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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicoletta Braschi (born April 14, 1960) is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni. Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu Mi Turbi ("You Upset Me"). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train. Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband have been Johnny Stecchino (1992) and La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997). The first, an Italian comedy that cast the actress as the girlfriend of a mobster (Benigni), was a huge hit in Italy; while the second, in which Braschi played the wife of an Italian Jew (Benigni) imprisoned in a concentration camp, was a widely-praised success that launched both Braschi and...
Known for
Life Is BeautifulMovie • 1997
Mystery TrainMovie • 1989
Coffee and CigarettesMovie • 2004
Son of the Pink PantherMovie • 1993
PinocchioMovie • 2002
Happy as LazzaroMovie • 2018
The White CrowMovie • 2018
Down by LawMovie • 1986
The Sheltering SkyMovie • 1990
The Tiger and the SnowMovie • 2005
The MonsterMovie • 1994
Johnny StecchinoMovie • 1991
OvosodoMovie • 1997
The Little DevilMovie • 1988
You Upset MeMovie • 1983
Who Killed Pasolini?Movie • 1995
Pereira DeclaresMovie • 1995
I VicerèMovie • 2007