Silvia Bottini

Bottini was born on 30 October 1981{{Cite web|title=Silvia Bottini|url=https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/silvia-bottini/g9imEUUthbSl4hopXVH5T1/main/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=www.moviefone.com|language=en}} in Malnate, a town in the province of Varese, Italy. She first studied acting at the {{Interlanguage link|Liceo classico Ernesto Cairoli|it}} in Varese with Silvio Raffo and Anna Bonomi.{{Cite web|last=Terziroli|first=Linda|date=31 August 2017|title=La poesia risuona in alto, nella bellezza estrema|url=http://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/stories/cultura-e-spettacoli/la-poesia-risuona-in-alto-nella-bellezza-estrema_1253058_11/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=www.laprovinciadivarese.it|language=it}} She later won a scholarship to enter the {{Interlanguage link|Scuola di teatro Alessandra Galante Garrone|it}} in Bologna, graduating with her diploma in 2007.{{Cite web|date=1 January 2021|title=Silvia Bottini è tra le attrici dell'Italian Comedy Club di Los Angeles.|url=https://italiancomedyclub.org/silvia-bottini-attrice-italian-comedy-club/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Italian Comedy Club|language=it-IT}}

Upon graduation, she joined {{Interlanguage link|Teatro della Tosse|it}} in Genoa as one of two applicants accepted out of 300.{{Cite web|date=29 May 2019|title=Meet Silvia Bottini - Voyage LA Magazine {{!}} LA City Guide|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-silvia-bottini-silvia-bottini-burbank/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=voyagela.com|language=en-US}} Some of her castings during this time were in {{Interlanguage link|Marco Manchisi|it}}'s Il fantoccio,{{Cite web|last=Vittoria Bellingeri|first=Maria|date=26 April 2009|title='Il fantoccio' di Manchisi sospeso tra Goya e Shakespeare|url=http://www.klpteatro.it/il-fantoccio-marco-manchisi-recensione|website=Krapp's Last post|language=it}} {{Interlanguage link|Alessandro Bergallo|it}}'s Generazioni Componibili{{Cite web|last=Sannia|first=Davide|date=13 April 2012|title=Generazioni componibili, in formato Ikea {{!}} Recensioni|url=http://www.klpteatro.it/generazioni-componibili-bergallo-pugliese-recensione|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Krapp's Last Post|language=it-IT}} and Jon Fosse's Svevn (in Italian translation).{{Cite web|last=Sannia|first=Davide|date=30 April 2010|title=Il Sonno silenzioso di Jon Fosse dalla prospettiva di Valerio Binasco {{!}} Recensioni|url=http://www.klpteatro.it/sonno-fosse-binasco-recensione|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Krapp's Last Post|language=it-IT}}

She has collaborated with Silvio Raffo on several projects, including stage performances of Ovid's poetry{{Cite web|last=Terziroli|first=Linda|date=24 September 2017|title=Un attualissimo Ovidio al Castello di Masnago|url=http://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/stories/Homepage/un-attualissimo-ovidio-al-castello-di-masnagno_1255594_11/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=www.laprovinciadivarese.it|language=it}} and other works.{{Cite web|date=1 September 2017|title=Raffo più Raffo al Battistero di Velate|url=https://www.sempionenews.it/cultura/raffo-piu-raffo-al-battistero-velate/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Sempione News|language=it-IT}}

Bottini moved to Los Angeles, in the U.S. in 2015. She is a cast member of the Italian Comedy Club in Los Angeles. Besides acting, she has also worked as a make-up artist. She worked on the Los Angeles part of the 2017 music video for "Senza Pagare" by J-Ax, Fedez, and T-Pain; the shoot also featured Paris Hilton, Pio e Amedeo, and Ferragni.{{Cite web|last=Botter|first=Laura|date=20 June 2017|title=Tra Paris Hilton e Fedez c'è di mezzo Varese. Il trucco delle star è firmato Silvia Bottini|url=http://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/stories/cultura-e-spettacoli/tra-paris-hilton-e-fedez-ce-di-mezzo-varese-il-trucco-delle-star-e-firmato-sil_1240590_11/|access-date=27 April 2021|website=www.laprovinciadivarese.it|language=it}}

In 2008, Bottini was in a relationship with a stock photographer. While they were vacationing in Shanghai, she modeled for several of his photos, including one with her crying. In 2011, she found that the stock photograph of her crying was being used as an Internet meme, satirizing people who complain about "First World problems" (for example, "there's not enough dressing on my salad"). Bottini initially disliked the meme as trivializing her acting career, especially since she received no royalties from them. By 2019, she told BBC News that she had reconciled with her Internet fame, and was working on a short film about the "First World Problems" character.{{Cite news|date=6 March 2019|title=Life beyond the meme: what happens after you go viral|language=en-GB|work=BBC Three|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/e6511d6a-ea8c-4e27-aac3-728205903635|access-date=22 April 2021}}

Bottini included the meme as part of her supporting documentation when applying for a U.S. extraordinary ability visa. Her application was successful.{{Cite web|date=29 September 2019|title=What Happens When Your Internet Identity Is Beyond Your Control?|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/escape-your-meme|access-date=22 April 2021|website=The California Sunday Magazine|language=en}}

• Il cantico di Maddalena (2011){{Cite web|last=Genna|first=Antonio|title="Il cantico di Maddalena"|url=https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/film1/ilcanticodimaddalena.htm|access-date=22 April 2021|website=Zona Cinema}}
• Fragile (2011){{Cite web|title=Fragile (2011)|url=http://www.mymovies.it/film/2011/fragile/|access-date=22 April 2021|website=mymovies.it|publisher=Mo-Net s r l|publication-place=Milano-Firenze}}
• Bella addormentata (2012)

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7655354/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t41 Silvia Bottini] on IMDb
• [https://flickr.com/people/47942308@N08/ Silvia Bottini] on Flickr
• [https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/silvia-bottini Silvia Bottini] on Getty Images
• [https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/interviews/silvia-bottini-recaps-becoming-the-first-world-problems-meme-her-struggles-with-losing-control-over-the-image-and-what-shes-been-up-to-a-decade-later Interview (2021)] with Know Your Meme

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