Italian theater and movie actress
Benedicta Boccoli
Benedicta Boccoli is an Italian theater and movie actress.
By globalcelebwiki Editorial Desk, adapted from Wikipedia · Published 29 September 2026
- Profession
- Italian theater and movie actress
- Born
- 11 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Milan
- Nationality
- Italian
Overview
Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.
Biography
Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child. Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and Filippo.
Known for being an eclectic and versatile actress, she made her television debut at the age of 18. A few years later, she realized that her true passion as an actress lay in theatre.
Actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi nicknamed her the Artistissima (the ultimate artist) due to her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Tempo, and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.
Every Monday, she writes a column titled Cosa resterà for Il Fatto Quotidiano. It's a diary reflecting on the life of a teenager in the 1980s and 1990s.
On 28 August 2025 she married actor Maurizio Micheli, her partner since 1998.;;
Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo – 2003
Pietralata, director Gianni Leacche – 2008
Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba – 2016
Colpevole, director Gianni Leacche - 2024
Come un fiore, director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;
Blithe Spirit of Noël Coward, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 –
Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 –
Buonanotte Bettina, of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and Miranda Martino - 1995/1996/1997 –
Can-Can – Musical of Abe Burrows, 1998/1999 –
Orfeo all'inferno – Opera di Jacques Offenbach – 1999 – acting Tersicore
Pronto, chi gioca?, directed by Gianni Boncompagni
Domenica In – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990
Viva Colombo inclosed in Il sabato sera di Rai Uno - 1991
Gelato al limone – with Massimiliano Pani
Due come noi – Co-starring with Wilma De Angelis – 1997
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