Giusi Merli

Giusi (Giuseppina) Merli (born 26 March 1943 in Pisa, Italy) is an Italian theatre and movie actress.^[1] She has performed in more that 200 theatrical and film productions. She is best known for playing the role of Sister Maria (character inspired by Mother Teresa) in The Great Beauty of Paolo Sorrentino.^[2]

Life and career

Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Pisa. He owes his artistic training at the Russian-American director Vladimir Olshansky. Eclectic and versatile actress, was staged both classical texts (Antigone, The Bacchae, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest) and with cutting-edge pears (Woyzeck) and comic texts (Monsieur de Pourceaugnac). She worked in Italy and abroad in important roles with various directors including Aldo Rostagno, John Jesurun, Paul Pierazzini, Dario Marconcini, Angelo Savelli, Marco Cavicchioli, Paolo Rossi, Rolando Ravello, Paolo Virzì and Paolo Sorrentino.

Selected filmography

• Stories of chestnut woods (original title: Zgodbe iz kostanjevih gozdov) (2017)^[3]
• Like Crazy (original title: La pazza gioia) (2016)
• Do You Remember Me? (original title: Ti ricordi di me?) (2014)
• Giulia's keys (original title: Le note di Giulia) (short-2014)^[4]
• The Great Beauty (original title: La grande bellezza) (2013)
• Pulce is not here (original title: Pulce non c'è) (2012)^[5]
• Red Like the Sky (original title: Rosso come il cielo) (2006)

Selected theatre

• The Giants of the Mountain by Pirandello (2010)
• Romeo & Juliet, Serata di Delirio organizzato (2010)
• Monsieur de Pourceaugnac by Moliere (2009)
• Satyricon 2000 (2009)
• The Bacchantes by Euripides (2008)
• Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (2008)
• Isabella (2007)

Selected television

• Immaturi (2016)
• Commissario Manara (2006)

References

External links

• Giusi Merli on IMDb