Benedicta Boccoli

Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.

Biography

Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child. Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and Filippo.

Known for being an eclectic and versatile actress, she made her television debut at the age of 18. A few years later, she realized that her true passion as an actress lay in theatre.

Actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi nicknamed her the Artistissima (the ultimate artist) due to her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Tempo, and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.

Every Monday, she writes a column titled Cosa resterà for Il Fatto Quotidiano. It's a diary reflecting on the life of a teenager in the 1980s and 1990s.

On 28 August 2025 she married actor Maurizio Micheli, her partner since 1998.;;

Career highlights

Film Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo – 2003 Valzer, director Salvatore Maira – 2007 Pietralata, director Gianni Leacche – 2008 Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba – 2016 Colpevole, director Gianni Leacche - 2024

Short film

La confessione, director herself – 2020; Come un fiore, director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;

Theater

Blithe Spirit of Noël Coward, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 – Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 – Buonanotte Bettina, of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and Miranda Martino - 1995/1996/1997 – Can-Can – Musical of Abe Burrows, 1998/1999 – Orfeo all'inferno – Opera di Jacques Offenbach – 1999 – acting Tersicore Polvere di stelle, 2000/2001/2002 Le Pillole d'Ercole of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, with Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Nichetti - 2002/2003/2004 Anfitrione, of Plautus, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004 Stalker of Rebecca Gillmann, dir Marcello Cotugno - 2004 Plutus of Aristofanes, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004 Cactus flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, with Edoardo Siravo, dir Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006 Prova a farmi ridere of Alan Aykbourn, with Pino Quartullo, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2006 The Tempest of William Shakespeare, – 2006 – Ariel Sunshine of William Mastrosimone, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, 2007/2008 L'Appartamento, of Billy Wilder, 2009–2010 Il marito scornato (Georges Dandin), of Molière, 2011 Vite private, of Noël Coward, with Corrado Tedeschi – 2012–2013 Dis-order, of Neil LaBute, dir. Marcello Cotugno, with Claudio Botosso – 2014 Incubi d'Amore, of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli, dir. Augusto Fornari, with Sebastiano Somma and Morgana Forcella – 2014 Crimini del Cuore, of Beth Henley, dir. Marco Mattolini – 2015 A Room with a View, of E. M. Forster, dir. Stefano Artissunch – 2016 Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, dir Piergiorgio Piccoli and Aristide Genovese - 2016 Il più brutto week-end della nostra vita of Norm Foster, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2017-2018 The test of Jordi Vallejo, dir. - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023; Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2020; Les Précieuses ridicules free taken from Molière, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with Lorenza Mario and Stefano Artissunch - 2023-2024; Donne in pericolo of Wendy MacLeod, dir. Enrico Maria Lamanna (with Benedicta Boccoli, Vittoria Belvedere and Debora Caprioglio; 2024-2025)

Television

Pronto, chi gioca?, directed by Gianni Boncompagni Domenica In – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990 Viva Colombo inclosed in Il sabato sera di Rai Uno - 1991 Gelato al limone – with Massimiliano Pani Unomattina – 1994 Due come noi – Co-starring with Wilma De Angelis – 1997 Incantesimo Reality Circus – Reality show 2006/2007

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