Laura Morante

Laura Morante (born 22 August 1956) is an Italian film actress.

Laura Morante
Born (1956-08-21) 21 August 1956
Santa Fiora, Italy
OccupationActress

Life and career

Morante was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), the daughter of a lawyer and playwright Marcello Morante, son of Irma (née Poggibonsi), a schoolteacher of Jewish descent, and Francesco Lo Monaco, from Sicily, and brother of the novelist Elsa Morante. Laura's mother is instead Maria Bona Palazzeschi.[1][2]

Originally a dancer, Morante started her acting career on stage at 18 years old, in the theatrical company of Carmelo Bene. She made her film debut in Oggetti Smarriti (Lost Belongings)., directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci, whose brother would direct the second film in which Morante would appear, La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man). She eventually had her breakout thanks to Nanni Moretti, who gave her the title role in Bianca.[1][2]

After her marriage to French actor Georges Claisse, Morante moved to Paris, where, thanks to her participation in numerous productions, she acquired a certain notoriety in European art cinema.[1][2] Returned to Italy, in 2001 she eventually won the David di Donatello for best actress her performance in Moretti's The Son's Room.[2] Later she was nominated for the David di Donatello in the same category in 2003, for Gabriele Muccino's Remember Me, My Love, and won the Silver Ribbon for best actress for Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2003) by Carlo Verdone.[2]

Morante attracted considerable attention with her performance as the neglected Madame Jourdain, with whom the young Molière, played by Romain Duris, falls in love, in the 2007 release Molière. She also provided the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl in the Italian-dubbed version of the Pixar animated film, The Incredibles.[2] Very active in France, in 2012 Morante made her directorial debut with the Franch-Italian co-production Cherry on the Cake, for which she was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best New Director.[3]

Filmography
Laura Morante in 2007
gollark: I thought you were doing programming.
gollark: Wait, you were going to be "[a] trained lab chemist"?
gollark: You'll memorize stuff naturally if you actually *use* them a lot.
gollark: Well, memorizing things is mostly stupid nowadays.
gollark: They more encourage obeying when anyone is watching and otherwise ignoring the rules.

References
  1. Stefano Masi, Enrico Lancia. Les séductrices du cinéma italien. Gremese Editore, 1997. ISBN 887301075X.
  2. Fabio Secchi Frau. "Laura Morante: L'aura dell'attrice". MyMovies. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. Anna Finos (10 May 2013). ""Diaz" e "La migliore offerta" in corsa per il David". La Repubblica. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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