Nicoletta Machiavelli


Nicoletta Machiavelli was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.

Life and career

The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Machiavelli was a descendant of the political philosopher and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. She studied painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze.
Following an audition for the role of Eva in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning..., she was noted by the producer Dino De Laurentiis who put her under contract for seven years, a contract she eventually broke after three years.
Her first role was Ugo Tognazzi's wife in A Question of Honour, and following a few comedies, her early career was characterized by genre films, mainly spaghetti Western, notably Sergio Corbucci's Navajo Joe.
Starting from the late 1960s Machiavelli started appearing in more ambitious art films, working with Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Pietro Germi, Dino Risi, Sergio Citti, Andrzej Żuławski, and Liliana Cavani, among others.
In 1984, Machiavelli became a disciple of Osho and retired from show business. She eventually moved to Seattle, Washington, where among other things she taught Italian at the Bellevue College and at the University of Washington. She died of an undisclosed illness on 15 November 2015, aged 71.

Selected filmography

Thrilling A Question of Honour – Domenicangela PirasOur Husbands – Roberta Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die – SylviaThe Hills Run Red – Mary AnnNavajo Joe – Estella – Mrs. Lynne's maidMatchless – TipsyAnyone Can Play A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die – LaurindaGarter Colt – Lulu 'Garter' ColtHate Thy Neighbor – Peggy SavalasCandy – MarquitaScarabea: How Much Land Does a Man Need? – ScarabeaTemptation – Carla VeraldiA Noose for Django – MayaMonte Carlo or Bust! – DominiqueCarnal Circuit – Luisa LambertiIt Takes a Thief, ep. "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?" – VarinaThe Ravine – Anja KovachNecropolis A Pocketful of Chestnuts – TeresaLover of the Great Bear – LeoniaThe Policeman Man with the Transplanted Brain – HélénaDirty Weekend – SylvaTony Arzenta – Anna – wife of TonyLa coppia Bawdy Tales – Duchessa Caterina di RonciglioneDie merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck – Amalie – sister of Frederick the GreatIcy Breasts – Mrs. RilsonThat Most Important Thing: Love – Luce, la femme de LapadeMalicious Pleasure – MelisaL'Année sainte – Carla, la terroristeFree Hand for a Tough Cop – MaraBeyond Good and Evil – AmandaLa fuite en avant – Fiama