Known for being one of the best actresses on the Italian scene he is the protagonist of projects on the small and large screen, also achieving international success. Let’s find out the story of Elena Sofia Ricci.
Who is Elena Sofia Ricci
Elena Sofia Ricci, stage name of Elena Sofia Barucchieri (Florence, March 29, 1962), is an Italian actress.
He grew up with the historian Paolo Barucchieri, his mother set designer Elena Ricci Poccetto and his sister Elisa. She discovers hers from a very young age love for the theater and so begins her career as an actress.
Undertakes the street of cinema and makes itself known with the film “Employees” with which it wins the Golden Globe. Among the first projects she remembers “Me and my sister” by Carlo Verdone and subsequently also obtains important parts in television series including “Orgoglio” and “I Cesaroni” which lead her to achieve great notoriety among the Italian public.
The career between small and big screen
In 2006 she got the part of Francesca Morvillo in the series “Giovanni Falcone – The man who challenged the Cosa Nostra”.
Her acting skills are recognized through numerous awards including the Silver Ribbon and the David di Donatello. He also won the Ciak d’oro with the film “Parents & children – Shake well before use”.
She is again nominated for the David di Donatello with the film “Mine digs” which also leads her to the victory of the prize in Venice. He also participates in international projects such as Juan Luis Buñuel’s “The revolt of the hanged”. Since 2011 he has a fixed part in the series “God help us” where she plays Sister Angela alongside young talented Francesca Chillemi.
Personal projects and private life
In addition to the television career proves to be active in the social sector. In fact, he often plays the role of testimonial to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer, in the fight against smoking and hunger in the world. She also showed her closeness to the victims of abuse by telling for the first time after her mother’s death that she was raped by a family friend when she was only 12.
Of her loving life instead we know the relationship with Pino Quartullo with whom he gave birth to his daughter Emma, the marriage with Stefano Mainetti, father of the second daughter Maria and the second marriage with the writer Luca Damiani.