is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 15 films since 1989.-External links:...
, director Marco Simeoli (2008) Character: Livia - Quel venticinque Luglio a Villa Torlonia by Pier Francesco Pingitore, director Pier Francesco Pingitore (2010)
- Terms of EndearmentTerms of EndearmentTerms of Endearment is a 1983 romantic comedy-drama film adapted by James L. Brooks from the novel by Larry McMurtry and starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, and Jack Nicholson...
by Dan GordonDan GordonDan Gordon was an American storyboard artist and film director, best known for his work at both Famous Studios and Hanna-Barbera Productions. Gordon was one of Famous' first directors, and he wrote and directed several Popeye the Sailor and Superman cartoons...
, director Gino Zampieri (2010)Character: Emma Horton
Screenwriter
- Farfallina, director Karin Proia - Short Film (2008) - 10 min.
- Salomè - una storia, director Raffaele Buranelli - Short Film (2009) - 13 min. - winner Opera IMAIE award 2009
External links
- Official website (under construction)
- http://www.valeriagolino.org/php/persona.php.en?Persona=1111