Vanessa Scalera

Vanessa Scalera

Born: April 5, 1977
in Latiano, Brindisi, Italy
Vanessa Scalera (born 5 April 1977) is an Italian actress. She was born in Latiano, Apulia and later moved to Rome, where she graduated from the theatre school La Scaletta. She gained national stardom for portraying the role of Imma Tataranni in the tv series Imma Tataranni - Deputy Prosecutor, for which she won a Flaiano Prize in 2020. Other notable film credits have included Lea (2015), Diabolik (2021) and L'Arminuta (2021).

Movies for Vanessa Scalera...

Napoli milionaria!
Title: Napoli milionaria!
Character: Amalia
Released: December 18, 2023
Type: Movie
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Palazzina Laf
Title: Palazzina Laf
Character: Tiziana Lagioia
Released: October 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Caterino is a worker at the Ilva factory in Taranto. When the company executives decide to use him as a spy to identify the workers they should get rid of, Caterino starts to track his colleagues, in search of reasons to report them. He then asks to be assigned himself to the Palazzino LAF where as punishment, some employees sit out their time with no job assignment. There he discovers that what looks like paradise is actually a strategy to psychologically break troublesome workers.
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Filumena Marturano
Title: Filumena Marturano
Character: Filumena Marturano
Released: December 20, 2022
Type: Movie
Filumena has lived for years with a wealthy pastry chef. She forces him to marry her, but he soon asks to annul the marriage. She then reveals that one of her children is his, making him obsessed to know which one.
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The Voyagers
Title: The Voyagers
Released: November 21, 2022
Type: Movie
Time jump to 1939 with teenager Max and his friends as they try to navigate Mussolini's Rome and find Max's missing brother.
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Briciole
Title: Briciole
Released: July 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Alfredo is a policeman, he lives with his three sons and his wife Donatella in a small apartment. The family is waiting for the fourth son. The job, the arrival of the baby and the small and big problems of life are oppressing him. An emergency call for an armed robbery will change his vision of life.
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Run to You
Title: Run to You
Character: Luciana
Released: March 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.
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The seagull - the movie
Title: The seagull - the movie
Character: Irìna Nikolàevna Arkàdina
Released: February 14, 2022
Type: Movie
"Documents of the staging" of the play The seagull at the Orologio Theatre in Rome.
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Diabolik
Title: Diabolik
Character: Flora
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: Movie
1960s, the city of Clerville. The forthcoming visit of heiress Eva Kant, who'll be bringing a famous pink diamond with her, catches the attention of Diabolik, the infallible and elusive thief whose real identity is unknown: while trying to steal the jewel, he finds himself bewitched by Eva's charm, a feeling she may be reciprocating. But the police, led by relentless Inspector Ginko, is rapidly closing in on him...
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A Girl Returned
Title: A Girl Returned
Character: Mother
Released: October 21, 2021
Type: Movie
A 13 years old girl is forced to go living with another family for reasons unknown.
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Title: Romulus
Released: November 6, 2020
Type: TV
The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.
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Title: Romulus
Character: Silvia
Released: November 6, 2020
Type: TV
The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.
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Il Ritratto
Title: Il Ritratto
Character: Claudia
Released: April 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Claudia works in the police as a forensic sketch artist. Her job is to give shape to people's identity. When Arianna, a young girl victim of attempted rape describes her attacker, Claudia sees her husband's face. The seed of doubt is planted in Claudia's heart and begins to sprout.
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Stolen Days
Title: Stolen Days
Character: Zia Anna
Released: October 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Salvo was five when his father Vincenzo was arrested, practically before his eyes. Seven years later Salvo lives with his uncles and his cousin a controlled and peaceful existence in the Turin area, but his father returns and claims his son for four days. Vincenzo has to carry an important load to Bari and brings Salvo (nomen est omen) with him as insurance: a child is better than a gun, he says, because his presence in the event of a possible police detention can have a distracting effect . This however is not the only reason why Vincenzo wants Salvo with him, and the "Salv-atore" child will prove to be a potential vehicle of redemption for that messed up father, but not entirely devoid of feelings and attentions.
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Title: Imma Tataranni
Character: Imma Tataranni
Released: September 22, 2019
Type: TV
Imma Tataranni is a rather abrasive deputy prosecutor of the Matera Public Prosecutor's Office. She has the fashion sense of a rodeo clown, is gifted with a prodigious memory and used to solving cases with rather unorthodox methods.
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Title: L'Aquila - Grandi speranze
Character: Chiara Todini
Released: April 16, 2019
Type: TV
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Ovvi destini
Title: Ovvi destini
Character: Laura
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Three sisters. Laura, the eldest; Lucia, the middle one; Costanza, the younger. Costanza is wheelchair bound because of an accident caused by Laura. Costanza and Lucia are not aware of Laura's responsibility, but a strange being is: Carlo, who starts blackmailing Laura.
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Autobiografia erotica
Title: Autobiografia erotica
Character: Mariella
Released: April 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Aristide and Mariella see each other again after 20 years in an apartment in Rome. They're not friends, rather two strangers that met once for a few hours and had a rushed sexual encounter. They start a game in which they relive and analyze their first encounter, comparing two very different sexual experiences, searching for common ground.
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A Woman's Name
