Selene Caramazza Explained

Birth Date:	10 February 1993
Birth Place:	Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Occupation:	Actress

Selene Caramazza (born 10 February 1993) is an Italian actress best known for her role as Leonarda Scotellaro in the Amazon Prime Video series The Bad Guy.

Biography

Selene Caramazza was born in Palermo, but grew up in Favara, where she attended the Martin Luther King liceo scientifico. She enrolled in university to study law in Palermo, but transferred at the end of her first year to study acting in Rome.^{[1] [2]}

At the 79th Venice International Film Festival, Rolling Stone Italia recognized Caramazza as one of three actors that represented the future of Italian cinema in 2022.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Pure Hearts	Agnese		^[4]
2019	Bar Joseph	Selene		^[5]
2020	Paradise - Una nuova vita	Lucia		^[6]
2021	Corpo e aria	Gaia	Short film	^[7]
2022	Spaccaossa	Luisa		^[8]
2023	Uomo di fumo			^[9]
2024	Beautiful Rebel	Carla		^[10]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	La catturandi	Sonia	2 episodes	^[11]
	Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi	Sara	7 episodes
2016	Don Matteo	Katia	1 episode
2017	Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo	Claudia	2 episodes
2018		Young Giada	6 episodes	^[12]
	Prima che la notte	Giusi	Television film	^[13]
2019	Inspector Montalbano	Alessandra/Anita	1 episode
2020	The Sea Beyond	Valentina Colosimo	1 episode	^[14]
	Mom to Hundreds	Chiara	TV movie	^[15]
2022	L'Ora - Inchiostro contro piombo	Olivia Butera
	The Bad Guy	Leonarda Scotellaro	Main role; 6 episodes	^[16]
2022–23	Christian	Benedetta	7 episodes	^[17]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	Fabrique du Cinéma Awards	Best Actress	Pure Hearts		^[18]
2022	Venice International Film Festival	Rolling Stone Emerging Talents Award	Spaccaossa
2023	Nastri d'Argento Grandi Serie	Best Supporting Actress	The Bad Guy		^[19] ^[20]
		Claudio Nobis Foundation Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: Faccani . Francesca . Se avete visto The Bad Guy volete sapere tutto su Selene Caramazza . Vogue Italia . it . 5 January 2023 . 15 October 2023.
2. Web site: Barbadoro . Federica . La recitazione come esigenza, l'attrice Selene Caramazza: "Quell'incontro con Claudia Cardinale..." . AgrigentoNotizie . it . 2 May 2020 . 15 October 2023.
3. Web site: Il futuro del cinema italiano è qui: i vincitori del premio Rolling Stone per i Giovani Talenti 2022 . Rolling Stone Italia . it-IT . 14 September 2022 . 15 October 2023.
4. Web site: Windsor . Harry . ‘Pure Hearts’ (‘Cuori Puri’): Film Review Cannes 2017 . The Hollywood Reporter . 25 May 2017 . 15 October 2023.
5. Web site: Bar Giuseppe, amore puro e accoglienza . Oggi - Marilyn . it . 15 October 2023.
6. Web site: Paradise. Una nuova vita . 15 October 2023 . RAI Ufficio Stampa . it.
7. Web site: Corpo e Aria . Lights On Film . it . 15 October 2023.
8. Web site: Spaccaossa (2022) . The A.V. Club . 15 October 2023.
9. Web site: Di Francesco . Davide . Uomo di fumo, il nuovo film di Stefania Sandrelli diretta dal compagno Giovanni Soldati . Ciak Magazine . it-IT . 21 March 2023 . 15 October 2023.
10. Web site: Manca . Mario . Sei nell’anima: cosa sappiamo del biopic di Netflix su Gianna Nannini . Vanity Fair Italia . 18 March 2024 . it . 2 February 2024.
11. Web site: "Mimosa d'oro", premiata anche l'attrice favarese Selene Caramazza . AgrigentoNotizie . it . 24 April 2017 . 15 October 2023.
12. Web site: Alaimo . Valentina . "L’ora" su canale 5: Selene Caramazza è Olivia Butera . AgrigentoOggi . it . 1 June 2022 . 15 October 2023.
13. Web site: Prima che la notte . 15 October 2023 . Rai Home Video . it-IT.
14. Web site: D'Onofrio . Stefano . Mare Fuori, una nuova protagonista avvistata sul set della terza stagione (FOTO) . Ciak Generation . it-IT . 28 June 2022 . 15 October 2023.
15. Web site: Mom to Hundreds (2020) . 15 October 2023 . The A.V. Club.
16. Web site: The Bad Guy S1 . Amazon Studios Press . 15 October 2023.
17. Web site: Selene Caramazza: "Il vero miracolo è smettere di aver paura dell’ignoto" . La Repubblica . it . 31 January 2022 . 15 October 2023.
18. Web site: Garufi . Sergio . Fabrique du Cinema Awards, all the nominations. December 15th the awards ceremony. . MIA: International Audiovisual Market . 11 December 2017 . 15 October 2023.
19. Web site: Leombruni . Lucrezia . Nastri d'Argento, Mare Fuori è la serie dell'anno . Agenzia Dire . it-IT . 12 May 2023 . 15 October 2023.
20. Web site: Naselli . Antonio . NASTRI d'ARGENTO GRANDI SERIE 2023_NASTRI SPECIALI e STASERA LA PREMIAZIONE . Nastri d'Argento . it-IT . 17 June 2023 . 15 October 2023.