Personal Info
Birth date
1967-07-03 (57 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Milan, Italy
Also known as
Сандра Чеккареллі
Sandra Ceccarelli
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sandra Ceccarelli (born 3 July 1967) is an Italian film actress. Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld), Ceccarelli had her film debut at the age of sixteen in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film Segreti segreti. Between 1995 and 1997 she studied acting with Carlos Alsina and Giorgio Albertazzi. After spending several years in theatre, she returned to film in 2001 by starring in Ermanno Olmi's film The Profession of Arms and Giuseppe Piccioni's Light of My Eyes, for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 2001 Venice Film Festival. She also starred in Piccioni's 2004 film The Life I Want, which won her a second nomination for the David di Donatello for Best Actress award (the Italian equivalent of the Academy Award), and a nomination for the 2005 European Film Award for Best Actress (which she lost to Germany's Julia Jentsch). She also appeared in the 2006 Austrian biopic Klimt about the painter Gustav Klimt and the 2006 Croatian film Libertas about the Renaissance playwright Marin Držić. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandra Ceccarelli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Carlo & Malik
7.2
Overview:
Inspector Carlo Guerrieri, a veteran police officer from Rome, finds himself partnered with a rookie who was born in Ivory Coast but raised in the capital.Blanca
7.7
Overview:
Blanca Ferrando is a young woman who became blind at the age of twelve, due to a dramatic fire in which her older sister Beatrice died and which was caused by her violent boyfriend, Sebastian. This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of justice to the point of pushing her to join the police. Blanca is helped by her most trusted friends: her guide dog Linneo, a female bulldog who protects and comforts her in the most difficult moments, and her beautician friend, Stella. After overcoming her work challenges, she finds herself facing sentimental ones: torn between two men, Inspector Michele Liguori, a man of many secrets, and Nanni, a young cook.Don't Leave Me
7.1
Overview:
Police officer Elena deals with cyber crimes and violence against children. The discovery of a young boy's body in the Venetian Lagoon brings her back to the city she left twenty years earlier.Il Bosco
5
Overview:
A young psychologist returns to her hometown in order to investigate the death of her mother from twenty years ago.The Temptation
5.411
Overview:
Toni leads a normal life with his wife Paola but full of enthusiasm and passion. The chance meeting with the young and wealthy Chiara will rekindle in him the desire to redeem himself and to realize his secret dream: to become an artist. The paths of the three will intertwine in a dangerous love triangle that will change the course of their lives forever.Klimt
5.1
Overview:
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.The Profession of Arms
6.702
Overview:
In autumn of 1526, the Emperor, Charles V, sends his German landsknechts led by Georg von Frundsberg to march towards Rome. The inferior papal armies, commanded by Giovanni de'Medici, try to chase them in the midst of a harsh winter. Nevertheless, the Imperial armies manage to cross the rivers along their march and get cannons thanks to the maneuvers of its Lords. In a skirmish, Giovanni de'Medici is wounded in the leg by a falconet shot. The attempts to cure him fail and he dies. The Imperial armies assault Rome. The film is beautifully but unassumingly set, and shows the hard conditions in which war is waged and its lack of glory. It ends straightforwardly with the declaration made after the death of Giovanni de'Medici by the commanders of the armies in Europe of not using again fire weapons because of their cruelty.Couch Potatoes
5.235
Overview:
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.Red Land
6.1
Overview:
Italy, September 1943. After the armistice and the flight of the King, the war theaters of the North-East see the advance of Tito's partisans. At the center of the story, in this dramatic historical context, the figure of Norma Cossetto, a young Istrian student, barbarously raped, killed and thrown into a foiba by the Tito partisans.Light of My Eyes
6.5
Overview:
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.Hypersleep
6
Overview:
The old and overcrowded penitentiaries are just a memory. Inmates now serve their sentence in a state of deep sleep that renders them harmless, and has drastically reduced recidivism. Until one day, a psychologist in charge of monitoring the mental state of inmates finds himself confronted with a prisoner over whom he's lost all control.100 Sundays
6.721
Overview:
Antonio, a former shipyard worker, leads a mild and peaceful life: he plays bowls with friends, takes care of his elderly mother, has an ex-wife with whom he is on excellent terms and Emilia, his only and beloved daughter When Emilia announces to him one day that she has decided to get married, Antonio is filled with joy, he can finally fulfill his dream by giving her the reception they have always dreamed of together being able to count on the savings of a lifetime.However, the bank of which he has always been a client seems to be hiding something, the employees are suddenly elusive and the director inexplicably changes constantly.The task of paying for his daughter's wedding will prove increasingly difficult and Antonio will discover, against his will, that those who keep our treasures don't always keep our dreams as well.Have You Met Claudia?
