Isabella Orsini

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Princess Isabella de Ligne-La Trémoïlle (née Orsini, born 2 December 1974) is an Italian actress. By marriage, she is a member of the House of Ligne, a Belgian noble family.

Biography

Orsini was the daughter of a gallery owner and a court clerk, after graduating from classical high school she graduated in law in her city.[1] She studied both in Italy and in the United States at the Actors Studio and following theatrical specialization courses with Bernard Hill in Los Angeles.[2]

Family

Orsini married in a civil ceremony on 2 September 2009 and in a religious ceremony on 5 September 2009, to Prince Édouard Lamoral Rodolphe de Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1976), at Antoing Castle in the Hainaut province of Belgium.

The couple's first child, Princess Althea Isabelle Sophie de Ligne-La Trémoïlle, was born on 12 May 2010 at the private "Villa Mafalda" clinic in Rome. On 9 May 2014, the couple had their second child, Princess Athénaïs Allegra Isabella de Ligne-La Trémoïlle at the American Hospital of Paris. On 10 January 2019, Orsini gave birth to the couple's third child, Prince Antoine Tau Édouard Adrien de Ligne-La Trémoïlle in Paris, France.[3]

As Belgium is a monarchy which confers and recognises hereditary titles of nobility, the right of Orsini and her Ligne-La Trémoïlle children to the prefix of prince and princess and to the style of Highness is legal—not a courtesy title; all members of the House of Ligne have been entitled to princely rank and to the style of Highness (Altesse) in Belgium since 31 May 1923.[4]

Filmography

Cinema

  • Bagnomaria, directed by Giorgio Panariello (1999)
  • Apri gli occhi e... sogna, directed by Rosario Errico (2002) – in the role of Cinzia
  • Velocità massima, directed by Daniele Vicari (2002)
  • Ricordati di me, directed by Gabriele Muccino (2003) – in the role of Lucia
  • Modena Modena, by Daniele Malavolta (2003) – Opera prima[5]
  • Intrigo a Cuba, directed by Riccardo Leoni (2004) – filmed in 1999
  • Zorba Il Buddha, directed by Lakshen Sucameli (2004) – in the role of Niko
  • September Eleven 1683, directed by Renzo Martinelli (2012)
  • Young Perez, directed by Jacques Ouaniche (2013)
  • The Twins, directed by Lamberto Bava (2016)

Television

  • Il bello delle donne 2, directed by Gianni Dalla Porta, Luigi Parisi, Maurizio Ponzi and Giovanni Soldati – TV series – Canale 5 (2002)
  • Il bello delle donne 3, directed by Maurizio Ponzi and Luigi Parisi – TV series – Canale 5 (2003)
  • La palestra, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – TV miniseries – Canale 5 (2003)
  • Luisa Sanfelice, directed by Fratelli Taviani – TV miniseries – Rai Uno (2004)
  • Imperia, la grande cortigiana, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – TV film – Canale 5 (2005)
  • Caterina e le sue figlie, directed by Fabio Jephcott – TV miniseries – Canale 5 (2005)
  • L'onore e il rispetto, directed by Salvatore Samperi – TV miniseries – Canale 5 (2007)
  • Il sangue e la rosa, directed by Salvatore Samperi, Luigi Parisi and Luciano Odorisio – TV miniseries – Canale 5 (2008)

Shorts

  • Tre bicchieri di cristallo, directed by Alessandro Mistichelli – Prize for best actress
  • De Pinga, directed by Simonluca Sacco – with Jonathan Borgogelli Braun

References

  1. 1."Isabella Orsini: «Divento principessa»". www.iltempo.it. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. 2."Isabella Orsini 1974". www.mob.notiziecinema.it. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. 3."Isabella Orsini maman : La princesse présente tendrement son fils, Antoine". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. 4.Genealogishes Handbuch des Adels: Furstliche Hauser Band XIV. Limburg an der Lahn, Germany: C.A. Starke Verlag. 1991. pp. 495, 498–499. ISBN 3-7980-0700-4.
  5. 5.Modena Modena – Opera prima di Daniele Malavolta Archived 2004-11-20 at the Wayback Machine