Maddalena Crippa

Maddalena Crippa (born 4 September 1957) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Academy Award nominee Three Brothers by Francesco Rosi.

Maddalena Crippa
Born (1957-09-04) 4 September 1957
Besana in Brianza, Lombardy
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Peter Stein

Life and career

Born in Besana in Brianza, Crippa started to act at young age in an amateur dramatics with her father and brothers.[1] At 17 years old, at exams to attend the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the director Giorgio Strehler was impressed by her acting skills and gave her a role in his adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's Il campiello (1975).[1][2] From then, Crippa started a busy career in theater, working among others with Giancarlo Cobelli, Luca Ronconi and her husband Peter Stein.[1] She is also active in TV-series and in films.[1][2]

Miniseries

Filmography

References
  1. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe. Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 1134767862.


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