Gabriella Pession

Gabriella Pession is an American-born Italian actress.

Gabriella Pession was born in Florida. When she was six, her family moved to Italy. While a student at the University of Milan, she auditioned for a TV movie. She moved to Rome to pursue acting and became popular in movies, TV, and the theater. Her appearances include Ferdinando and Carolina, Story of Love and Anarchy, Jesus, Las 13 rosas, and Le Gusta El Chile? She won a Best Actress award for Capri and Capri 2, a popular TV show in Italy. In America, she stars in the TV show Crossing Lines.

In 2015, she received the America Award of the Italy–USA Foundation.

Film

• Fuochi d'artificio, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (1997)
• Ferdinando and Carolina, directed by Lina Wertmüller (1999) – Role: Maria Carolina of Austria
• Il pesce innamorato, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (1999)
• Voci, directed by Franco Giraldi (2000) – Role: Angela
• La verità vi prego sull'amore, directed by Francesco Apolloni (2001)
• Operazione Rosmarino, directed by Alessandra Populin (2002) – Role: Rossella
• L'amore è eterno finché dura, directed by Carlo Verdone (2004) – Role: Stella
• L'uomo perfetto, directed by Luca Lucini (2005) – Role: Maria
• Milano-Palermo: il ritorno, directed by Claudio Fragasso (2007) – Role: Elda Fiore
• Mejor Que Nunca, directed by Dolores Payas (2008)
• Las 13 rosas, directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro (2009)
• Oggi sposi, directed by Luca Lucini (2009)
• Ex – Amici come prima!, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2011)
• Leonardo Da Vinci - Il genio a Milano, regia di Luca Lucini – documentario (2015)

Television

• Amiche davvero!!, directed by Marcello Cesena (1998) – Role: Eva
• Cronaca nera, directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani (1998)
• Fine secolo, directed by Gianni Lepre (1999) – Role: Paola
• Jesus, directed by Roger Young (1999) – Role: Salome
• Giornalisti, directed by Donatella Majorca (2000)
• Don Matteo 3 directed by Andrea Barzini (2002) – Role: Barbara
• Ferrari, directed by Carlo Carlei (2003)
• Orgoglio, directed by Giorgio Serafini and Vittorio De Sisti (2004) – Role: Elisa
• Il capitano, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (2005)
• Il Grande Torino, directed by Claudio Bonivento (2005)
• Orgoglio capitolo secondo, directed by Giorgio Serafini and Vittorio De Sisti (2005)
• Orgoglio capitolo terzo, directed by Giorgio Serafini and Vincenzo Verdecchi (2005)
• Capri, directed by Francesca Marra and Henry Oldoini (2006) – Role: Vittoria Mari
• Crimini: Rapidamente, directed by Manetti Bros. – Role: Elisa
• Graffio di tigre, directed by Alfredo Peyretti (2007) – Role: Geneva
• Il capitano 2, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (2007)
• Capri 2, directed by Andrea Barzini and Giorgio Molteni (2008)
• Lo smemorato di Collegno, directed by Maurizio Zaccaro (2009)
• Mannaggia alla miseria, directed by Lina Wertmüller (2009) – Role: Marina
• Rossella, directed by Gianni Lepre (2010) – Role: Rossella
• Wilfred, US TV series (2011)
• Crossing Lines, TV series (2013)
• Il sistema, directed by Carmine Elia – TV miniseries (2016)
• La verità di Anna – TV series (2016)

Awards

• Roma Fiction Fest (2008) – Best Actress Award for Capri
• Sirmione Catullo (2009) – Award for fiction TV
• Premio Alberto Sordi 2015 – Award for social commitment
• Premio Kineo - Diamanti al cinema 2015
• Madrina del Festival Nero di Troia 2015
• Premio America - Fondazione Italia Usa 2015
• Premio Amici della radio – App FSNews Radio 2016
• Giffoni Award – Festival Giffoni 2016

• La verità vi prego sull'amore, directed by Francesco Apolloni (1998)
• Storia d'amore e d'anarchia, directed by Lina Wertmüller (2002–03)