6.741
Overview:
Claudia is married with Giovanni, a rather dull type. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced, until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who'll win her heart?The Return
4.6
Overview:
Teresa, a mother from the Lazio suburbs, finds herself making an extreme gesture to defend her family from an unscrupulous loan shark. After serving her prison sentence, she must face the return to everyday life.Bitter Years
4.132
Overview:
A drama film based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s.The Demons of St. Petersburg
5.8
Overview:
St. Petersburg, 1860. After a member of the imperial family is assassinated, Fyodor Dostoevsky meets one of the conspirators, who reveals that his comrades are planning another attack to the Tsar's life. Plagued by debts and struggling to finish his latest novel, Dostoevsky must act fast to call off the plot.The Life I Want
6.7
Overview:
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.Secrets Secrets
6.9
Overview:
Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other women. Each has her own secret, including the lawyer who listens to Laura as if in a ‘trance’: moments before, she discovered her husband was cheating.The Shadow of the Day
6.543
Overview:
Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, nonetheless believes he can still live by his own rules inside his business. However, everything changes when Anna, a girl with a dangerous secret, starts to work at his restaurant.Nina of the Wolves
5.3
Overview:
A sudden solar storm renders any electronic equipment around the planet useless. On the same day, a baby girl is found on the mountain near a small village lost in the mountains. Her name is Nina.The Lady
3
Overview:
In a city damaged hard by the epidemic and isolation, suddenly a beautiful woman appears who no one knows but who everyone is fascinated by. Slowly but almost inexorably, the city comes back to life.The Best Day of My Life
6.6
Overview:
The lively goings-on of a modern family seen trough the eyes of a young girl just about to receive her first Communion.The Rest of the Night
5.625
Overview:
A wealthy community in north-east Italy deals with its immigration fears.Libertas
5.2
Overview:
The film is set in mid-16th century, at a time when the entire eastern Mediterranean is dominated by two great empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, with the small but wealthy maritime republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) managing to maintain its independence through diplomatic agreements.Acting
2025La bambina con la valigia as Unknown
2025Un gran casino as Unknown
2024Margherita delle stelle as Maria Luisa Poggesi Hack
2023100 Sundays as Margherita
2023Nina of the Wolves as Diana
2023Billy as Nonna
2022The Return as Unknown
2022The Temptation as Unknown
2022Hypersleep as Anna Greco
2022The Shadow of the Day as Corrado's mother
2022Don't Leave Me (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2021Blanca (4 Episodes) as Livia Timperi
2021The Lady as Unknown
2021Il giudizio as Maria
2019Pezzi unici (2 Episodes) as Linda
2019Bitter Years as Liderica Mieli
2018Carlo & Malik (36 Episodes) as Alice Soprani
2018Red Land as Mother Visantrin
2018The Immature - The Series (8 Episodes) as mamma di Simona
2017Couch Potatoes as Livia Innocenti
2015Helena as Helena
2015Storie sospese as Aurora
2015Il Bosco (4 Episodes) as Viviana (seconda moglie di Pietro)
2014The show MAS go on as Unknown
2013Intrepido: A Lonely Hero as Adriana
2013The Human Factor as Mrs. Ullrich
2013L'ultimo Papa Re (2 Episodes) as countess Flaminia Ricci
2009The Call as Lucia
2008Donne assassine (1 Episode) as Chiara
2008The Rest of the Night as Silvana
2008The Demons of St. Petersburg as Natalia Ivanovna
2007Piano, Solo as Jolanda
2006Libertas as Kontesa Desa
2006Kronprinz Rudolf (2 Episodes) as Kaiserin Elisabeth ("Sissi")
2006Klimt as Serena Lederer
2004Have You Met Claudia? as Silvia
2004The Life I Want as Laura / Eleonora
2002The Power of the Past as Anna Orzan
2002Sandra, ritratto confidenziale as Self
2002The Best Day of My Life as Rita Mazzoni
2001Light of My Eyes as Maria
2001The Profession of Arms as Nobildonna di Mantova
2000Tandem as Sabra
2000Guarda il cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia as Unknown
1999Tre Storie as Martina
1985Secrets Secrets as Francesca