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Nicoletta BraschiBorn10 August 1960 (1960-08-10) (age 48)
Cesena,
ItalyOccupationactress, producerYears active1983 - presentSpouse(s)
Roberto Benigni (1991-)
Nicoletta Braschi (born
10 August 1960) is an
Italian actress, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director
Roberto Benigni. She has also collaborated with
American director
Jim Jarmusch. Braschi earned international acclaim for her role in
Life Is Beautiful (
La Vita è bella) (1997) as "Dora", and has also starred in the panned
Pinocchio (2002) (as the "Blue Fairy"). American actress
Glenn Close was the Blue Fairy's voice in its English version.
Born in
Cesena, Braschi studied in
Rome’s Accademia di Arte Drammatica and first worked with Benigni in 1983, in the comedy
Tu Mi Turbi (“You Upset Me”), as “Madonna.” She starred in Jarmusch’s
Down by Law and
Mystery Train. In 1991, she starred as Maria in the Italian comedy
Johnny Stecchino.
In 2002, she was a member of the jury at the
Berlin Film Festival.