---
name: "Daniela Farinacci"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniela-farinacci"
fi1m_id: "daniela-farinacci"
imdb_id: "nm0267475"
tmdb_id: 61636
wikidata_id: "Q5219216"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:57:09.947171+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniela Farinacci

## Identity

Daniela Farinacci

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniela-farinacci
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniela-farinacci
- **IMDb ID:** nm0267475
- **TMDB ID:** 61636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5219216
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Farinacci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5219216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61636

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2001–2016
- **Also known as:** Daniella Farinacci
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela_Farinacci, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5219216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61636

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lantana*](https://film.one/film/lantana.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniela Farinacci is an Australian actress of Italian descent. She is known for her role as Paula D'Amato in the 2001 film *Lantana*, for which she received an Inside Film Award for Best Actress and a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her other film credits include *Look Both Ways* (2005), *Little Fish* (2005), *Lion* (2016) and *Matching Jack* (2010). On television she has appeared in *East West 101* as Helen Callas, *Glitch* (2015) as Maria Massola, *Total Control*, *Black Snow* (2023) as Katherine Bianchi and *NCIS: Sydney* (2023) as Australian Foreign Minister Susan Quinn.

Farinacci has an extensive theatre career in Melbourne productions and has received nominations for Green Room Awards and a Logie nomination for her performance in the 2006 miniseries *The Society Murders*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bravestudios.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lion* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Tutor — [page](https://film.one/film/lion.md)
- *Lantana* (2001), Fi1m 78, as Paula D'Amato — [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *NCIS: Sydney* (2023), series, as Australian Foreign Minister Susan Quinn
- *Black Snow* (2023), series, as Katherine Bianchi
- *Total Control* (2019), series, as Philippa Bailey
- *Lion* (2016), as Tutor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lion.md)
- *Close Observations of a Single Subject* (2016), as The Handler
- *Tom Wills* (2016), as Sarah Barbor
- *Glitch* (2015), series, as Maria Massola
- *Redfern Now: Promise Me* (2015), as Defence Lawyer
- *Jack Irish: Black Tide* (2012), as Glenda Painter
- *Matching Jack* (2010), as Ange
- *My Year Without Sex* (2009), as Clinic doctor
- *Carla Cametti PD* (2009), series, as Teresa Cametti
- *Rush* (2008), series, as Rita
- *East West 101* (2007), series, as Helen Callas
- *City Homicide* (2007), series, as Marion Palmer
- *BlackJack: Ace Point Game* (2006), as Jenny Hasler
- *Penicillin: The Magic Bullet* (2006), as Margaret Jennings
- *The Society Murders* (2006), as Maritza Wales
- *Josh Jarman* (2005), as Maxine
- *Look Both Ways* (2005), as Julia
- *Little Fish* (2005), as Donna
- *Lantana* (2001), as Paula D'Amato — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)
- *Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes* (2001), as Sante's Maid
- *Halifax f.p.* (1994), series, as Detective Koslinski
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2005: AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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