Benedicta Boccoli
Italian theater and movie actress
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Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.[1][2]
Benedicta Boccoli | |
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Benedicta Boccoli in 2013 | |
| Born | 11 November 1966 Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Partner | Maurizio Micheli (2025) |
| Website | benedictaboccoli |
Biography
Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child.[3] Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and Filippo.[4]
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.[5][6][7]
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,[8] 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.;;[9][10][11]
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 [12]
Short film
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. Roberto Ciufoli - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023;[16][17]
- Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2020;[18][19]
- Les Précieuses ridicules free taken from Molière, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with Lorenza Mario and Stefano Artissunch - 2023-2024;[20]
- 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
Gallery
Benedicta Boccoli, Paola Bonesi and Fulvia Lorenzetti in Crimini del Cuore ("Crimes of the Heart"),[21] 1 May 2015.
Benedicta Boccoli and her sax in Crimini del Cuore, 1 May 2015.[22]![Vittoria Belvedere, Benedicta Boccoli and Debora Caprioglio acting Donne in pericolo, Teatro San Domenico [it], Crema, 1 December 2024.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Belvedere_Boccoli_Caprioglio_DONNE_IN_PERICOLO_Crema_2024.jpg/120px-Belvedere_Boccoli_Caprioglio_DONNE_IN_PERICOLO_Crema_2024.jpg)
Vittoria Belvedere, Benedicta Boccoli and Debora Caprioglio acting Donne in pericolo, Teatro San Domenico , Crema, 1 December 2024.
![Vittoria Belvedere, Benedicta Boccoli and Debora Caprioglio acting Donne in pericolo, Teatro San Domenico [it], Crema, 1 December 2024.](#/media/File:Belvedere_Boccoli_Caprioglio_DONNE_IN_PERICOLO_Crema_2024.jpg)
