Sara Paganelli

Hello everybody!

My name is Sara Paganelli and I'm an Italian actress.

I was born in Bologna and at the age of twelve I moved to Milan, where I currently live.

I spent my teenage years studying Latin and Greek at school and watching old movies by B. Wilder, A.Hichcock, F.Truffaut, F.Fellini and other great classic masters.

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My getting into acting came in my twenties. While I was studying Law at the University of Milan, I trained at Teatro della Contraddizione Drama School and I also took to singing. I graduated  with a thesis   titled "The trial  in Aristophanes" and  by the time I ended my apprenticeship as a lawyer, I had definetely realized that what I really wanted was being an actress. 

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In my early career, I joined Teatro della Contraddizione Company, an acclaimed avant-garde theatre group. Later on, I starred in the monologue The ball (2009), directed by A.Oliva, in the award-winning comedy  The strange story of a Merlot glass (2013) by F.Coratelli, in The grey hour (2019) by A.Kristof with IdeaTeatro company and in other smalIer productions.  I also performed as a solo-artist, writing my own shows. 

In fact I've written two comedies, Cinecittà here I am (2015) and Let's not talk about me (2017). 

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On set  I played  Sister  Clausura in the period drama film  Maddalena's song, by M.Campiotti, and journalist Loretta  Maggi in the short comedy Le Vecchiette del Monferrato , produced by SkyCinema.

On TV  I worked for Dea Kids, an Italian children Channel and for NickelOdeon. I also did  some commercials for international brands such as SkyTV, Adidas,Vodaphone.  

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More recently, I took part in two major projects : I'm in the TV series Made in Italy (2019), purchased by Amazon Prime Video and in the thriller film Security (2021) by Peter Chelsom, starring Marco D'Amore.

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In 2018 I also wrote and directed  Swimming - today I decide, a  shortfim about the importance of listening to our children.  It's a project I'm very proud of, which  received a  Special Mention  at Worldwide Comedy London Film Festival 2018 and  an Honorable Mention  at One-Reeler Shortfilm Festival LA 2018.

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I sing, play the piano and read tons of fantasy books. I'm in love with Lake Maggiore, where I've got a house.

In addition, once a year, I spend a week in Venice. I'm very fond of ginger. I'd like to find a politician who makes want to believe again. I'm still looking for her (him?).