Francesca Neri


Francesca Neri is an Italian actress.

Biography

Neri was born in Trento. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi and Carne trémula .
She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award, as Best Actress in Il dolce rumore della vita and Io amo Andrea and as Best Supporting Actress for La felicità non costa niente.
Other notable films include her three films in Spain: Live Flesh , ¡Dispara!, both with her own voice speaking Spanish, and sex drama film Las edades de Lulú.
After years of highly acclaimed work in Europe, she first received widespread notice in America when she played the role of Allegra, wife of the Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi in the Hollywood blockbuster, Hannibal in 2001. In 2002, she co-starred in Collateral Damage alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, playing the Colombian wife of Claudio Perrini, a terrorist known as the Wolf.

Personal life

Neri has one son, Rocco, with actor Claudio Amendola. She also has two stepdaughters from Claudio’s previous marriage, including voice actress Alessia Amendola.

Selected filmography