Isabella Fogliazza (born 31 March 1964), better known by her stage name of Isabella Ferrari, is an Italian television, stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the main character in the police drama series Distretto di Polizia (Police District) and Distretto di Polizia 2 (Police District 2), which was televised on Mediaset's Canale 5 from 2000 to 2001. At the 1995 Venice Film Festival she won a Volpi Cup award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Romanzo di un giovane povero.[http://www. Mymovies.it , retrieved 31-3-10]
Career
Ferrari was born Isabella Fogliazza in Ponte dell'Olio, Province of Piacenza,
Emilia-Romagna. At the age of 15 she was elected
Miss Teenager in a contest held in a
discoteque. She made her acting debut at the age of 17
[Interview with Isabella Ferrari Venice 2006 on 29 August 2006, www.repubblica.it; retrieved 31-3-10] as
Selvaggia in the Carlo Vanzini comedy
Sapore di mare in 1982; she also performed in the film's sequel
Sapore di mare 2- un anno dopo. Since then she has regularly performed in films, television and the theatre. She is best known to the Italian audience as Police Commissioner Giovanna Scalise, the protagonist in the first two seasons of the police drama series
Distretto di Polizia.
At the 1995 Venice Film Festival, Ferrari won a Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress in the Ettore Scola film Romanzo di un giovane povero in which she played the part of Andreina.
She was nominated to the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress in 2006 thanks to her performance in The Goodbye Kiss and in 2008 for her performance in Quiet Chaos.
In 2021, she was selected as jury member for International competition section of 74th Locarno Film Festival held from 4 to 14 August.
In May 2025, she joined the cast of Bertrand Mandico's upcoming film Roma elastica.
Personal life
Ferrari lives in
Rome, Italy, and is the mother of three children.
[Interview with Isabella Ferrari, Libertà OnLine, 11 May 2001, www.libertà .it, retrieved 31 March 2010] Her eldest daughter, Teresa, who was born in 1995, is by her first husband, Massimo Osti; and her younger daughter, Nina (born 1998), and son, Giovanni (born 2001) are by her second husband, director Renato De Maria.
Filmography
Theatre
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Anestesia totale (2011)
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Il catalogo (2010)
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Due partite (2006)
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I tre alberghi (1999)
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Ondine (1994))
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