Violante Placido is an Italian

Italian people

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 actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director 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 actress Simonetta Stefanelli

Simonetta Stefanelli

Simonetta Stefanelli is an Italian film actress. She is best known outside Italy for her role in The Godfather , in which she played Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone, Michael Corleone's wife...

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Film

Her film debut was alongside her father in Quattro bravi ragazzi, and later took part in Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo. Her first important role was in L'anima gemella, directed by Sergio Rubini

Sergio Rubini

- Biography :He was born in Grumo Appula but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with Figlio mio infinitamente caro , which was followed by Desiderando Giulia and Il caso Moro...

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Placido's other movies include Ora o mai più, by Lucio Pellegrini, Che ne sarà di noi, by Giovanni Veronesi

Giovanni Veronesi

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, and Ovunque sei, directed by her father. In 2006, she starred in Pupi Avati

Pupi Avati

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's comedy La cena per farli conoscere, released in 2007. In March 2009, she played a role in the Hindi

Hindi

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 movie Barah Aana

Barah Aana

Barah Aana is a 2009 Indian comedy-drama film written and directed by Raja Menon. The title refers to 12 Barah in Hindustani aanas , which was a unit of Indian currency before decimalisation. Barah Aana stars Naseeruddin Shah, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Vijay Raaz and Arjun Mathur...

. In 2010, she appeared alongside George Clooney

George Clooney

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 in the drama-thriller The American

The American (2010 film)

The American is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney, Thekla Reuten, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund, and Paolo Bonacelli. It is an adaptation of the 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth...

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Placido is scheduled to appear as Nadya in the 2012 film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is an upcoming 3D superhero film based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider, scheduled to be released in theaters on February 17, 2012. The film is a loose sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider. It will be directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Nicolas...

, a sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider (film)

Ghost Rider is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Based on the character of the same name which appeared in Marvel Comics, the film stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze, a stunt motorcyclist who sells his soul to the Devil and transforms into thevigilante Ghost...

based on the Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 character of the same name.

Music

In 2006, Placido released, under the name Viola, her first album as a singer, Don't Be Shy..., including 10 tracks (most of which are in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

) written by herself.

External links

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