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Nicoletta Braschi

Nicoletta Braschi

4 films · 243 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19862018

Born 10 August 1960 · Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Nicoletta Braschi is an Italian actress and producer, best known for her work with her husband, actor and director Roberto Benigni.

Born in Cesena, Braschi studied in Rome's Academy of Dramatic Arts where she first met Benigni in 1980. Her first film was with Benigni in 1983, the comedy Tu Mi Turbi ("You Upset Me"). She later appeared in two Jim Jarmusch films, Down by Law and Mystery Train.

Braschi's two most successful collaborations with her husband have been Johnny Stecchino (1992) and La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) (1997).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 243 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19862018

  • David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress
  • Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • Globo d'oro for Livetime Achievement
  • Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actress

How their films are shot

Measured across 243 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nicoletta takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Nicoletta takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night46%

Lighting

Natural48%
Low key40%
High key10%

Shot size

Medium45%
Wide28%
Fullbody14%
Closeup7%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
Low angle5%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral61%
Lonely20%
Tense14%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 243 frames from Nicoletta Braschi's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.