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name: "Laura Morante"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-morante"
fi1m_id: "laura-morante"
imdb_id: "nm0603090"
tmdb_id: 56654
wikidata_id: "Q542061"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 August 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T03:27:08.325585+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."
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# Laura Morante

## Identity

Laura Morante

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-morante
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-morante
- **IMDb ID:** nm0603090
- **TMDB ID:** 56654
- **Wikidata ID:** Q542061
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Morante, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56654

Actor. Born 21 August 1956 in Santa Fiora, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 August 1956, Santa Fiora, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
- **Also known as:** 라우라 모란테, 로라 모란테, لائورا مورانته
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Morante, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56654

## Fi1m on Laura Morante

> Laura Morante brings an unsparing directness to family drama. We value the force of her work in *The Son's Room*, where she makes Paola's distress hard to watch without turning her into someone who explains everybody else's feelings.

In *The Son's Room* (2001), Laura Morante keeps drawing our attention away from Giovanni and back to Paola. Nanni Moretti leaves room for her distress without asking her to explain the household's feelings. We found her suffering difficult to watch because Morante makes it matter even when the family cannot ease it. She gives a patient film some of its least comfortable moments.

Her breakthrough was the title role in Moretti's *Bianca* (1984), followed by work across French and Italian cinema. A background in dance informs her physical, gestural approach, though her delivery is generally unmannered. She is often cast as a wife or mother dealing with loss, frustration or self-doubt. That recurring introspection can become a restriction, leaving an actor with too many similar tasks.

In *The Son's Room*, the family feels credible before grief puts it under strain. Morante helps keep the household recognisable when its members cannot make things easier for one another. We still sometimes want more distance from Giovanni, and Nicola Piovani's music does too much persuading in places. Paola keeps demanding our attention even when the film seems more interested in him.

Gabriele Muccino's domestic drama *Remember Me, My Love* (2003) and Carlo Verdone's comedy-drama *Love Is Eternal While It Lasts* (2004) offer other routes into her work. She moved into directing with *Cherry on the Cake* (2012), a romantic comedy in which she also stars, and followed it with *Assolo* (2016). Both films combine psychological observation with romantic-comedy structures, keeping her interest in troubled inner lives within lighter forms. That is a useful corrective to the impression that grief is all she has to offer. For a first encounter, though, choose *The Son's Room*, with the caveat that the music sometimes insists on feelings Morante has already made clear.

## Biography

Laura Morante is an Italian actress. Born on 21 August 1956 in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, she is the daughter of Marcello Morante, brother of the novelist Elsa Morante.

She began her career as a dancer and made her stage debut at 18 in the company of Carmelo Bene. Her film debut came in *Oggetti smarriti* (1980), directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. She gained prominence with the title role in Nanni Moretti's *Bianca* (1984).

Morante won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress for her performance as Paola in Moretti's *The Son's Room* (2001). She has appeared in numerous Italian and European films, including *L'amore è eterno finché dura* (2004), and has also directed features such as *Cherry on the Cake* (2012).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Son's Room* (2001), Fi1m 82, as Paola — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sons-room.md)

