Pilar Fogliati


María del Pilar Fogliati is an Italian actress and filmmaker.
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Life and career

Born in Alessandria to Roman parents who were there spending the Christmas holidays, Fogliati grew up in Mentana, near Rome. Her paternal grandmother was a woman who fled to Argentina from Poland. She formed at an amateur drama school before graduating from the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts. After several stage roles, she made her film debut in 2016, in Fausto Brizzi's Forever Young. Also active on television, she was the lead actress in the Rai 1 medical drama Cuori and in the Netflix comedy series I Hate Christmas.
In 2022, Fogliati made her directorial and screenwriting debut with Romantic Girls, an anthology comedy film in which she played four different characters; for her performance she won a Nastro d'Argento for best actress in a comedy film and a Globo d'Oro for best actress. In 2024, she won a second Nastro d'Argento for best actress in a comedy film for Romeo Is Juliet.