Teresa Saponangelo

She additionally won the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Actress for Il buco in testa and received a nomination for In the Beginning There Was Underwear.

• Name — Teresa Saponangelo • Born — 22 October 1973 • Birthplace — Taranto, Apulia, Italy • Education — École Philippe Gaulier Accademia d'Arte Drammatica della Calabria • Occupation — Actress

Teresa Saponangelo was born in Taranto, the daughter of a workman and a housewife, and lost her father at the age of two. In 1976 she moved to Naples, next to the Politeama Theater, with her mother and her brother. She graduated from Diploma di Musica (DAMS) at Roma Tre University, and appeared in a play titled Dentro la Cronaca dentro la storia by P. Amato. After attending several dramatic societies, Saponangelo made her official stage debut in Giacomo Rizzo's Ce penza mammà. In 1994, she completed her studies at the Calabria School of Dramatic Arts in Reggio Calabria, at the suggestion of Giorgio Albertazzi, and under Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier in France. In 1994 she made her film debut in Il Verificatore by Stefano Incerti, and then appeared in films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Sergio Rubini, Paolo Virzì, and Silvio Soldini, and on stage with directors Toni Servillo, Antonio Capuano, and Mario Martone, among others. In 2000 she was nominated for Nastro d'Argento's Best Actress for her performance in Anna Negri's In the Beginning There Was Underwear; the same year she won the Ubu Award for her performance as Dorina in the stage play Tartufo.

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes — Ref. • 2004 — Luisa Sanfelice — Assunta — Television film • 2006 — Attacco allo Stato — Maria Amore — Television film • 2008 — La squadra — Alessia Marciano — Episode: "Panni sporchi" • La nuova squadra — Main role • 2011 — Rossella — Paolina Andrei — Main role • 2014 — Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi — Carmela Ragno — 5 episodes • 2015 — La dama velata — Maddalena Staineri — Main role • 2016 — Il sindaco pescatore — Carla — Television movie • 2017 — Sirene — Stefania Maldini — Main role • Purché finisca bene — Paola — Episode: "Bastano un paio di baffi" • 2020 — Vivi e lascia vivere — Daniela Sonnino — Main role • 2022 — Vincenzo Malinconico, Unsuccessful Lawyer — Nives — Recurring role • 2025 — Sara: Woman in the Shadows — Sara