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Evelyn Famà

Biography

Evelyn Famà in 2023

Evelyn Famà was born in Catania, where she began studying classical, modern, and contemporary dance at the age of five.[1] She later enrolled in the Accademia di belle arti di Catania in the set design department. Her career began as a dancer under the direction of choreographer Silvana Lo Giudice, performing classical ballets such as Giselle, Paquita, and Don Quixote, as well as contemporary dance-theatre adaptations of works by Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello[2] and García Lorca. At eighteen, she was selected to join the Umberto Spadaro Academy of Dramatic Arts of the Teatro Stabile di Catania.[1]

After graduating from the Academy, she began working continuously in theatre, film, and television, collaborating with major private national productions and prominent repertory theatres. Her first national tour was Lysistrata by Aristophanes, produced by her city's repertory theatre and the Politecnico of Rome. The day after the tour ended, she earned her degree in Set Design, with a thesis on Pina Baush.[1] In 2001, she won Best Actress at the international Salvo Randone award in Syracuse, standing out among actors and actresses who had graduated from Italy's top theatre academies. Her acting résumé includes renowned directors such as Ronconi, Puggelli, Mirabella, Siani, Di Robilant[1], Nekrosius, and Coucier.[3]

Evelyn Famà awarded by Enrico Beruschi at the National Cabaret Festival in Turin

Among her major theatre tours, she played Hecuba as Polyxena alongside Paola Gassman, and The Trojan Women as Cassandra.[4] Other leading roles on stage include Alda in Tra vestiti che ballano by Rosso di San Secondo,[5] the famous Mirra by Vittorio Alfieri, and the Virtuous Mrs. Perella in The Man, the Beast and the Virtue. In 2004, she won the Hystrio Award for Vocational Promise in Milan.[6]

On television, she played Palmira Frisone in the Rai drama Il Figlio della Luna.[7] On the big screen, she starred in a comic duo with Nino Frassica in the film Un milione di giorni by Emanuele Giliberti.[8][9][10] She also starred in the docufiction La Voce del corpo[11] and in Mauro c’ha da fare by Alessandro Di Robilant,[12][13] alongside Carlo Ferreri.

Evelyn Famà in Morir di Fama

In 2020, she appeared in The Shameful Story (La storia vergognosa), a documentary film nominated for the 2021 Silver Ribbon Awards, produced by Istituto Luce and broadcast on Rai Storia Watch on RaiPlay. Directed by Nella Condorelli, Famà performs a powerful monologue in the final scene as Provvidenza Rumore,[14] a courageous witness from the Monti Sicani region in 1911, testifying at the trial for the murder of Lorenzo Panepinto.[15]

Evelyn Famà with Carlo Ferreri in Mauro c'ha da fare

Since 2007, she has been performing the comic monologue Morir di fama, directed by Carlo Ferreri,[16][17] portraying a stressed yet ambitious actress obsessed with fame and appearances in a surreal setting.[18] The show has also been staged at the Teatro Cafè Sconcerto in Venice, in collaboration with Zelig.[19] She received several awards for excerpts from this one-woman show,[20] including a special mention at the Premio Calandra and the Premio Rubens.[18]

In October 2009, at the Teatro Nuovo in Turin, she won the XVIII National Cabaret Festival with a unique futurist-style performance focused on gesture, expression, and vocal technique. She also received the Ernst Thole Award for Most Original Interpretation.[21][22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
2011 La voce del corpo Luca Vullo
2011 Un milione di giorni Emanuele Giliberti
2012 Mauro c'ha da fare Alessandro Di Robilant
2017 La storia vergognosa Nella Condorelli Documentary
2020 Cyrano Joe Wright
2024 Succede anche nelle migliori famiglie Alessandro Siani
2025 Io sono la fine del mondo Anna Gennaro Nunziante

Short films

Year Title Role Director Notes
2004 Italian Comics Alessandro Marinaro Short film
2005 Campioni del Mondo Alessandro Marinaro Short film
2008 Motore! Alessandro Marinaro Short film
2008 Il dito sull'orologio Francesco Lo Bianco Short film
2009 Italian Comics II – Veline Alessandro Marinaro Short film
2019 Tufo Giuseppina (voice) Victoria Musci Animated short
2021 Free Aashish Gadhvi Short film
2022 Piece of Art Rubens Peeters Short film
2022 Look at me Gina Simone Short film
2023 Come il sale nell'acqua Fabio Manfrè Short film

Television

Year Title Role Director Notes
2006 Il figlio della luna Palmira Frisone Gianfranco Albano Rai Fiction
2007 Phone Center Brambilla Maurizio Monti Jimmy Channel
2011 Bambine cattive Simona Lianza Comedy Central (Sky)
2017 Metropolitaun Clemente Panebianco Ultima TV

Advertising

Year Title Role Director Notes
2008 Calcio Catania Subscription campaign
2013 Lidl – Arance Luca Lucini TV commercial
2017 Sharing bag Web spot
2017 Gira meglio con Girella Web spot
2024 Teatro Stabile di Catania Institutional promo

