List of Italian actresses

This is a list of actresses from Italy, actresses from other countries who mainly worked in the Italian film industry, and actresses in other countries who are of Italian descent.
See also: List of Italian actors for male Italian actors.

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A

*Cele Abba (1906 - 1992)
*Marta Abba (1900 - 1988)
*Alessandra Acciai (1965 - )
*Laura Adani (1913 - 1996)
*Janet Ågren (1949 - )(Swedish actress who mainly worked in Italy)
*Marcella Albani (1901 - 1959)
*Marisa Allasio (1936 - )
*Elena Altieri (1910 - 1997)
*Ambra Angiolini (1977 - )
*Laura Antonelli (1941 - )(Born in Pula in modern Croatia, at the time the Italian city of Pola)
*Robin Arcuri (1976 - )(American actress, born in Los Angeles to Italian-American parents)
*Manuela Arcuri (1977 - )
*Asia Argento (1975 - )
*Adriana Asti (1933 - )

B

*Margherita Bagni (1902 - 1960)
*Paola Barbara (1912 - 1989)
*Isa Barzizza (1929 - )
*Agostina Belli (1947 - )
*Monica Bellucci (1964 - )
*Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (1930 - 1997)
*Vittoria Belvedere (1972 - )
*Femi Benussi (1945 - )(Born in Rovinj in modern Croatia, at the time the Italian city of Rovigno)
*Marina Berti (1924 - 2002)
*Francesca Bertini (1892 - 1985)
*Laura Betti (1927 - 2004)
*Daniela Bianchi (1942 - )
*Erika Blanc (1942 - )
*Caterina Boratto (1915 - )
*Paola Borboni (1900 - 1995)
*Lyda Borelli (1884 - 1959)
*Lucia Bosé (1931 - )
*Liù Bosisio (1936 - )
*Barbara Bouchet (1943 - )(German actress raised in the US and mostly working in Italian films)
*Nicoletta Braschi (1960 - )
*Maria Grazia Buccella (1940 - )
*Margherita Buy (1962 - )

C

*Clara Calamai (1909 - 1998)
*Anna Campori (1917 - )
*Gianna Maria Canale (1927 - )
*Elisabetta Canalis (1978 - )
*Debora Caprioglio (1968 - )
*Anita Caprioli (1973 - )
*Lilli Carati (1956 - )
*Claudia Cardinale (1938 - )(Born and raised in Tunis in Tunisia to a French father and an Italian mother, learned Italian when she came to Italy at the age of 18)
*Maria Carmi (1880 - 1957)
*Vera Carmi (1914 - 1969)
*Raffaella Carrà (1943 - )
*Rosalinda Celentano (1968 - )
*Valentina Cervi (1976 - )
*Amelia Chellini (1880 - 1944)
*Gigliola Cinquetti (1947 - )
*Valentina Cortese (1925 - )
*Maria Grazia Cucinotta (1969 - )
*Barbara Cupisti

D

*Titina De Filippo (1898 - 1965)
*Liana Del Balzo (1899 - 1982)(Born in Buenos Aires in Argentina)
*Carla Del Poggio (1925 - )
*Orchidea De Santis (1948 - )
*Giuliana De Sio (1957 - )
*Irasema Dilián (1924 - 1996)(Mexican actress born in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Polish parents)
*Silvia Dionisio (1951 - )
*Miria Di San Servolo (1923 - 1991)
*Ada Dondini (1883 - 1958)
*Eleonora Duse (1858 - 1924)

F

*Valentina Fago (1971 - )
*Anna Falchi (1972 - )(Born in Tampere in Finland as Anna Palomäki to an Italian father and a Finnish mother)
*Luisa Ferida (1914 - 1945)
*Angela Finocchiaro (1955 - )

G

*Scilla Gabel (1938 - )
*Anna Galiena (1954 - )
*Ida Galli (1942 - )
*Pina Gallini (1888 - 1974)
*Claudia Gerini (1971 - )
*Vivi Gioi (1917 - 1975)
*Domiziana Giordano (1959 - )
*Gabriella Giorgelli (1942 - )
*Eleonora Giorgi (1953 - )
*Valeria Golino (1966 - )(Born in Naples to an Italian father and a Greek-French mother)
*Laura Gore (1918 - 1957)
*Emma Gramatica (1874 - 1965)
*Serena Grandi (1958 - )
*Gloria Guida (1955 - )
*Sabina Guzzanti (1963 - )

J

*Silvana Jachino (1916 - 2004)

K

*Anna Kanakis (1962 - )
*Claudia Koll (1965 - )
*Sylva Koscina (1933 - 1994)(Croatian actress who mainly worked in Italy)

L

*Tina Lattanzi (1902 - 1997)
*Virna Lisi (1937 - )
*Luciana Littizzetto (1964 - )
*Gina Lollobrigida (1927 - )
*Sophia Loren (1934 - )
*Antonella Lualdi (1931 - )(Born in Beirut in Lebanon)
*Angela Luce (1938 - )

M

*Licia Maglietta
*Anna Magnani
*Silvana Mangano
*Alessia Marcuzzi
*Cristina Marsillach (born in Madrid; more properly, a Spanish actress who also starred in Italian films)
*Elsa Martinelli
*Alessandra Martines
*Franca Marzi
*Giulietta Masina
*Lea Massari
*Clelia Matania
*Margaret Mazzantini
*Mariangela Melato
*Elsa Merlini
*Marisa Merlini
*Giovanna Mezzogiorno
*Maria Michi
*Alyssa Milano (American actress born in New York City to Italian-American parents)
*Sandra Milo
*Isa Miranda
*Sandra Mondaini
*Maria Monti
*Laura Morante
*Rina Morelli
*Valeria Moriconi
*Jone Morino
*Caterina Murino
*Ornella Muti

N

*Agnese Nano
*Francesca Neri
*Rosalba Neri
*Daria Nicolodi
*Ave Ninchi
*Assia Noris

O

*Liana Orfei

P

*Luciana Paluzzi
*Silvana Pampanini
*Alessandra Panaro
*Alba Parietti
*Elli Parvo
*Rita Pavone
*Didi Perego
*Tina Pica
*Anna Maria Pierangeli
*Paola Pitagora
*Nilla Pizzi
*Rossana Podestà
*Romina Power
*Moana Pozzi

R

*Giovanna Ralli
*Franca Rame
*Pina Renzi
*Francesca Rettondini
*Giuditta Rissone
*Eva Robins
*Daniela Rocca
*Stefania Rocca
*Isabella Rossellini
*Eleonora Rossi Drago
*Carmen Russo

*Sabrina Salerno
*Sabrina A. Parisi
*Amanda Sandrelli
*Stefania Sandrelli
*Anna Maria Sandri
*Maya Sansa
*Dina Sassoli
*Franca Scagnetti
*Delia Scala
*Tecla Scarano
*Carmen Scarpitta
*Rosanna Schiaffino
*Adriana Serra
*Linda Sini
*Laura Solari
*Olga Solbelli
*Catherine Spaak
*Ilona Staller
*Simonetta Stefanelli

T

*Ida Carloni Talli
*Jasmine Trinca

V

*Franca Valeri
*Valeria Valeri
*Alida Valli
*Bice Valori
*Milly Vitale
*Monica Vitti
*Milena Vukotic