Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1993. Born in Gemona, Gravina made her film debut at fifteen years old, in Alberto Lattuada's Guendalina. Very active in films and on television series, both in comedic and dramatic roles, from the late 1970s she gradually focused her activities on stage and in political activism, being a PCI deputy between 1980 and 1983. During her career Gravina won a number of international awards, including the Best Actress Award for her performance in Alessandro Blasetti's Love and Chatter at the 1958 Locarno International Film Festival, the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ettore Scola's La terrazza at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and the award for Best Actress for Margarethe von Trotta's The Long Silence at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival.
Big Deal on Madonna Street
(Nicoletta)
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
(Celeste)
Everybody Go Home!
(Silvia Modena)
The Violent Four
(Anna)
Tony Arzenta
(Sandra)
The Inheritor
(Liza Rocquencourt)
The Terrace
(Carla)
Alfredo, Alfredo
(Carolina)
The Antichrist
(Ippolita Oderisi)
The Lady of Monza
(Caterina da Meda)
Five Branded Women
(Mira)
Without Apparent Motive
(Jocelyne Rocca)
Boomerang
(Muriel)
A Day for Lionhearts
(Mariuccia)
The Seven Cervi Brothers
(Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi)
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
(Tullia Bandelli)
Mother's Heart
(Lorenza Garrone)
Il gioco della verità
(Anna Incoronato)
The Invisible Woman
(Delfina)
First Love
(Betty)
The Pisciotta Case
(Gemma)
Esterina
(Esterina)
Love and Chatter
(Maria Furlani)
Mon Ami Washington
La Locandiera
(Mirandolina)
The Long Silence
(Dr. Carla Aldrovandi)
Hail the Artist
And Now My Love
(Sarah's Italian Girlfriend)
A Bullet for the General
(Rosario)
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
(Sylvia Plath)
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
Mother and Daughter
(Mother)
Caravaggio
(Tullia)
Come quando fuori piove
(Anita)
Guendalina
(Amica di Guendalina (uncredited))
Scano Boa
(Clara)
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
(Self)
Sierra Maestra
(Carla)
Il segno del comando
(Lucia)
Nero Wolfe
(Helen Frost)
The Brothers Karamazov
(Katerina Ivànovna)
Orient Express
(Hélène)
Madame Bovary
(Emma Bovary)