---
name: "Ottavia Piccolo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ottavia-piccolo"
fi1m_id: "ottavia-piccolo"
imdb_id: "nm0681583"
tmdb_id: 15138
wikidata_id: "Q271293"
roles: []
born: "9 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:06:07.758840+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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# Ottavia Piccolo

## Identity

Ottavia Piccolo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ottavia-piccolo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ottavia-piccolo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681583
- **TMDB ID:** 15138
- **Wikidata ID:** Q271293
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottavia_Piccolo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15138

Actor. Born 9 October 1949 in Bolzano, Italy.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 October 1949, Bolzano, Italy
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottavia_Piccolo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271293, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15138

## Biography

Ottavia Piccolo is an Italian actress. Born on 9 October 1949 in Bolzano, she made her stage debut at the age of 11 in a production of *The Miracle Worker* directed by Luigi Squarzina. She began her film career in 1963 with the role of Caterina in Luchino Visconti's *The Leopard*.

Piccolo has appeared in numerous films, including *Metello* (1970), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, *The Widow Couderc* (1971), *Zorro* (1975), *Mado* (1976) and *The Family* (1987). She has also worked extensively in theatre, notably with Giorgio Strehler, and provided the Italian voice of Princess Leia in the original *Star Wars* trilogy.

She has been married to Claudio Rossoni since 1974.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Leopard* (1963), Fi1m 88, as Caterina — [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

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

- *Compagni d'arte* (2024), Actor
- *Un Amore* (2024), series, as Teresa
- *La Bussola - Il collezionista di stelle* (2024), as Sè stessa
- *Welcome Venice* (2021), as Elisa
- *Caro Lucio ti scrivo* (2017), Actor
- *7 Minutes* (2016), as Bianca
- *Una Buona Stagione* (2014), series, as Emma Santangelo in Masci
- *The Big Dream* (2009), as Adult Laura (uncredited)
- *Una sera d'ottobre* (2009), series, as Daniela Piccinelli
- *Questa è la mia terra* (2006), series, as Anna Petrucci
- *Have You Met Claudia?* (2004), as Therapist
- *Per Amore* (2002), series, as Anita
- *Deux mamans pour Noël* (1998), as Maria
- *Marching in Darkness* (1996), as Gabriella Scarpa
- *Donna* (1996), series, as Matilde
- *Bidoni* (1995), as Simona
- *Le Chambon* (1994), as Martha Fontaine
- *Le ciel pour témoin* (1993), as Suzanne
- *The Long Silence* (1993), as Rosa
- *Angeli a sud* (1992), Actor
- *Se non avessi l'amore* (1991), as Adelaide
- *Barocco* (1991), as Sandra
- *Condominio* (1991), as Adelaide
- *In The Rose Garden* (1990), as Anna
- *Sposi* (1988), as Federica
- *La coscienza di Zeno* (1988), series, as Augusta Malfenti
- *Big* (1987), as Claudio
- *The Family* (1987), as Adelina
- *Le Paria* (1985), series, as Catherine
- *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1982), series, as Marietta
- *Mado* (1976), as Mado
- *Il lungo viaggio* (1975), series, Actor
- *Zorro* (1975), as Contessina Ortensia Pulido
- *The Frenzy of Orlando* (1975), series, as Angelica
- *Antoine and Sebastian* (1974), as Nathalie
- *The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot* (1973), as Bergamotte
- *La cosa buffa* (1972), as Maria Borghetto
- *To Kill in Silence* (1972), as Valeria Corsini
- *Trastevere* (1971), as Nanda
- *The Life of Leonardo da Vinci* (1971), series, as Beatrice d'Este
- *The Widow Couderc* (1971), as Félicie
- *One Way Ticket* (1971), as Teena
- *Million Dollar Eel* (1971), as Margherita 'Tina' Tellini
- *Bubu* (1971), as Berta
- *Metello* (1970), as Ersilia
- *Twelve Plus One* (1969), as Stefanella
- *Serafino* (1968), as Lidia
- *Faustina* (1968), as Young Peasant
- *Felicita Colombo* (1968), Actor
- *Mademoiselle de Maupin* (1966), as Ninon
- *The Leopard* (1963), as Caterina — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)
- *Il mulino del Po* (1963), series, as Berta
- *Un Figlio*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ottavia Piccolo](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-5a4451359a9d.jpg) Ottavia Piccolo — Università Bicocca, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Ottavia_Piccolo_in_%E2%80%9CDonna_non_rieducabile%E2%80%9D.jpg/1280px-Ottavia_Piccolo_in_%E2%80%9CDonna_non_rieducabile%E2%80%9D.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ottavia Piccolo au Katorza à Nantes en mars 2018 lors de la projection du film 7 Minutti dans le cadre du festival Univerciné italien](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-9dedc63c2f43.jpg) Ottavia Piccolo au Katorza à Nantes en mars 2018 lors de la projection du film 7 Minutti dans le cadre du festival Univerciné italien — Dahlolentilles, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Ottavia_Piccolo_Nantes.jpg/1280px-Ottavia_Piccolo_Nantes.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-b4d0f4ee2ab2.png) Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972) — Aldo Lado (director) / Franco Di Giacomo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/La_cosa_buffa_11.png/1280px-La_cosa_buffa_11.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-f0f92f7dc5e1.png) Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972) — Aldo Lado (director) / Franco Di Giacomo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/La_cosa_buffa_13.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ottavia Piccolo](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-25487455598b.jpg) Ottavia Piccolo — Image via TMDB
- ![Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-8a211b4aedfc.png) Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972) — Aldo Lado (director) / Franco Di Giacomo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/La_cosa_buffa_04.png/1280px-La_cosa_buffa_04.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/3909268/gallery-dcdace002e7b.png) Scena dal film La cosa buffa (1972) — Aldo Lado (director) / Franco Di Giacomo (cinematographer), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/La_cosa_buffa_01.png/1280px-La_cosa_buffa_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1970: Best Actress (won)

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

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