Paola Cortellesi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-11-24 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Paola Cortellesi

Biography

Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973) is an eclectic Italian actress, singer, voice actress, film director, and presenter. She began her career in television with the show Macao, presented by Alba Parietti, but eventually reached nationwide popularity as a comic actress in the TV show Mai dire Gol by the Gialappa's Band (2000), which, in particular, showcased her skills at parodying famous people, a genre where she collected some of her most appreciated performances (the latest one being her parody of Milan's mayor Letizia Moratti in the 2010-2011 edition of the popular TV show Zelig). Other major performances of Cortellesi on television ...

Acting

2007

2011

2003

Past Perfect

as Claudia

2001

If I Were You

as Caterina

2002

2010

Men Vs Women

as Chiara

2004

2011

2022

I cassamortari

as Se stessa (non accreditata)

2014

Sotto una buona stella

as Luisa Tombolini

2014

A Boss in the Living Room

as Cristina D'Avola/Carmela Cimmaruta

2019

Detective per caso

as Ispettore Maria Bellamore

2015

Callas

as Maria Callas

2014

Do You See Me?

as Serena Bruno

2015

Wondrous Boccaccio

as Badessa Usimbalda

2021

We Are Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

2015

The Last Will Be the Last

as Luciana Colacci

2016

2011

Women Vs Men

as Chiara

2017

Mom or Dad?

as Valeria

2003

Bell'amico

as Damiana

2019

2020

Kidz

as Sara

2022

Marcel!

as Telesales presenter

Production

2016

2014

2014

Do You See Me?

as Screenplay

2023

2019

2019

Don't Stop Me Now

as Screenplay

2023

2015

2016

Something New

as Screenplay

2017

Mom or Dad?

as Screenplay

2017

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