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Chiara D'Anna

Chiara D'Anna

ImaCrew Management (Main agency)
Paola Pasini
+39 393 905 2687
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About me

I’m a stage and film actress. Stage, film and opera director/movement director. I’m best known for my collaboration with Peter Strickland in the cult movies Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy. I teach movement, physical theatre at RADA in London and the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. 

Information

Acting age
38-48 years
Year of birth
1978 (45 years)
Place of birth
Chieri (Torino)
Height (cm)
157
Weight (in kg)
44
Eye color
green
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Short
Stature
athletic / training
Place of residence
London (GB)
Housing options
Turin (IT), Genoa (IT), Rome (IT), Lyon (FR)
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian(native)EnglishFrench
Dialects
English-Standard(native dialect)
Accents
EnglishFrenchItalianSpanish
Sport
SwimmingYogaskiing
Main profession
Actor
Special skills
ImprovisationStoryteller
Pitch
Mezzo-soprano
Driver's licenses
Car class

Credits

Other professional training

2014
London Metropolitan University
2004 – 2005
Royal Holloway University
1998 – 2000
Teatranza Drama School

Awards

2019
International Theatre Festival Città di Chivasso (Drama)
2019
International Theatre Festival Città di Chivasso (Drama)
2019
International Theatre Festival Città di Chivasso (Drama)
2019
International Theatre Festival Città di Chivasso (Drama)
2017
Los Angeles Film Awards (Short film)
2015
Les Arcs Film Festival | (nominated) (Feature film)
2015
Mar del Plata International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2014
The 13 Actors to watch out for in Toronto', TIFF Springboard (nominated) (Feature film)
2014
Toronto International Film Festival (nominated) (Feature film)
2012
Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund (Drama)

Film

2021 – 2024
Everyone Is Going to Die (Feature film)
Tragedy (MR) Craig Tuohy Producer: Go Viddo
2022
A Dice with Five Sides (Feature film)
Margherita (SR) Riccardo Tamburini Producer: Stars & Bones Productions
2022
TRAUMSPRACHE (Music video)
Victim (MR) Dylan Hayes Producer: Dylan Hayes Productions
2022
L’Armour (Short film)
Girl (MR) Antonio Giuffré
2022
Midnight Peepshow (Feature film)
Madame (SR) Ludovica Musumeci Producer: Go Viddo
2017
Stars and Bones (Short film)
Morgana (MR) Riccardo Tamburini Producer: Stars & Bones Productions
2016
Circe and the Boy (Short film)
Circe (MR) Tom Rowe
2015
The Dante Project
Narrator (Ot) Diana Dell'Erba
2015
The Rook (Short film)
Italian Prisoner (MR) Smari Gunn Producer: Yarag Film Productions
2014
The Duke of Burgundy (Feature film)
Evelyn (MR) Peter Strickland Producer: Rook Films/Pioneer Pictures Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
2012
BerberianSound Studio (Feature film)
Elisa (SR) Peter Strickland Producer: WarpX/Illuminations Film Casting Director: Shaheen Baig

Theater

2024
Ariadne Auf Naxos (Opera)
Director (Ot) Ivan Fischer & Chiara D'Anna Producer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Theater: Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto Festival Written by: Hugo von Hofmannsthal/ Richard Strauss
2023 – 2024
The Red Room Opera (Opera)
Director (Ot) Chiara D'Anna Producer: Ensemble Fantomas Theater: Teater Nordkraft - Aalborg Opera Festival, Denmark Written by: Dominique Power
2018 – 2021
Don't You Dare! (Drama)
Mutirole (MR) Chiara D'Anna Theater: Panta rei Theatre
2019 – 2020
Diary of An Expat (Drama)
Cecilia (MR) Katharina Reinthaller Theater: Paper Smokers Theatre Company
2018
Home (Drama)
Multirole (MR) Chiara D'Anna Theater: Panta Rei Theatre
2014 – 2015
I Giganti della Montagna (Drama)
Duccio Doccia (MR) Michele Guaraldo Theater: OPS Theatre Company
2013
Julius (Opera)
The Granny (MR) Jacek Ludwig Scarso Theater: Elastic Theatre
2013
Family Album (Other)
Harlequin (MR) Paola Cavallin & Emilia Teglia Theater: Odd Eye Theatre
2012
Don Quixote! Don Quixote!
Gary (MR) Chiara D'Anna Theater: Pleasance Theatre - Edinburgh Fringe
2011
Lulu8 (Other)
Young Lulu (MR) Elina Manni Theater: Elina Manni Productions
2011
Samhain Night (Other)
The Devil (MR) Chiara D'Anna Theater: Panta Rei Theatre
2011
Rocinante! Rocinante! (Other)
Gravedigger (MR) Chiara D'Anna Theater: Panta Rei Theatre - CLF Art Cafe Bussey Buildings
2011
Baroque Box (Opera)
The Artist (MR) Jacek Ludwig Scarso Theater: Elastic Theatre
2010
Baroccata (Drama)
Artista (MR) Jacek Ludwig Scarso Theater: Elastic Theatre

Other

2019 – 2020
White, Other (Workshop production)
Eliza (MR) Emilia Teglia Distribution: Odd Eye Theatre
2015
Barbarella Disco Dome
Barbarella (MR)