Jump to content

Maddalena Crippa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maddalena Crippa
Born (1957-09-04) 4 September 1957 (age 67)
OccupationActress
SpousePeter Stein

Maddalena Crippa (born 4 September 1957) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Academy Awards nominee Three Brothers by Francesco Rosi.

Life and career

[edit]

Born in Besana in Brianza, Crippa started to act at young age in an amateur dramatics with her father and brothers.[1] At 17 years old, at exams to attend the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the director Giorgio Strehler was impressed by her acting skills and gave her a role in his adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's Il campiello (1975).[1][2] From then, Crippa started a busy career in theater, working among others with Giancarlo Cobelli, Luca Ronconi and her husband Peter Stein.[1] She is also active in TV-series and in films.[1][2]

Miniseries

[edit]

Filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ^ a b Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe. Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 1134767862.
[edit]