Francesca Neri

Biography

Francesca Neri (born February 10, 1964, Trento, Trentino-South Tyrol) is an Italian actress. 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 (1991) and Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997). She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award (Italy's equivalent of the Oscar). For Best Acctress in Dolce Rumore Della Vita II and Io Amo Andrea (both 1999) and for Best Supporting Actress for La Felicità non costa niente (2003). Other notable films include ¡Dispara! (Outrage) (1993) and Las Edades De Lulú (The Ages of Lulu) (1990). 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 ill-fated Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi in the Hollywood blockbuster, Hannibal in 2001. In 2002, she played Columbian wife of Claudio Perrini, and co-starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Collateral Damage. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia