Vanessa Gravina


Vanessa Gravina is an Italian film, television and stage actress and director.
Born in Milan, Gravina debuted as a child actress in 1985, starring opposite Jerry Calà in the Marco Risi's romantic comedy Love at First Sight. For her performance she was nominated for Silver Ribbon for best new actress. In the following years she kept starring in films while continuing her studies at the Liceo linguistico. Starting in the late 1980s she gradually focused on television, where she got her main successes. She is also active on stage, where she worked with Dacia Maraini and Giorgio Strehler, among others.
She considers herself Buddhist.

Filmography

Cinema

Colpo di fulmine, directed by Marco Risi Maramao, directed by Giovanni Veronesi 32 dicembre, directed by Luciano De Crescenzo Abbronzatissimi 2 - Un anno dopo, directed by Bruno Gaburro Dietro la pianura, directed by Gerardo Fontana and Paolo Girelli La ragazza di Cortina, directed by Maurizio Vanni Italiani, directed by Maurizio Ponzi Milonga, directed by Emidio Greco Les gens en maillot de bain, directed by Eric Assous Rien que du bonheur, directed by Denis Parent L'inferno secondo noi, directed by Giovanni Giacobelli – short film L'uomo privato, directed by Emidio Greco Principessa part time, directed by Giorgio Arcelli Il patto, directed by Giuseppe Recchia Come ogni mattina, directed by Claudio Rossi Massimi - short film

Televisione

La voglia di vincere, directed by Vittorio Sindoni Don Tonino - 6 episodes Due fratelli, directed by Alberto Lattuada La piovra 4, directed by Luigi Perelli Laura and Luis, directed by Frank Strecker La piovra 5 - Il cuore del problema, directed by Luigi Perelli Manuela Micaela Camilla, parlami d'amore Come quando fuori piove, directed by Bruno Gaburro Ricominciare Gioco a incastro, directed by Enzo G. Castellari – film TV Incantesimo - 29 episodes CentoVetrine Sospetti 3 Gente di mare - 28 episodes Commissaire Valence Pompei, ieri, oggi, domani, directed by Paolo Poeti Les camarades, directed by François Luciani Butta la luna 2 Un caso di coscienza - 6 episodes Madre, aiutami, directed by Gianni Lepre Il bello delle donne...alcuni anni dopo - 2 episodes Furore – 8 episodes
  • ''Il paradiso delle signore''

Theatre

Actress

The lady from the sea, by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Giorgio Strehler In caso di matrimonio rompere il vetro, by Robert Thomas, directed by Fabio L. Lionello Nella città l'inferno, directed by Dacia Maraini and Francesco Tavassi Pilato sempre, by Giorgio Albertazzi, directed by Armando Pugliese Trojan women, by Euripides, directed by Livio Galassi Electra, by Sophocles, directed by Walter Manfrè La vita che ti diedi, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Luigi Squarzina Oresteia, by Aeschylus, directed by Livio Galassi Rudens, by Plautus, directed by Walter Manfrè Agata, by Rocco Familiari, directed by Walter Manfrè Amores, Amandi, directed by Milo Vallone Fröken Julie, by August Strindberg, directed by Armando Pugliese Vestire gli ignudi, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Walter Manfrè Capitan Ulisse, di Alberto Savinio, directed by Giuseppe Emiliani Fra... intendimenti d'amore, by Edoardo Siravo The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, directed by Armando Pugliese Antigone, di Sophocles, directed by Federico Vigorito Rousseau e La serva padrona, directed by Dora Liguori e Giancarlo Zanetti Farse plautine, directed by Luca Cairati Barefoot in the park, by Neil Simon, directed by Stefano Artissunch Carmen, Medea, Cassandra, directed by Luciano Cannito Diario di sé - Nel labirinto di Anais Nin, by Luca Cedrola, directed by Bruno Garofalo Lysistrata, di Aristophanes, directed by Cristiano Roccamo Nina, by André Roussin, directed by Pino Strabioli e Patrick Rossi Gastaldi Les bonnes, by Jean Genet, directed by Giovanni Anfuso Queste pazze donne, by Gabriel Barylli, directed by Stefano Artissunch Il piacere dell'onestà, by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Liliana Cavani Tartuffe, by Molière, directed by Roberto Valerio Uncle Vanya, by A. Chekhov, directed by Roberto Valerio Witness for the prosecution, by Agatha Christie, directed by Geppy Gleijeses

Director

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, madrigal by Claudio Monteverdi