Awards

Year Award Category Location
2001 Salvo Randone International Prize Best Actress Syracuse
2004 Hystrio Award Vocational Prize Milan
2009 Ernst Thole Prize Most Original Interpretation National Cabaret Festival, Turin
2009 National Cabaret Festival (XVIII) Best Performer Turin

Theatre (as actress)

Year Title Author Director
1998 La fanciulla che campava di vento Tony Cucchiara Armando Pugliese
1998 I Malavoglia Giovanni Verga Giovanni Anfuso
1999 Lisistrata Aristophanes Mario Prosperi
2002 Le rane Aristophanes Luca Ronconi
2002 Prometeo Aeschylus Luca Ronconi
2004 Ecuba Euripides Giovanni Anfuso
2005 La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa Dacia Maraini Lamberto Puggelli
2007 Morir di Fama Evelyn Famà Carlo Ferreri
2022 L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù Luigi Pirandello Carlo Ferreri
2024 Peer Gynt Henrik Ibsen Alessandro Idonea

Theatre (as dancer)

Year Title Music / Source Choreographer / Director
1994 For Frank Frank Sinatra Silvana Lo Giudice
1996 Nel Regno di Mago Alfabeto Silvana Lo Giudice
1996 Paquita Ludwig Minkus Silvana Lo Giudice
1997 La lupa René Aubry, from Giovanni Verga Silvana Lo Giudice
1997 Nozze di sangue Federico García Lorca Silvana Lo Giudice
1998 Orient Express René Aubry Cinzia Cona
1998 Danza e Parole Orazio Torrisi
1998 Gengè Luigi Pirandello Cinzia Cona
1999 Per i sentieri di Trezza from I Malavoglia by Verga Donatella Capraro
2000 Il principe Dracula Aldo Lo Castro

Children’s theatre

Year Title Author / Source Director
1998 La Sirenetta Marguerite Yourcenar Ezio Donato
1999 Il vestito nuovo dell'imperatore Hans Christian Andersen (adapted by E. Donato) Ezio Donato
2000 Pinocchio Carlo Collodi (adapted by Giuseppe Di Martino) Ezio Donato
2001 Il Gatto con gli stivali Charles Perrault (adapted by A. Tosto) Angelo Tosto
2003 Cenerentola Charles Perrault (adapted by A. Tosto) Angelo Tosto
2004 Fata Fiore ovvero Pulcinella innamorato Luigi Capuana (adapted by A. Tosto) Angelo Tosto
2015 La Bella addormentata Charles Perrault (adapted by D. Carboni) Gianni Salvo
2016 Alice nel paese delle meraviglie Lewis Carroll (adapted by D. Carboni) Gianni Salvo
2016 Il topo di campagna e il topo di città Aesop (adapted by Lina Maria Ugolini) Gianni Salvo
2016 Il Principe ranocchio Brothers Grimm (adapted by D. Carboni) Gianni Salvo
2017 Il Mago di Oz L. Frank Baum (adapted by D. Carboni) Gianni Salvo
2018 Pelle d'asino Charles Perrault (adapted by D. Carboni) Gianni Salvo
2019 La tartaruga e la lepre malandrina Aesop (adapted by Lina Maria Ugolini) Gianni Salvo

Authority control

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  2. ^ "Evelyn Famà - Actress - e-TALENTA". it.e-talenta.eu. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Crisi di madri: famiglia, debolezza e isteria al Brancati - Directed by Romano Bernardi | Leggimionline". www.leggimionline.it. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ Antonella Guglielmino (19 March 2014). "Evelyn Famà as "Cassandra" for the IND centenary". GLOBUS Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Fonte a Ponente, Luna Crescente". Monastero dei Benedettini (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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  7. ^ "Il Figlio della Luna". RaiPlay (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ^ Sentieri Selvaggi staff (18 October 2012). "Un milione di giorni". SentieriSelvaggi (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Un milione di giorni - Film (2011)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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  11. ^ Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "LA VOCE DEL CORPO by Luca Vullo". iicosaka.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  12. ^ ""Mauro c'ha da fare": disillusion and hope of an eccentric unemployed man". Recensito.net (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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  14. ^ "Palermo Culture Portal". Palermo Culture (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  15. ^ Redazione (16 January 2021). ""La storia vergognosa" Best Foreign Film 2020". Articolo21 (in Italian). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  16. ^ "MORIR DI FAMA" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  17. ^ Evelyn Famà (14 January 2008). Evelyn Famà in "Morir di Fama". Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  18. ^ a b Michele Minnicino (20 May 2018). ""Morir di fama" at the Piccolo in Catania confirms Evelyn Famà's one-woman-show skills". Cronaca Oggi Quotidiano (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Morir di fama". Agenda Venezia. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Press Review – MORIR DI FAMA" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  21. ^ "National Cabaret Festival awarded to Evelyn Famà of Catania".
  22. ^ alterbac (14 October 2009). "Evelyn Famà wins the 2009 National Cabaret Festival". Trovariso (in Italian). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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