Aurora Quattrocchi
Quattrocchi in 2015
Born18 March 1943 (1943-03-18) (age 80)
Matulji, Croatia
OccupationActress

Aurora "Rori" Quattrocchi (born 18 March 1943) is an Italian television, stage and film actress.

Life and career

Born in Matulji (at the time part of the Kingdom of Italy with the name Mattuglie) where her Sicilian father was serving as an army officer,[1] at 5 years old Quattrocchi lost her mother and went to live in Palermo with her aunt and uncle.[2] She started her career on stage in the 1970s,[3] and made her film debut in 1989, in Marco Risi's Forever Mary.[4]

Among Quattrocchi's best known roles, there are Fortunata in Golden Door, which got her a Chlotrudis Award nomination,[4] and the mother in Nostalgia, for which Quattrocchi got David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento nominations as bet supporting actress.[5][6] Quattrocchi was awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award for her career at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.[7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. Lo Porto, Giada (11 September 2022). "Aurora Quattrocchi: "Io, libera e appassionata, premiata a Venezia per la mia carriera"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. La Valle, Susanna (3 August 2023). "Forse non ricordi il nome ma il suo viso non lo dimentichi: ritratto di Aurora Quattrocchi". Balarm (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  3. Amitrano, Vania (6 October 2022). "Aurora Quattrocchi, talento e fierezza inarrestabili". Ciak Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Aurora Quattrocchi". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. "Nastri D'argento 2022 , dai film agli attori tutte le candidature". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 3 June 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. Ascione, Arianna (5 October 2023). "David di Donatello 2023: nomination, candidature, tutto quello che c'è da sapere". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. "Un premio alla carriera a Venezia per Aurora Quattrocchi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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