Violante Placido

Film and television

Placido made her film debut alongside her father in Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993). In 1996 she appeared in Enza Negroni's Jack Frusciante Left the Band. Her first important role was in L'anima gemella (2002), directed by Sergio Rubini.^[3][4]

In the following years Placido appeared in Ora o mai più (2003), by Lucio Pellegrini, Che ne sarà di noi (2004), by Giovanni Veronesi, and Ovunque sei (2004), directed by her father.^[5] In 2007, she starred in Pupi Avati's comedy La cena per farli conoscere. In 2009, she played a role in the Hindi movie Barah Aana. She also played the title role as Moana Pozzi in the 2009 miniseries Moana.^[6] In 2010, she appeared alongside George Clooney in the drama-thriller The American.^[7]

Placido played Nadya in the 2011 film Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, a sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider, both based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.^[8]

In 2014 Placido starred in Transporter: The Series, a spin-off from the film franchise of the same name. In season two, she plays Caterina Boldieu, a former French intelligence officer, who is assisting Frank Martin, the Transporter.^[9]

Music

In 2006, Placido released, under the name Viola, her first album as a singer, Don't be shy..., including 10 tracks she wrote (most of which are in English), inspired by Stuart Benson. Viola sings in the style of singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. The second single is "How to save your Life". Subsequently, she collaborated with the Italian singer-songwriter Bugo in the remake duet version of his song "Amore mio infinito".^[10]

Film

Television

Music videos

• "'Solo' è solo una parola" by Tiziano Ferro (2018)^[12]