Violante Placido

Violante Placido

Born: May 1, 1976
in Roma, Italy
Violante Placido (born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli.

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Estômago 2: O Poderoso Chef
Title: Estômago 2: O Poderoso Chef
Released: August 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Sequel to the award-winning 2007 film, Stomach 2 tells the tasty and bloody dispute between a faction leader and an Italian boss for control of the prison where they are held and the privilege of being served by the talented cook Raimundo Nonato
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Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
Title: Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
Character: Alberta
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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Evelyne tra le nuvole
Title: Evelyne tra le nuvole
Released: March 30, 2023
Type: Movie
In her early forties, Sofia lives in the mountains, isolated from the world, a place where even basic Internet technology seems to be an unknown entity. She runs an old farmhouse, located at the highest point outside the village, an age-old structure that she has converted into a holiday farm, whilst taking tending to her cows, her curative herbs and producing special milk used for the making top-quality Parmesan. One day, a foreigner from a well-known telecommunications company shows up. He considers that particular location the ideal spot to erect a cellphone repeater, a tower that will bring progress not only to Sofia, but to the whole area… How can ancient customs, peaceful silence and recipes coexist with the inevitable approach of new technologies which can improve our lives?
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Improvvisamente Natale
Title: Improvvisamente Natale
Character: Alberta
Released: December 1, 2022
Type: Movie
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Il giorno più bello
Title: Il giorno più bello
Character: Adele
Released: June 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Aurelio inherited the wedding-planner trade from his father: he runs the family business, "The Most Beautiful Day," and all his life he has sacrificed his dreams in the name of a mission: to give happiness. Today, however, complicit with the crisis and a divorce behind him, he feels the need for a radical change. He is in love with Serena, an associate of his, and with her he dreams of starting a new life, dropping everything to sail the oceans. Before he can taste freedom, however, Aurelio must resolve two no small matters: selling "The Most Beautiful Day" and convincing Serena to divorce Giorgio, who has been Aurelio's fraternal friend since high school.
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Femminile singolare
Title: Femminile singolare
Released: May 11, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Alessandro Borghese - Celebrity Chef
Released: May 2, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Fino all'ultimo battito
Character: Elena Ranieri
Released: September 23, 2021
Type: TV
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Revenge Room
Title: Revenge Room
Character: Alma
Released: September 7, 2020
Type: Movie
Federica locked herself in her bedroom because vulgar text messages keep coming to her.
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Enrico Piaggio: An Italian Dream
Title: Enrico Piaggio: An Italian Dream
Character: Livia Rivelli
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Pontedera, 1945. Enrico Piaggio's factory is in rubble. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility that rests on his shoulders: the life of many families depends on his ability to create a new job. A project is beginning to form in his mind, a dream: to create a means of transport that is small, agile and economical, but capable of reviving mobility and boosting recovery. The road to affirmation, for Piaggio and its creature, is fraught with obstacles. An avid financier, Rocchi Battaglia, uses every means to take possession of the factory. Piaggio understands that his scooter, the Vespa, can and must become "the icon of rebirth" and so, when he learns that the American director William Wyler will shoot the film Roman Holiday (1953) in Italy, he sends Suso, a young and talented employee of the public office, to make contact with him to convince him to make the Vespa the "carriage of Cinderella" on which to make the two young and in love protagonists travel.
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Let's Stay Friends
Title: Let's Stay Friends
Character: Bianca
Released: July 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
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Modalità aereo
Title: Modalità aereo
Character: Linda
Released: February 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Diego is a successful entrepreneur. Rich and not caring for the good of others, no scruples to belittle the next. His attitude turns against him when he forgets in his airport bathroom his latest-generation mobile phone with social profiles, contacts and credit cards.
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Title: Meraviglie. La penisola dei tesori
Character: Rosa Vercellana
Released: January 4, 2018
Type: TV
The beautiful Italy
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7 Minutes
Title: 7 Minutes
Character: Marianna
Released: November 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.
