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Violante Placido

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Violante Placido at an event for Gomorrah (2008)
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Italian actress/singer/songwriter Violante Placido was born in Rome. She made her on-screen debut in Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993) alongside her father Michele Placido. In 1996 she starred in Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band (1996) which became quite successful in Italy. Her first major role was in Sergio Rubini's L'anima gemella (2002) (Soul Mate). In 2006 she released her debut album Don't Be Shy... under the pseudonym Viola. In 2009 she appeared in the Hindi movie Barah Aana (2009). In 2010 she made her Hollywood debut starring alongside George Clooney in Anton Corbijn's thriller The American (2010).
BornMay 1, 1976
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BornMay 1, 1976
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 8 nominations

Photos15

Violante Placido and Benjamin Sadler in War and Peace (2007)
Violante Placido and Chris Vance in The Transporter (2012)
Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, and Violante Placido in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Violante Placido and Brian Taylor in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Nicolas Cage, Mark Neveldine, Violante Placido, and Brian Taylor in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Nicolas Cage, Christopher Lambert, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, and Johnny Whitworth in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
George Clooney and Violante Placido in The American (2010)
Anton Corbijn and Violante Placido in The American (2010)
Violante Placido in The American (2010)
Violante Placido at an event for At the Movies (2004)
Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, and Fergus Riordan in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, and Fergus Riordan in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

Known for

George Clooney and Violante Placido in The American (2010)
The American
6.3
  • Clara
  • 2010
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
4.3
  • Nadya
  • 2011
Neri Marcorè, Francesco Pannofino, Violante Placido, Monica Scattini, and Luca Argentero in Lezioni di cioccolato (2007)
Lezioni di cioccolato
6.1
  • Cecilia Ferri
  • 2007
L'anima gemella (2002)
L'anima gemella
6.3
  • Maddalena
  • 2002

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Actress

  • Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
    • Alberta
    • Post-production
  • Evelyn in the Cloud (2023)
    Evelyn in the Cloud
    • Erika
    • 2023
  • Improvvisamente Natale (2022)
    Improvvisamente Natale
    • Alberta
    • 2022
  • Il giorno più bello (2022)
    Il giorno più bello
    • Adele
    • 2022
  • Catherine Deneuve, Monica Guerritore, Violante Placido, and Dorothée Gilbert in Femminile Singolare (2022)
    Femminile Singolare
    • Mother
    • 2022
  • Bianca Guaccero, Violante Placido, and Marco Bocci in Fino all'ultimo battito (2021)
    Fino all'ultimo battito
    • Elena
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • La cavia
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Revenge Room (2020)
    Revenge Room
    • Alma
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Alberto Angela in Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori (2018)
    Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori
    • Eleonora Duse
    • Rosa Vercellana
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018–2020
  • Hand in the Cap
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Enrico Piaggio: Vespa (2019)
    Enrico Piaggio: Vespa
    • Livia
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Modalità Aereo (2019)
    Modalità Aereo
    • Linda
    • 2019
  • Restiamo amici (2018)
    Restiamo amici
    • Bianca
    • 2018
  • Sweetheart (2017)
    Sweetheart
    • Marilyn
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Alice non lo sa
    • Alice
    • 2017
  • Stella (2016)
    Stella
    • Sous Chef
    • Short
    • 2016

Composer

  • We Will Save the Show
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2013

Additional Crew

  • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
    The Jungle Book
    • voice dubbing: Raksha
    • 2016

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Interview 0:44
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  • Height
    • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
  • Born
    • May 1, 1976
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Parents
      Simonetta Stefanelli
  • Relatives
      Michelangelo Placido(Sibling)
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    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

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    Released her first album "Don't be shy", whose songs were all written by her, most of them in English, under the pseudonym Viola.
  • Quotes
    Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was, like, mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty, those mountains and the stone is kind of, eroded? Special erosion which makes what you see just something that seems, it's been made for a movie, it's like something out of fantasy, except it's real.

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