Benedicta Boccoli (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater and movie actress.
Biography
Born in Milan on 11 November 1966, she moved to Rome with her family as a child. Her sister Brigitta is also an actress. She has two brothers, Barnaby and Filippo.
Known for being an eclectic and versatile actress, she made her television debut at the age of 18. A few years later, she realized that her true passion as an actress lay in theatre.
Actor and director Giorgio Albertazzi nicknamed her the Artistissima (the ultimate artist) due to her outstanding performances. She has also received favorable reviews in newspapers such as Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Tempo, and La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.
Every Monday, she writes a column titled Cosa resterà for Il Fatto Quotidiano. It's a diary reflecting on the life of a teenager in the 1980s and 1990s.
On 28 August 2025 she married actor Maurizio Micheli, her partner since 1998.;;
Film
Gli angeli di Borsellino, director Rocco Cesareo – 2003
Valzer, director Salvatore Maira – 2007
Pietralata, director Gianni Leacche – 2008
Ciao Brother, director Nicola Barnaba – 2016
Colpevole, director Gianni Leacche - 2024
Short film
La confessione, director herself – 2020;
Come un fiore, director herself – 2023, on raising awareness for breast cancer prevention and body acceptance;
Theater
Blithe Spirit of Noël Coward, with Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman – 1992/1993 –
Cantando Cantando of Maurizio Micheli, with Maurizio Micheli, Aldo Ralli and Gianluca Guidi – 1994/1995 –
Buonanotte Bettina, of Pietro Garinei e Sandro Giovannini, with Maurizio Micheli and Miranda Martino - 1995/1996/1997 –
Can-Can – Musical of Abe Burrows, 1998/1999 –
Orfeo all'inferno – Opera di Jacques Offenbach – 1999 – acting Tersicore
Polvere di stelle, 2000/2001/2002
Le Pillole d'Ercole of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, with Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Nichetti - 2002/2003/2004
Anfitrione, of Plautus, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004
Stalker of Rebecca Gillmann, dir Marcello Cotugno - 2004
Plutus of Aristofanes, with Maurizio Micheli, dir Michele Mirabella - 2004
Cactus flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy, with Edoardo Siravo, dir Tonino Pulci - 2004/2005/2006
Prova a farmi ridere of Alan Aykbourn, with Pino Quartullo, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2006
The Tempest of William Shakespeare, – 2006 – Ariel
Sunshine of William Mastrosimone, directed by Giorgio Albertazzi, 2007/2008
L'Appartamento, of Billy Wilder, 2009–2010
Il marito scornato (Georges Dandin), of Molière, 2011
Vite private, of Noël Coward, with Corrado Tedeschi – 2012–2013
Dis-order, of Neil LaBute, dir. Marcello Cotugno, with Claudio Botosso – 2014
Incubi d'Amore, of Augusto Fornari, Toni Fornari, Andrea Maia, Vincenzo Sinopoli, dir. Augusto Fornari, with Sebastiano Somma and Morgana Forcella – 2014
Crimini del Cuore, of Beth Henley, dir. Marco Mattolini – 2015
A Room with a View, of E. M. Forster, dir. Stefano Artissunch – 2016
Cactus Flower of Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, dir Piergiorgio Piccoli and Aristide Genovese - 2016
Il più brutto week-end della nostra vita of Norm Foster, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2017-2018
The test of Jordi Vallejo, dir. Roberto Ciufoli - 2019–2020-2021-2022-2023;
Su con la vita of Maurizio Micheli, dir. Maurizio Micheli - 2020;
Les Précieuses ridicules free taken from Molière, dir. Stefano Artissunch, with Lorenza Mario and Stefano Artissunch - 2023-2024;
Donne in pericolo of Wendy MacLeod, dir. Enrico Maria Lamanna (with Benedicta Boccoli, Vittoria Belvedere and Debora Caprioglio; 2024-2025)
Television
Pronto, chi gioca?, directed by Gianni Boncompagni
Domenica In – with her sister Brigitta Boccoli from 1987 to 1990
Viva Colombo inclosed in Il sabato sera di Rai Uno - 1991
Gelato al limone – with Massimiliano Pani
Unomattina – 1994
Due come noi – Co-starring with Wilma De Angelis – 1997
Incantesimo
Reality Circus – Reality show 2006/2007