Emanuela Fanelli

Emanuela Fanelli (born 6 July 1986) is an Italian actress and comedian.

In 2014, she won the award for Best Actress at the 48 Hour Film Project for her role in the short film Un film d'amore. In 2019 she was one of the protagonists of the TV programme Battute? on Rai 2 and she featured in the music video for "Immigrato", a song by Checco Zalone published to promote the release of his film Tolo Tolo in cinemas.

Since 2020 she has taken part in the programme Una pezza di Lundini, with Valerio Lundini, broadcast from 7 September 2020 on Rai 2. In 2021, she participated in the Sanremo Music Festival and joined Lo Stato Sociale and Francesco Pannofino in a cover of "Non è per sempre" by Afterhours. She also served as patroness of the awards ceremony at the 2021 Torino Film Festival. She was later chosen as host for 60 sul 2, a programme celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Rai 2.

In 2022, she starred in Paolo Virzì's Dry, which earned her the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. In 2023, she portrayed Marisa in Paola Cortellesi's directorial debut There's Still Tomorrow, which became one of the highest-grossing films of all time in Italy.

In 2024, she was again directed by Virzì in the film Another Summer Holiday. That same year, she again won Best Supporting Actress at the 69th David di Donatello for her performance in There's Still Tomorrow.

Filmography Feature films Year Title Role Director Notes 2015 Don't Be Bad Prima Smandrappata Claudio Caligari The Last Will Be the Last Nadia Massimiliano Bruno 2016 Solo Laura Morante 2017 Ignorance Is Bliss Iris Massimiliano Bruno La casa di famiglia Ornella Augusto Fornari 2019 A mano disarmata Chiara Colombo Claudio Bonivento Brave ragazze Michela Andreozzi 2022 Dry Raffaella Zarate Paolo Virzì 2023 There's Still Tomorrow Marisa Paola Cortellesi 2024 Another Summer Holiday Daniela Paolo Virzì 2025 Madly Trilli Paolo Genovese 2026 Il rumore delle cose nuove Paolo Genovese

Short films Year Title Director Notes 2007 La Coppia Perfetta Lorenzo Carosi 2007 Dov'eri? Luca Di Giovanni 2014 Un film d'amore Cicova 2017 Cose dell'altro mondo Lorenzo Di Nola 2019 Biagio - Una storia vera Matteo Tiberia

Television Dov'è Mario? (2016) La TV delle ragazze - Gli Stati Generali 1988-2018 (Rai 3, 2018) Battute? (Rai 2, 2019) Stati generali (Rai 3, 2020) Una pezza di Lundini (Rai 2, 2020–2022) 60 sul 2 (Rai 2, 2021) Sono Lillo (2023) Call My Agent - Italia (2023–2024) – 7 episodes I magnifici 4 della risata (Rai 3, 2023) Illuminate: Franca Valeri (2023), directed by Maria Iovine – docufilm No Activity - Niente da segnalare (2024), directed by Valerio Vestoso – miniseries My 2 Cents – episode 8, animated miniseries

Music videos Year Title Artist Notes 2011 "Maschere" Suntiago 2019 "Immigrato" Checco Zalone 2023 "Tutta" Daniele Silvestri

Accolades 2014 – 48 Hour Film Project Best Actress for the short film Un film d'amore 2021 – "Personaggio TV" for Una pezza di Lundini 2023 – David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for Dry 2024 – David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for There's Still Tomorrow