Sandra Ceccarelli is an Italian

Italy

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 film actress.

Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group Equipe 84

Equipe 84

Equipe 84 were an Italian Beat band formed in 1964 in Modena. The name translates as Team 84, and it was originally suggested by a friend of the band, Pier Parri...

, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld

Ernst von Glasersfeld

Ernst von Glasersfeld was a philosopher, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, Research Associate at the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...

), Ceccarelli had her film debut at the age of sixteen in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film Segreti segreti.

Between 1995 and 1997 she studied acting with Carlos Alsina and Giorgio Albertazzi

Giorgio Albertazzi

Giorgio Albertazzi is an Italian actor and film director.Born in San Martino a Mensola Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating...

. After spending several years in theatre, she returned to film in 2001 by starring in Ermanno Olmi

Ermanno Olmi

Ermanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto....

's film The Profession of Arms and Giuseppe Piccioni's Light of My Eyes, for which she won the Volpi Cup

Volpi Cup

The Volpi Cups are the principal awards given to actors at the Venice Film Festival. Formal acting awards were introduced in the second festival . Initially they were called Great Gold Medals of the National Fascist Association for Entertainment. The name Volpi Cup was introduced the following year...

 for Best Actress at the 2001 Venice Film Festival

58th Venice International Film Festival

The 58th Venice International Film Festival was held on 29 August – 8 September, 2001.-Jury:* Nanni Moretti * Amitav Ghosh * Jerzy Skolimowski* Jeanne Balibar* Taylor Hackford* Cecilia Roth* Vibeke Windeløv...

.

She also starred in Piccioni's 2004 film The Life I Want, which won her a second nomination for the David di Donatello for Best Actress

David di Donatello for Best Actress

-Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963...

 award (the Italian equivalent of the Academy Award), and a nomination for the 2005 European Film Award for Best Actress

European Film Award for Best Actress

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 (which she lost to Germany's Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch

Julia Jentsch is a Silver Bear, two-time European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress. She is best known as the title character in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Jule in The Edukators and, Liza in I Served the King of England.-Career:Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and...

).

She also appeared in the 2006 Austrian biopic Klimt

Klimt (film)

Klimt is a 2006 Austrian art-house biographical film about the life of the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt . It was written and directed by Raoul Ruiz, with an English screenplay adaptation by Gilbert Adair. The director of photography was Ricardo Aronovich, and the music was composed by...

about the painter Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects...

 and the 2006 Croatian film Libertas

Libertas (film)

Libertas is a 2006 Croatian-Italian co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a biographical film about the 16th-century playwright Marin Držić and his conflict with authorities of the Republic of Ragusa....

about the Renaissance playwright Marin Držić

Marin Držic

Marin Držić is considered the finest Croatian Renaissance playwright and prose writer.- Life :Born into a large and well to do family in Dubrovnik, Držić was trained and ordained as a priest — a calling very unsuitable for his rebel temperament...

.

Selected filmography

• The Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi, 2001)
• The Best Day of My Life
  The Best Day of My Life
  The Best Day of My Life is a 2002 award-winning Italian drama film directed by Cristina Comencini.-Plot:...
  
  (Il più bel giorno della mia vita, 2002)
• Klimt
  Klimt (film)
  Klimt is a 2006 Austrian art-house biographical film about the life of the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt . It was written and directed by Raoul Ruiz, with an English screenplay adaptation by Gilbert Adair. The director of photography was Ricardo Aronovich, and the music was composed by...
  
  (2006)
• Libertas
  Libertas (film)
  Libertas is a 2006 Croatian-Italian co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is a biographical film about the 16th-century playwright Marin Držić and his conflict with authorities of the Republic of Ragusa....
  
  (2006)

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