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Title: Emigratis
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Questo e' il mio paese
Character: Anna Pozzo
Released: November 30, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Transporter: The Series
Character: Caterina Boldieu
Released: October 25, 2012
Type: TV
The adventures of professional transporter Frank Martin, who can always be counted on to get the job done—discreetly. Operating in a seedy underworld of dangerous criminals and desperate players, his three rules are: Never change the deal, no names, and never open the package. Occasionally, complications arise and rules get broken.
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The Lookout
Title: The Lookout
Character: Anna
Released: September 5, 2012
Type: Movie
When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.
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The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Title: The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Character: Self
Released: June 12, 2012
Type: Movie
A six-part documentary on the making of the film.
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Title: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Character: Nadya
Released: December 10, 2011
Type: Movie
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
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The American
Title: The American
Character: Clara
Released: August 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
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Title: Moana
Character: Moana
Released: December 1, 2009
Type: TV
Moana is a 2009 Italian biographical dramatic miniseries directed by Alfredo Peyretti about the life and death of Italian adult movie star Moana Pozzi.
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Moana
Title: Moana
Character: Moana
Released: November 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The life story of Italian iconic pornographic actress Moana Pozzi. The actress Ilona Staller sued the production of the film for the unauthorized use of the character "Cicciolina", of which she owned the rights.
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Title: Pinocchio
Character: Fata Turchina
Released: November 1, 2009
Type: TV
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Pinocchio
Title: Pinocchio
Character: Fata Turchina
Released: November 1, 2009
Type: Movie
The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
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Barah Aana
Title: Barah Aana
Character: Kate
Released: March 13, 2009
Type: Movie
Barah Aana is a comedy of real life set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz) and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30's, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for an interesting banter.At some point, misfortune befalls the watchman, and due to a series of chance events, he stumbles into a crime. Striking upon a seemingly low-risk way to make good money, and discovering a new sense of self-confidence, he tries to entice the others to join him in a series of such crimes. Cat and mouse games ensue between the three as personalities change, but events soon spiral out of control, leading them in a direction that none of them had ever wanted to take...
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Sleepless - Senza sonno
Title: Sleepless - Senza sonno
Released: February 12, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Donne assassine
Character: Marta
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: TV
True crime anthology series about female murderers.
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Lessons in Chocolate
Title: Lessons in Chocolate
Character: Cecilia
Released: November 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Mattia, a building contractor on a promising career path, is about to close the biggest deal of his professional life, when his illegally-hired worker Kamal falls off some scaffolding, suffers a severe break and threatens to sue and press charges against Mattia unless... Unless Mattia takes his place in an advanced course for pastry makers! This is the reason Kamal came to Italy from his native Egypt and that will allow him to realize his dream of opening his own pastry shop... Mattia has no choice but to take Kamal’s place in the school and pretend to be him. Among laughs and mouth-watering recipes, Mattia will discover a way to bring his and Kamal's disparate cultures together.
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Title: War and Peace
Character: Helene
Released: October 21, 2007
Type: TV
War and Peace is a 2007 Russian-French-Italian-German miniseries directed by Robert Dornhelm. It was broadcast in Belgium and in France in four parts during October and November 2007. It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, which also is divided into four parts. The actors are of different nationalities.
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A Dinner for Them to Meet
Title: A Dinner for Them to Meet
Character: Betty
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing the most painful moment of his existence. After a suicide attempt, his three daughters, scattered throughout Europe, each with a different mother, come to his side. The sisters meet to decide what to do with their father, establishing a genuine tie for the very first time.
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Any Reason Not to Marry?
Title: Any Reason Not to Marry?
Character: Nina
Released: November 3, 2006
Type: Movie
Leo and Nina lived happily out of wedlock until one day Nina asked Leo to marry him. Leo, hostile to conformity, had always been opposed to the idea and it looked as though Nina as well. But giving in to his companion's insistence, the young man agrees to an unconventional wedding, without the expensive white gown, without the traditional candy box, with gifts to charities instead of wedding presents, the lot. Nina agrees … or seems to.
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The Mona Lisa Mystery
Title: The Mona Lisa Mystery
Character: Aurore
Released: October 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?
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Fade to Black
Title: Fade to Black
Character: Stella
Released: March 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A beautiful actress proves a tempting distraction. But if they want to stay alive, Welles and his young Italian driver need to stay focused.
