Aurora Quattrocchi

Born in Matulji (at the time part of the Kingdom of Italy with the name Mattuglie) where her Sicilian father was serving as an army officer,{{cite news |last1=Lo Porto |first1=Giada |title=Aurora Quattrocchi: "Io, libera e appassionata, premiata a Venezia per la mia carriera" |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2022/09/11/news/aurora_quattrocchi_venezia_premio_mostra_del_cinema-365096765/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=la Repubblica |date=11 September 2022 |language=it}} at 5 years old Quattrocchi lost her mother and went to live in Palermo with her aunt and uncle.{{cite news |last1=La Valle |first1=Susanna |title=Forse non ricordi il nome ma il suo viso non lo dimentichi: ritratto di Aurora Quattrocchi |url=https://www.balarm.it/news/forse-non-ricordi-il-nome-ma-il-suo-viso-non-lo-dimentichi-ritratto-di-aurora-quattrocchi-138558 |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Balarm |date=3 August 2023 |language=it}} She started her career on stage in the 1970s,{{cite news |last1=Amitrano |first1=Vania |title=Aurora Quattrocchi, talento e fierezza inarrestabili |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/aurora-quattrocchi-talento-e-fierezza-inarrestabili/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Ciak Magazine |date=6 October 2022 |language=it-IT}} and made her film debut in 1989, in Marco Risi's Forever Mary.{{cite web |title=Aurora Quattrocchi |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/aurora-quattrocchi/33849/ |website=Mymovies.it|access-date=24 November 2023 |language=it}}

Among Quattrocchi's best known roles, there are Fortunata in Golden Door, which got her a Chlotrudis Award nomination, and the mother in Nostalgia, for which Quattrocchi got David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento nominations as best supporting actress.{{cite news |title=Nastri D'argento 2022 , dai film agli attori tutte le candidature |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2022/06/03/nastri-d-argento-2022--film-candidature |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Sky TG24 |date=3 June 2022 |language=it}}{{cite news |last1=Ascione |first1=Arianna |title=David di Donatello 2023: nomination, candidature, tutto quello che c’è da sapere |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/cards/david-donatello-2023-nomination-candidature-tutto-quello-che-c-sapere/david-donatello-2023-miglior-attrice-protagonista-non-protagonista.shtml |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=5 October 2023 |language=it-IT}} Quattrocchi was awarded the International Starlight Cinema Award for her career at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news |title=Un premio alla carriera a Venezia per Aurora Quattrocchi |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/societa/2022/09/06/news/venezia_mostra_del_cinema_aurora_quattrocchi_starlight_award-364448825/ |access-date=24 November 2023 |work=la Repubblica |date=6 September 2022 |language=it}}

• Forever Mary directed by Marco Risi (1989)
• Boys on the Outside, directed by Marco Risi (1990)
• The Rebel, directed by Aurelio Grimaldi (1993)
• The Star Maker, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (1995)
• One Hundred Steps, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2000)
• Malèna, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore (2000)
• The Council of Egypt, directed by Emidio Greco (2002)
• Un día de suerte, directed by Sandra Gugliotta (2002)
• Nati stanchi, directed by Dominick Tambasco (2002)
• Secret File, directed by Paolo Benvenuti (2003)
• Golden Door, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2006)
• Wild Blood, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2008)
• La fidanzata di papà, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2008)
• Palermo Shooting, directed by Wim Wenders (2008)
• Purple Sea, directed by Donatella Maiorca (2009)
• The Trick in the Sheet, directed by Alfonso Arau (2010)
• Scossa (segment: Speranza), directed by Carlo Lizzani (2011)
• It Was the Son, directed by Daniele Ciprì (2012)
• Amiche da morire, directed by Giorgia Farina (2013)
• Black Souls, directed by Francesco Munzi (2014)
• At War with Love, directed by Pif (2016)
• Friends by Chance, directed by Francesco Bruni (2017)
• Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2019)
• Cruel Peter, directed by Christian Bisceglia and Ascanio Malgarini (2019)
• Nostalgia, directed by Mario Martone (2022)
• L'immensità, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2022)
• Strangeness, directed by Roberto Andò (2022)
• Spaccaossa, directed by Vincenzo Pirrotta (2022)

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