{{Short description|Italian actress (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Denise Capezza | image = Denise Capezza-66068.jpg | caption = Capezza at the 2024 Venice Film Festival | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|11|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Naples, Italy | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2012–present | spouse = {{marriage|{{ill|Michele Rosiello|it}}|2023}} | website = {{URL|denisecapezza.it}} }} '''Denise Capezza''' (born 7 November 1989)<ref>{{cite web |last=Pascoli |first=Andrea |title=Denise Capezza, chi è l'avvocata di 'Vincenzo Malinconico' passata dalla serie turca alla tv italiana |url=https://www.repubblica.it/serietv/rai/2022/12/03/news/chi_e_denise_capezza_di_vincenzo_malinconico_avvocato_dinsuccesso-372666687/ |website=La Repubblica |access-date=29 September 2025 |language=it |date=3 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |last=Capezza |first=Denise |user=denisecapezzaofficial |postid=CzWNty-CnC- |title=Oh! It's my birthday.. 💃🥳 |date=7 November 2023 |access-date=29 September 2025}}</ref> is an Italian actress.
==Biography== Capezza was born in Naples and was raised by a single mother in Portici.<ref name="Fantasia-2020">{{cite web |last=Fantasia |first=Giuseppe |title=Come si scala l'industria cinematografica in Italia, leggere la storia di Denise Capezza |url=https://www.marieclaire.it/attualita/gossip/a32360243/denise-capezza-chi-e/ |website=Marie Claire |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="Verdelli-2024">{{cite web |last=Verdelli |first=Nina |title=Denise Capezza si mette a nudo (sullo schermo e non solo) |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/denise-capezza-moana-pozzi-diva-futura-mostra-cinema-venezia |website=Vanity Fair Italia |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=5 September 2024}}</ref> She studied classical dance before an injury forced her to quit.<ref name="Tammaro-2019">{{cite web |last=Tammaro |first=Gianmaria |title=Denise Capezza: «Lasciatemi parlare» |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/show/tv/2019/12/19/denise-capezza-gomorra-sky-baby-netflix |website=Vanity Fair Italia |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=19 December 2019}}</ref> Following the injury, she began studying acting at Teatro Elicantropo in Naples and later at the Accademia Beatrice Bracco in Rome.<ref name="De Luca-2016">{{cite web |last=De Luca |first=Paolo |title=Denise Capezza, dalla TV turca a Gomorra la serie |url=https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/06/07/news/denise_capezza_dalla_tv_turca_a_gomorra_la_serie-141497662/ |website=La Repubblica |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=7 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Angeleri-2019">{{cite web |last=Angeleri |first=Francesca |title=Denise Capezza, la maitresse Natalia di Baby che parla turco e ama il teatro |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/19_novembre_12/denise-capezza-maitresse-natalia-baby-che-parla-turco-ama-teatro-1999b47e-052e-11ea-a1df-d75c93ec44da.shtml |website=Corriere della Sera |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=11 December 2019}}</ref>
She married fellow Neapolitan actor {{ill|Michele Rosiello|it}} in 2023.<ref name="Verdelli-2024" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Gallo |first=Giovanna |title=Denise Capezza, oltre i miei mille volti |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/star/a62701060/denise-capezza-intervista-cover-digitale-inganno-diva-futura/ |website=Cosmopolitan |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=29 October 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2016 | ''{{ill|Hep Yek|tr}}'' | Camilla | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Macchi |first=Giovanni |title=Denise Capezza, chi è l'attrice di Gomorra che interpreta Natalia in Baby 2 |url=https://www.tpi.it/spettacoli/tv/denise-capezza-baby-2-chi-e-attrice-natalia-20191017475567/ |website=The Post Internazionale |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=17 October 2019}}</ref> |- | 2017 | ''Killer in Red'' | Young Woman in Black | Short film | |- | 2018 | ''{{ill|San Valentino Stories|it}}'' | Chiara | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Grasso |first=Rossella |title=Tre storie d'amore made in Naples nel film «San Valentino Stories» |url=https://www.ilmattino.it/spettacoli/cinema/tre_storie_d_amore_made_naples_film_san_valentino_stories-3543781.html |website=Il Mattino |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=12 February 2018}}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''{{ill|Cobra non è|it}}'' | Angela | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Caprara |first=Fulvia |title=Denise Capezza: "Cerco di allenare mente e corpo per mantenere l’equilibrio" |url=https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/tempi-moderni/2020/04/29/news/denise-capezza-cerco-di-allenare-mente-e-corpo-per-mantenere-l-equilibrio-1.38771811/ |website=La Stampa |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> |- | 2022 | ''Crimes of the Future'' | Odile | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Giovagnini |first=Maria Laura |title=Festival di Cannes: il meglio di lunedì 23, con Kristen Stewart e Léa Seydoux |url=https://www.iodonna.it/spettacoli/cinema/2022/05/22/festival-di-cannes-il-meglio-di-lunedi-23-con-kristen-stewart-e-lea-seydoux/ |website=iO Donna |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=22 May 2022}}</ref> |- | 2024 | ''Diva Futura'' | Moana Pozzi | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Giordano |first=Andrea |title=Moana Pozzi: lo stile femminile e ammaliante che rivive con Denise Capezza in Diva Futura |url=https://www.vogue.it/article/moana-pozzi-stile-denise-capezza-diva-futura |website=Vogue Italia |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=15 September 2024}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2012 | ''{{ill|Uçurum (serie televisiva)|lt=Uçurum|it}}'' | Felicia Matei | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Catena |first=Antonella |title=Denise Capezza, su Prime Video: Non sono una donna pericolosa, mi disegnano così |url=https://www.amica.it/2020/04/29/attrici-italiane-denise-capezza-intervista/ |website=Amica |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it-IT |date=29 April 2020}}</ref> |- | 2013–2014 | ''{{ill|İnadına Yaşamak (dizi)|lt=İnadına Yaşamak|tr}}'' | Gina | | |- | 2014 | ''{{ill|Düşler ve Umutlar|tr}}'' | Asya | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Ravizza |first=Valentina |title=Denise Capezza non è (solo) una femme fatale |url=https://style.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema/denise-capezza-non-e-solo-una-femme-fatale/ |website=Style Magazine |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=1 April 2020}}</ref> |- | 2016–2017 | ''Gomorrah'' | Marinella | 5 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=Cavazzuti |first=Nicole |title=Denise Capezza di Gomorra: «Sul set ho trovato l'amore» |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/persone/gomorra_denise_capezza-4166277.html |website=Il Messaggero |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=12 December 2018}}</ref> |- | 2019–2020 | ''Baby'' | Natalia | 8 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=Gallo |first=Giovanna |title=Chi è Denise Capezza, che è pronta a portare un po' di pepe nella seconda stagione di Baby |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/star/a29455858/denise-capezza-chi-e-natalia-baby-netflix/ |website=Cosmopolitan |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=16 October 2019}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2022 | ''Bang Bang Baby'' | Giuseppina Ferraù | 9 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=Balsamo |first=Massimo |title=Da Gomorra a Cronenberg, Denise Capezza: "Bisogna puntare sulle donne" |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/spettacoli/gomorra-cronenberg-denise-capezza-oltre-bellezza-c-pi-2071044.html |website=Il Giornale |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=29 September 2022}}</ref> |- | ''Vincenzo Malinconico, avvocato d'insuccesso'' | Alessandra Persiano | 4 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Francesca |title=Denise Capezza, baby of the future |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/interviste-cinema-tv/denise-capezza-baby-of-the-future/642698/ |website=Rolling Stone Italia |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=2 June 2022}}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''{{ill|Unwanted - Ostaggi del mare|lt=Unwanted|it}}'' | Diletta | 8 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K. J. |title=First-Look Images of New Sky Original Series 'Unwanted' Unveiled as Production Kicks Off in Italy |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/sky-unwanted-first-look-images-1235188198/ |website=Variety |access-date=7 November 2024 |date=23 February 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 2024 | ''Sul più bello - La serie'' | Aurora | 6 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=De Luca |first=Alessandra |title=Sul più bello - La serie, la difficile arte di crescere |url=https://www.ciakmagazine.it/news/sul-piu-bello-la-serie-la-difficile-arte-di-crescere/ |website=Ciak |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=5 August 2024}}</ref> |- | ''Deceitful Love'' | Marina | 5 episodes | <ref>{{cite web |last=Vitali |first=Cristiano |title=Monica Guerritore e Giacomo Gianniotti, su Netflix è arrivata la coppia sesso e sceneggiate di "Inganno" |url=https://www.iodonna.it/spettacoli/tv/2024/10/09/inganno-serie-netflix-trama-cast-recensione-monica-guerritore-giacomo-gianniotti/ |website=iO Donna |access-date=7 November 2024 |language=it |date=9 October 2024}}</ref> |- | ''Wonderboys: The Secret Treasure of Naples'' | Samantha | | <ref>{{cite web |last=Finos |first=Arianna |title=Uonderbois, Barbara Petronio: "Avventura per ragazzi nella Napoli dei misteri" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/tv-radio/2024/12/21/news/uonderbois_barbara_petronio_serie_napoli-423900500/ |website=La Repubblica |access-date=25 September 2025 |language=it |date=21 December 2024}}</ref> |- | 2024–2025 | ''Portrait of a Scandalous Family'' | Aniesi | 15 episodes | |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capezza, Denise}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Italian actresses Category:Actresses from Naples Category:Italian film actresses Category:Italian television actresses Category:People from Portici