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Isabelle Adriani

Isabelle Adriani

Isabelle Adriani is an Italian actress, singer, dancer, fairy tale author and journalist. Isabelle also has a unique talent for whistling in an operatic style. She has a Phd in History and speaks English, French, German, Spanish and Italian fluently. She has starred in more than 35 movies in Italy in the last 4 years. She published 10 books of fairy tales and 2 historical novels ('The Garden of Power' and 'The True Story of Cinderella'). Isabelle was born in Perugia, Italy, to 2 neurologists known for research in brain disease. Isabelle Adriani has a sister named Alexandra. Her parents sent her abroad to study in several countries such as : England, Germany,France, America and Argentina, so she's fluent in English, French,German and Spanish. Isabelle showed a deep passion for fairy tales and for acting at a very young age and began to write fables and to star in many plays at school. She began her acting career at 7 dreaming of Broadway. After studying classical ballet for seven years at Royal ballet of Dancing and attending acting schools in her home town, she went to Rome to study opera singing with Edda Dell'Orso (Oscar prize Ennio Morricone's chorister). At 19 she published her first book of Fairy Tales 'The Blue Butterfly' and met Susan Strasberg who believed in her and in her passion for acting and advised her to move to the United States. She took her PHD in History at the University of Perugia at 22 and wrote her final works on the DNA of Fairy Tales. In the meantime she won a scholarship and attended C.U.T. Theatre Drama University School in Perugia. She earned a Master in journalism and worked for the major TV channels in Italy such as Rai and Mediaset and also for Newspaper magazines such as 'Il Messaggero' and 'La Nazione'. In the last 4 years she played in some of the most successful movies in Italy such as 'What a beautiful Day' (52 millions of euros, very unusual for the Italian market), 'Men against Women'(15 millions euros) and 'The First Beautiful Thing'also presented in the US. She also appears briefly in 'The American' with George Clooney and in 'Twice Born' with Penelope Cruz. She presented the daily Tv Show 'Moviestar' for Canale 5, Mediaset, (2010-2013) She did the voice over for 'Alvin and the Chipmunks' and sang the Rihanna song: 'Help' in the Italian version of the cartoon and did the voice of the lead, "Peaches" in Ice Age 4 for XX Century Fox In 2011 she performed for Al Pacino and for Woody Allen at New Year's Eve. She also whistled for the soundtrack of 'Baharia', directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. From that moment she began her transition in the US. She got her green card as 'Talent' . She just came back from Puerto Rico where she played Esmeralda in 'Reclaim' directed by Alan White with John Cusack and Jacki Weaver. The multi-talented actress now lives between Rome and Los Angeles. IMDb Mini Biography

Personal information

Birthday

1972-06-22

Birth Place

Umbertide - Umbria - Italy

Movies and TV shows :

A Second Childhood

A Second Childhood

2010

6.7

Movie
A Summer in the Caribbean

A Summer in the Caribbean

2009

4.7

Movie
Amore 14

Amore 14

2009

3.7

Movie
Baciato dalla fortuna

Baciato dalla fortuna

2011

4.9

Movie
Chocolate Kisses

Chocolate Kisses

2011

5.5

Movie
Ci vediamo a casa

Ci vediamo a casa

2012

5.2

Movie
poster

Dove la trovi una come me?

2011

6.0

TV
Faccio un salto all'Avana

Faccio un salto all'Avana

2011

5.2

Movie
poster

Father Matteo

2000

6.2

TV
poster

Il Commissario Zagaria

2011

5.5

TV
Il tempo delle mimose

Il tempo delle mimose

2013

1.0

Movie
Men Vs Women

Men Vs Women

2010

5.8

Movie
Reclaim

Reclaim

2014

5.2

Movie
Some Say No

Some Say No

2011

5.8

Movie
The American

The American

2010

6.0

Movie
The Big Heart of Girls

The Big Heart of Girls

2011

5.7

Movie
The First Beautiful Thing

The First Beautiful Thing

2010

7.3

Movie
The Immature

The Immature

2011

6.2

Movie
The Young Messiah

The Young Messiah

2016

6.4

Movie
poster

Tiberio Mitri - Il campione e la miss

2011

6.0

TV
Tiberio Mitri: Il campione e la miss

Tiberio Mitri: Il campione e la miss

2011

7.3

Movie
Tutto l'amore del mondo

Tutto l'amore del mondo

2010

6.0

Movie
Twice Born

Twice Born

2012

7.3

Movie
Viva l'Italia

Viva l'Italia

2012

6.3

Movie
Wedding in Paris

Wedding in Paris

2011

4.6

Movie
What a Beautiful Day

What a Beautiful Day

2011

6.5

Movie