# Lella Costa

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{{short description|Italian actress}}
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| image = Lella Costa, 2014.jpg
| caption =  Costa in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|30 September 1952}}
| birth_place =[Milan](/source/Milan), Italy
| birth_name =   Gabriella Costa
| death_date =  
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'''Gabriella "Lella" Costa''' (born 30 September 1952) is an Italian actress, comedian, playwright and writer.

== Life and career ==
Born in [Milan](/source/Milan), Costa studied acting at the [Accademia dei Filodrammatici](/source/Accademia_dei_Filodrammatici), and made her professional debut in the 1970s, with the stage company of {{Interlanguage link|Massimo De Rossi|it}}.<ref name="bio">{{Cite book |last=Cappa |first=Felice |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900 |last2=Gelli |first2=Piero |last3=Mattarozzi |first3=Marco |date=1998 |publisher=[Baldini & Castoldi](/source/Baldini_%26_Castoldi) |isbn=978-88-8089-295-3 |page=282|language=it |chapter=Costa, Lella}}</ref><ref name="mymo">{{cite web |last1=Secchi Frau |first1=Fabio |title=Lella Costa: la signora del monologhi teatrali |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/lella-costa/12300/ |website=[Mymovies.it](/source/Mymovies.it) |access-date=13 April 2026 |language=it}}</ref>  In 1980, she had her breakout with the a theatrical monologue ''Repertorio, cioè l'orfana e il reggicalze'', written by Stella Leonetti, and soon specialized in the monologue genre.<ref name="bio" /> 

In 1987, Costa made her playwriting debut with the satirical monologue ''Adlib''.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="mymo" /><ref name="univ">{{cite journal |last1=Stasio |first1=Loreta de |date=9 April 2011 |title=Il caso Lella Costa |url=https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/CulturasyLiteraturas/article/view/17925 |journal=Revista Internacional de Culturas y Literaturas |language=es |publisher=[Universidad de Sevilla](/source/University_of_Seville) |issue=10 |pages=209–220 |doi=10.12795/RICL.2011.i10.15 |issn=1885-3625 |access-date=13 April 2026|doi-access=free }}</ref> Her 1996 monologue ''Stanca di guerra'' was co-written with [Alessandro Baricco](/source/Alessandro_Baricco).<ref name="univ" /> Starting from the second half of the 1980s, she started appearing in several television comedy shows.<ref name="bio" /> She also appeared in several films, mostly in character roles, notably in [Maurizio Nichetti](/source/Maurizio_Nichetti)'s ''[The Icicle Thief](/source/The_Icicle_Thief)''.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="mymo" /> She is also active as a voice actress and a dubber.<ref name="mymo" />

Since 2021, Costa serves as artistic director of the [Teatro Carcano](/source/Teatro_Carcano) alongside Serena Sinigaglia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mazzone |first1=Roberto |title=Teatro Carcano di Milano: direzione artistica al femminile {{!}} Notizia |url=https://www.teatro.it/notizie/teatro/teatro-carcano-di-milano-direzione-artistica-al-femminile-con-lella-costa-e-serena-sinigaglia |access-date=13 April 2026 |work=Teatro.it |date=22 June 2021 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghezzi |first1=Marta |title=Mi sogno ancora i due della Romanini |work=[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera)|date=16 April 2023 |page=13}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Category:1952 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Milan
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Italian women comedians
Category:Italian women dramatists and playwrights

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