Italian actress

Laura Morante (born 21 August 1956) is an Italian film actress.

Contents

• 1 Life and career
• 2 Filmography
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Life and career

Morante was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), the daughter of lawyer and playwright Marcello Morante, who was the son of Irma (née Poggibonsi) (a schoolteacher of Jewish descent) and Francesco Lo Monaco, from Sicily, and brother of the novelist Elsa Morante. Laura's mother is Maria Bona Palazzeschi.

Originally a dancer, Morante started her acting career on stage at 18 years old, in the theatrical company of Carmelo Bene. She made her film debut in Oggetti Smarriti (Lost Belongings)., directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci, whose brother would direct the second film in which Morante would appear, La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man). She eventually had her breakout thanks to Nanni Moretti, who gave her the *le role in Bianca.

After her marriage to French actor Georges Claisse, Morante moved to Paris, where, thanks to her participation in numerous productions, she acquired a certain notoriety in European art cinema. Returned to Italy, in 2001 she eventually won the David di Donatello for best actress her performance in Moretti's The Son's Room. Later she was nominated for the David di Donatello in the same category in 2003, for Gabriele Muccino's Remember Me, My Love, and won the Silver Ribbon for best actress for Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2003) by Carlo Verdone.

Morante attracted considerable attention with her performance as the neglected Madame Jourdain, with whom the young Molière, played by Romain Duris, falls in love, in the 2007 release Molière. She also provided the voice of Helen Parr/Elastigirl in the Italian-dubbed version of the Pixar animated film, The Incredibles. Very active in France, in 2012 Morante made her directorial debut with the French-Italian co-production Cherry on the Cake, for which she was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best New Director.

Filmography

Laura Morante in 2007

• Sweet Dreams (1981)
• Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
• Blow to the Heart (1982)
• Bianca (1984)
• The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)
• La vallée fantôme (1987)
• Man on Fire (1987)
• I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988)
• On Tour (1990)
• Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
• The Voice (1992)
• Io e il re (1995)
• August Vacation (1995)
• Marianna Ucrìa (1997)
• The Naked Eye (1998)
• First Light of Dawn (2000)
• Free the Fish (2000)
• Dov'è mio figlio: (2001) - TV
• Hotel (2001)
• The Son's Room (2001)
• Vajont (2001)
• A Journey Called Love (2002)
• The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
• Remember Me, My Love (2003)
• Love Is Eternal While It Lasts (2004)
• Empire of the Wolves (2005)
• Avenue Montaigne (2006)
• Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
• The Hideout (2007)
• Molière (2007)
• Your Whole Life Ahead of You (2008) - narrator
• The Big Dream (2009)
• The Youngest Son (2010)
• Cherry on the Cake (2012)
• Romeo and Juliet (2013)
• A Farewell to Fools (2014)
• God Willing (2015)
• The Ties (2020)
• Across the River and Into the Trees (TBA)

References

External links

• Laura Morante at IMDb