## Complete filmography (110)

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

- *Death Do Us Part* (2026), as The Abbess
- *Twin Stars* (2026), as Lucia
- *Quasi Grazia* (2026), as Grazia Deledda
- *Feeling Better* (2025), as Veterana
- *Another Summer Holiday* (2024), as Cecilia Sarcoli
- *Folle d'amore - Alda Merini* (2023), as Alda Merini
- *Alphonse* (2023), series, as Laura Tomazi
- *Across the River and into the Trees* (2023), as Contessa Contarini
- *Masquerade* (2022), as Giulia Margoni
- *The Hummingbird* (2022), as Letizia Carrera
- *Christian* (2022), series, as La Nera
- *No Place Like Home* (2021), series, as Alba Ristuccia
- *The Ties* (2020), as Vanda dopo
- *The Stolen Caravaggio* (2018), as Amalia Roberti
- *The Armadillo's Prophecy* (2018), as Madre di Zero
- *La stella di Andra e Tati* (2018), as Mira (voice)
- *Bob & Marys* (2018), as Marisa
- *L'età d'oro* (2016), as Arabella
- *Assolo* (2016), as Flavia · Director, Writer
- *God Willing* (2015), as Carla
- *Sun in My Eyes* (2015), as Carla Astrei
- *Ogni maledetto Natale* (2014), as Maria / Ludovica
- *Nessuno mi pettina bene come il vento* (2014), as Arianna
- *Love Stories* (2013), Actor
- *Romeo & Juliet* (2013), as Lady Montague
- *A Farewell to Fools* (2013), as Margherita
- *Apartment in Athens* (2012), as Zoe Helianos
- *Cherry on the Cake* (2012), as Amanda · Director, Screenplay
- *Love & Slaps* (2010), as Marina
- *Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra* (2010), Actor
- *Il figlio più piccolo* (2010), as Fiamma
- *The Big Dream* (2009), as Maddalena
- *The Anarchist's Wife* (2008), as Lucienne
- *A Whole Life Ahead* (2008), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Hideout* (2007), as Lei
- *Boris* (2007), series, as Signora Terrazzo
- *The Ball* (2007), as Monica
- *Moliere* (2007), as Elmire Jourdain
- *Private Fears in Public Places* (2006), as Nicole
- *L'estate del mio primo bacio* (2006), as Giovanna Randone
- *Avenue Montaigne* (2006), as Valentine Lefort
- *Non aver paura* (2005), as Laura
- *Empire of the Wolves* (2005), as Mathilde Uran
- *Notte senza fine* (2004), as Kenza
- *Nero* (2004), as Aggrippina
- *Imperium: Nero* (2004), series, as Agrippina
- *L'amore è eterno finché dura* (2004), as Tiziana Mercuri
- *Renzo e Lucia* (2004), as Monaca di Monza
- *Renzo e Lucia* (2004), series, as Monaca di Monza
- *Mother Teresa of Calcutta* (2003), as Madre Du Cenacle
- *Mother Teresa* (2003), series, as Madre Du Cenacle
- *Remember Me, My Love* (2003), as Giulia Ristuccia
- *The Dancer Upstairs* (2002), as Yolanda
- *A Journey Called Love* (2002), as Sibilla Aleramo
- *Vajont* (2001), as Tina Merlin
- *Hotel* (2001), as Greta
- *The Son's Room* (2001), as Paola — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sons-room.md)
- *Film* (2000), as Mara
- *Giochi Pericolosi* (2000), as Germana Righi
- *First Light of Dawn* (2000), as Anna
- *Liberate i pesci!* (2000), as Mara
- *L'anniversario* (1999), as Anita
- *Killer Couple* (1998), as Carla
- *The Naked Eye* (1998), as Begoña
- *Santo Stefano* (1997), as Anna D'Assisi
- *Marianna Ucrìa* (1997), as Maria
- *August Vacation* (1996), as Cecilia Sarcoli
- *Happiness Is No Joke* (1995), as Nadine
- *Io e il re* (1995), as Beatrice
- *L'Affaire Dreyfus* (1995), as Lucie Dreyfus
- *A Still Storm* (1995), as Flora de Margelasse
- *Une Vue Imprenable* (1995), Actor
- *La famiglia Ricordi* (1995), series, Actor
- *L'ombra della sera* (1994), as Eva
- *Just Before the Storm* (1993), as Charlotte
- *The Voice* (1992), as Laura
- *To the Bitter End* (1991), as Cláudia
- *La Femme fardée* (1990), as Clarisse Lethuillier
- *Traces of an Amorous Life* (1990), as Agnese
- *Pink Palace, Paradise Beach* (1990), as Ania
- *Turné* (1990), as Vittoria
- *Un jeu d'enfant* (1990), as Marguerite
- *Corps perdus* (1990), as Laura Canetti
- *Where the Sun Beats* (1989), as Laura
- *Les jurés de l'ombre* (1989), series, as Olivia Lucas
- *Via Panisperna Boys* (1989), as Laura Fermi
- *Love of a Woman* (1988), as Gabriella Bernasconi
- *The Ghost Valley* (1987), as Dara
- *Man on Fire* (1987), as Julia
- *Distant Lights* (1987), as Renata
- *Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy* (1986), series, as Judith Bernheim
- *Hovering Over the Water* (1986), as Laura Rossellini
- *Music Hall* (1986), as Hannah Bronnen
- *The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal* (1985), as Adriana Paleari
- *Goya* (1985), series, as Duquesa de Alba
- *Notti e nebbie* (1984), as Noemi
- *Der Mörder* (1984), as Elise
- *The Future Is Woman* (1984), as Piera adulta
- *Bianca* (1984), as Bianca
- *Il momento dell'avventura* (1983), as Anna
- *Blow to the Heart* (1982), as Giulia
- *Riccardo III* (1981), as Buckingham
- *Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man* (1981), as Laura
- *Sweet Dreams* (1981), as Silvia
- *The Wings of the Dove* (1981), series, as Milly Theale
- *Lost and Found* (1980), as Sara
- *Amleto di Carmelo Bene (da Shakespeare a Laforgue)* (1978), as Ofelia
- *Me, You*, Actor
- *Federico, the Imaginary Life of Fellini*, Actor
- *Tower Stories*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Laura Morante](https://film.one/media/person/3932857/gallery-5eb974971156.jpg) Laura Morante — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Laura_Morante_Cannes_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Laura Morante - Venice Film Festival 2020](https://film.one/media/person/3932857/gallery-7c54273db0ee.jpg) Laura Morante - Venice Film Festival 2020 — Bart ryker, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Laura_Morante_-_Venice_Film_Festival_2020.jpg/1280px-Laura_Morante_-_Venice_Film_Festival_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Laura Morante](https://film.one/media/person/3932857/gallery-e173fd37e733.jpg) Laura Morante — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Morante](https://film.one/media/person/3932857/gallery-aa1a4c7bfa7e.jpg) Laura Morante — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Morante](https://film.one/media/person/3932857/gallery-f4b6487d0d25.jpg) Laura Morante — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Actress 2002: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *A Journey Called Love*
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2001: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Son's Room*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2001: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Son's Room*

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

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