Title: A Woman's Name
Character: Sonia Talenti
Released: March 8, 2018
Type: Movie
A single mother faces a culture of sexual harassment at her new workplace.
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All for a Rose
Title: All for a Rose
Released: August 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Elena has just turned 18 and this is her first day working in a coffee bar in Bobbio, a town in the north of Italy. It's summer and the coffee bar is very busy. The first day at work is a chance for Elena to meet lots of different people. Each person has a different story to tell - not just in words but also through simple gestures and actions. These characters can sometimes be quite odd and reflect the countless nuances of the human soul.
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Pazzo & Bella
Title: Pazzo & Bella
Character: Bella
Released: May 4, 2017
Type: Movie
A gangster offers Pazzo and Bella the possibility of getting a huge sum of money to kill a man. Pazzo is on a wheelchair, Bella is an alcoholic and gambling addicted. They have never done anything like this in their lives. But Bella is a dangerous woman and wants to change her life no matter the cost. Pazzo doesn't need anything but Bella in his life. He loves her. And that is a problem.
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L'ora accanto
Title: L'ora accanto
Released: February 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The play wants to explore afterlife, death re-emerging into life even just for an hour in a whirlwind of powerful emotions ranging from disbelief to joy and anger, until total despair and the last goodbye.
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Lea
Title: Lea
Character: Lea Garofalo
Released: July 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to benefit of the witness protection scheme and attempts to run away... Inspired by the true story of Lea Garofalo, the struggle of a woman to escape the Mafia.
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Mia madre
Title: Mia madre
Character: Infermiera
Released: April 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
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Prima di andar via
Title: Prima di andar via
Character: Elena
Released: November 24, 2014
Type: Movie
"Tomorrow, I won't be alive anymore," Francesco tersely tells his family, gathered for dinner. He has decided to commit suicide because he can't bear living without his wife, who died three months earlier, and can't imagine the idea of getting used to the pain. After the initial shock, his parents and his sisters try to make him change his mind.
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Good With People
Title: Good With People
Character: Helen
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Evan returns to Helensburgh, West Scotland, home to the nation's nuclear defense program and once a thriving holiday resort. A place he's been trying to avoid. Haunted by his past and afraid of his future, he finds Helen working at the Seaview Hotel.
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A porte chiuse
Title: A porte chiuse
Character: Estella
Released: April 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Three murderers. A journalist, a postal employee, a rich young lady. They're dead, but they prefer to call themselves "absent". One forgets they're still in a hotel. It's the nightmare of an infernal room that will imprison their existence forever, with their sins, desires and all they know about themselves.
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Isaac
Title: Isaac
Character: Babysitter
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A child is in the park playing with his plasticine figures, that he modeled himself. His favorite character is Isaac. Isaac is a little boy just like he is, who dreams, hopes and confides in the world. Isaac is happy because this is the day he will accompany his father on the mountains to help him out. Isaac's father is named Abraham.
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Breath
Title: Breath
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A tormented love story set in an unknown time. Every choice the characters make has an influence on the others with a sort of "butterfly effect".
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Dormant Beauty
Title: Dormant Beauty
Character: Deputato PD
Released: September 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
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L'uomo dei sogni
Title: L'uomo dei sogni
Released: April 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Silvia is a 35-year-old taxi driver from Rome. She's an energetic, witty and indipendent woman but she still hasn't found her soulmate: any man she meets turns out to be a disappointment in the end.
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Interferenze
Title: Interferenze
Released: December 11, 2009
Type: Movie
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Vincere
Title: Vincere
Character: Suora Misericordiosa
Released: May 20, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
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Three sisters
Title: Three sisters
Released: May 4, 2009
Type: Movie
The play rotates around three sisters, whose father was a general who died the previous year. They can't wait to move to Moscow, leaving behind the mediocre provincial life.
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Il nostro messia
Title: Il nostro messia
Character: Pauline
Released: May 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.
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Il nostro messia
Title: Il nostro messia
Character: Pauline
Released: May 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Five young girls share an apartment in Rome, different precarious conditions and a common desire for actresses.
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Our Tropical Island
Title: Our Tropical Island
Released: October 12, 2001
Type: Movie
A businessman is leaving for his family vacation in the South Pacific when he finds out that a rival has emptied his bank account. To save face he and his family lock themselves in the house, pretending to have gone on their trip, but it is not so easy to hide from the outside world.
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Title: This Is Not Hollywood - Avetrana
Character: Cosima Serrano
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The true story of the death Sarah Scazzi and the massive media response. Each episode takes point of view of one of the story’s main protagonists.
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Sarah
Title: Sarah
Character: Ester
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A man writes the memoir of his life with niece Sarah during the war.