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Title: The Accursed Kings
Released: November 7, 2005
Type: TV
A sequence of seven episodes detailing the French monarchy.
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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Title: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Character: Maria Pomorska
Released: August 15, 2005
Type: Movie
The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
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Title: Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Character: Maria Pomorska
Released: April 18, 2005
Type: TV
A biography of Karol Wojtyła, later known as Pope John Paul II, beginning in 1939 when Karol was only 19 years old and ending at the Papal conclave, October 1978 that made him Pope.
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Raul - Right to Kill
Title: Raul - Right to Kill
Character: Sonia
Released: April 15, 2005
Type: Movie
In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regime and beset by debts. In May 1938, Raul kills an old usurer and her sister: not out of necessity, but to investigate the concept of the "right to kill" ... who can motivate it and assume the right?
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Wherever You Are
Title: Wherever You Are
Character: Elena
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.
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Che ne sarà di noi
Title: Che ne sarà di noi
Character: Carmen
Released: March 5, 2004
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.
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The Undesirables
Title: The Undesirables
Character: Agneska
Released: December 14, 2003
Type: Movie
USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.
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Now or Never
Title: Now or Never
Character: Viola
Released: November 14, 2003
Type: Movie
2001. Soon-to-be-graduate David gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for activist Viola in the months preceding the fateful events of the G8 summit in Genoa.
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Soul Mate
Title: Soul Mate
Character: Maddalena
Released: September 7, 2002
Type: Movie
In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it, Teresa seeks revenge and vows to divide them.
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Ciao America
Title: Ciao America
Character: Paola Angelini
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style football team by the team's manager, Giulio Fellini (Maurizio Nichetti). As the young American immerses himself in his new duties, he makes the acquaintance of Paola Angelini (Violante Placido) and the two begin a friendship that quickly blossoms into something more. In between spending time with Paola and working with the team, Lorenzo also begins investigating his own family's history and learns the reason for his grandfather's departure from Italy, as well as why his grandfather never returned to visit. As Lorenzo begins to forge an identity for himself in Italy -- not to mention strong romantic attachments to Paola -- he must eventually decide whether or not to return to the States.
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A Deadly Compromise
Title: A Deadly Compromise
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
In Genoa, Anna Merisi, the wife of the unconventional professor of the local university Paolo Merisi, decides to hire a babysitter for their son because she wants to work again to help to pay for their bills. Meanwhile, the deranged Caterina, who has just left a clinic, gets the Merisi family address and lies telling that she was sent by the agency. When Paolo sees her, he recalls that Caterina was his former student and they had an affair two years ago, but his wife is very connected to Caterina and he has no chance to fire her. When Caterina jeopardizes his marriage and his family, Paolo discloses his past to Anna. But Caterina does not want to give up on Paolo.
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Farfalle
Title: Farfalle
Character: Sandra
Released: November 21, 1997
Type: Movie
Sandra has a great passions, volleyball, and her boyfriend is also a volleyball player. She is transferred to a religious boarding school in order to improve her grades, but she struggles in her new surroundings, but specially misses playing volleyball
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Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
Title: Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
Character: Aidi
Released: April 2, 1996
Type: Movie
Alex, a high-school boy fond of rock and punk music, falls in love with Adelaide, who shares his feelings but doesn't want to get too involved because she will soon leave for studying in America. Alex gets relief in music and his friend Martino who leads what looks to him as a more complete life.
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Strangled Lives
Title: Strangled Lives
Character: Laura
Released: February 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank employee introduces him to Claudio, apparently an assistant of Sergio, Francesco's old school friend. Sergio is an accountant available to lend Francesco the money he needs. Francesco wins the deal, but soon he discovers that Claudio is not what he says.
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Quattro bravi ragazzi
Title: Quattro bravi ragazzi
Character: valeria
Released: July 12, 1993
Type: Movie
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La Dolce Villa
Title: La Dolce Villa
Character: Olivia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Successful businessman Eric travels to Italy to stop his daydreaming daughter Olivia from blowing her life savings on restoring a crumbling villa she purchased for €1. Italy, however, has different plans for him as it delivers on its legendary promise of beauty, magic, and romance.