Simona Izzo
Italian actor, voice actor, film director and screenwriter

Simona Izzo

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Italian actor, voice actor, film director and screenwriter
Gender:
Female
Places:
Italy
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ActorVoice actorFilm directorScreenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
22 April 1953(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Family:
Father:
Renato Izzo
Spouse(s):
Ricky Tognazzi
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Simona Izzo (born 22 April 1953) is an Italian director, screenwriter, actress and voice actress.

Life and career

Born in Rome, the daughter of the voice actor Renato Izzo, at young age Simona Izzo started working as a dubber. In 1990 she won the Nastro d'Argento for best dubber for the dubbing of Jacqueline Bisset in the Italian version of Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. After having appeared as an actress in a number of series and films and having collaborated to a number of screenplays of her companion Ricky Tognazzi, her debut film Sentimental Maniacs got her the David di Donatello for Best New Director.

Selected filmography

  • Little Misunderstandings (1989)
  • Ultra (1991)
  • The Escort (1993)
  • Strangled Lives (1996)
  • Canone inverso (2000)
  • The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003)
  • Sentimental Maniacs (1994)
  • Bedrooms (1997)