{{Short description|Italian actress, television personality and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Edi Angelillo | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Edilberta Angelillo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|9|7}} | birth_place = Venice, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actress *singer }} }}
'''Edi Angelillo''' (born 7 September 1961) is an Italian actress and singer. She is sometimes credited as '''Edy Angelillo'''.
== Life and career == Born '''Edilberta Angelillo''' in Venice, she is the daughter of singers and stage artists who performed with the name Franco & Regina.<ref name=attr>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano – Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}</ref>
Angelillo studied dance, mime and acting, and at 19 years old, in 1979, she made her film debut in Maurizio Nichetti's ''Ratataplan''.<ref name="attr"/> The same year, Angelillo debuted on television as an assistant in Rai 1 variety show ''Domenica in'', and recorded her first single as a singer.<ref name="attr"/> In 1981, she acted in theatre the play La vita comincia ogni mattina, with Gino Bramieri.
In 1984, after having been an assistant of Pippo Baudo at the Sanremo Music Festival, she focused her activities on stage.<ref name="attr"/>
In 1997 she was nominated to the David di Donatello for best supporting actress thanks to her performance in ''La bruttina stagionata''.<ref>Silvia Fumarola (8 April 1997). "Nirvana e Tregua record di David", p.37. ''La Repubblica''.</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb name|0029579}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelillo, Edi}} Category:Italian film actresses Category:Italian television actresses Category:Italian stage actresses Category:1961 births Category:Actresses from Venice Category:Living people Category:Italian television personalities