Gledis Cinque
Born (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985
Lecco, Lombardy, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Gledis Cinque (born June 15, 1985) is an Italian actress.

Biography

Gledis Cinque made her film debut with the role of Celia Crawley in Mira Nair's 2004 film Vanity Fair, with Reese Witherspoon and James Purefoy. After that very first experience she continued studying acting gaining a diploma at Centro Studi Coreografici Teatro Carcano in Milan as well as attending various courses at RADA, LAMDA, NYFA and at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

In 2008 she appeared in Sanguepazzo directed by Marco Tullio Giordana alongside Luca Zingaretti and Alessio Boni. In 2009 Gledis appeared in Luis Prieto's Meno male che ci sei as Giada, and Sette, Corriere della Sera's weekly magazine, named her one of the most promising young Italian actresses.[1] In 2009 she also appeared in Non smettere di sognare, where she played the supporting role of Daniela, a ballet dancer, alongside Alessandra Mastronardi.

In 2010 Gledis played the recurring role of Cecilia in the TV miniseries Notte prima degli esami '82, directed by Elisabetta Marchetti.

In 2012 she worked in the TV series Distretto di Polizia XI, in Hermes Cavagnini's first feature Ritratto di un Imprenditore di Provincia,[2] and in Fausto Brizzi's film Love Is in the Air.

In 2013 she finished the shooting of the feature film Miriam - Il Diario (Come Sposare un Artista), directed by Monica Castiglioni, in which she played the lead character.[3] In 2013 she also played the lead in the feature film The Rule of Lead (La Regola del Piombo) by Giacomo Arrigoni,[4][5] that won several international awards.

In 2014 she plays one of the three leads in the web-series Sguinzagliate, directed by di Roberto Burchielli.[6] In 2015 she landed a small role in the TV series River, directed by Tim Fywell for BBC. She then went back to comedy with the role of Elena in the sketch comedy Love Snack, directed by Elia Castangia in 2017.[7]

With her theatre company "PaT - Passi Teatrali" she co-produced the feature Luci Spente, adapted from an original play performed by the company itself, that won the Gold Remi Award for "Animation Film - Any Technique" at the 2016 WorldFest Houston.[8][9]

In 2018, after a very successful crowdfunding,[10] she resumed her role as the lead in Ischidados,[11] an original production by Chunk Collective.[12][13]

She also played the part of Irene Pivetti, an Italian politician, in the upcoming TV series 1994, the sequel of 1992 and 1993, directed by Giuseppe Gagliardi and produced by Wildside and Sky Italia.[14]

Filmography

Year Title Director Role Notes
2004 Vanity Fair Mira Nair Older Celia Crawley
2008 Sanguepazzo Marco Tullio Giordana Collegiale
2009 Non smettere di sognare Roberto Burchielli Daniela TV movie
2009 Meno Male Che Ci Sei Luis Prieto Giada
2011 Notte Prima degli Esami '82 Elisabetta Marchetti Cecilia TV miniseries
2012 Love Is in the Air Fausto Brizzi Martina
2013 Ritratto di un imprenditore di provincia Hermes Cavagnini Vittoria Gandolfi
2014 Miriam - Il diario Monica Castiglioni Miriam (lead)
2014 La Regola del Piombo Giacomo Arrigoni Lara (lead)
2014 Sguinzagliate Roberto Burchielli Ilaria (lead) Web-series
2015 Luci Spente Edoardo Lomazzi Laura Locke
2015 River Tim Fywell Au Pair (BBC) TV Series
2017 Love Snack Elia Castangia Elena Sketch comedy
2018 Ischidados Eugenio Villani, Igor de Luigi Gaia (lead)
2018 1994 Giuseppe Gagliardi Irene Pivetti TV series

References

  1. ↑ http://www.contrasto.it/index.php/it/whats-new.html?view=whatsnew&categoryid=&articleid=3450%5B%5D
  2. ↑ filmitalia.org - Ritratto di un Imprenditore di Provincia
  3. ↑ filmitalia.org - Miriam - Il Diario
  4. ↑ filmitalia.org - The Rule Of Lead
  5. ↑ www.theruleoflead.com
  6. ↑ www.sguinzagliate.it
  7. ↑ "Gledis in Love Snack". Gledis Cinque | Official Website. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "WorldFest Houston (2016)". IMDb. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "WorldFest-Houston - festivals". Filmitalia. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "ISCHIDADOS - i risvegliati -". Produzioni dal Basso (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ischidados – Gli zombie invadono la Sardegna!" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Nel trailer della serie Ischidados, la Sardegna è terra di zombie e arcani riti pagani". Il Cineocchio (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  13. ↑ Chunk collective, Ischidados - i risvegliati - official trailer, retrieved 12 December 2018
  14. ↑ 1994, retrieved 12 December 2018
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