| Micaela Esdra | |
|---|---|
 Esdra in Highest Pressure (1965) | |
| Born | Micaela Carmosino (1952-01-29) 29 January 1952 (age 72) Rome, Italy |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1964-present |
| Spouse |
Walter Pagliaro (m. 1988) |
Micaela Esdra (born Micaela Carmosino; 29 January 1952) is an Italian actress and voice actress.
Biography
Esdra began her career in the mid-1960s attending Rina Morelli's acting school and when she was very young, was directed on stage by Giorgio Strehler, Luchino Visconti, and Luca Ronconi.
As a film actress, she starred in several musicarellis and Horror films, including Mario Bava's Kill, Baby, Kill. Esdra has been also very active on TV and in film dubbing: during the 1990s, she became the official dubber of Winona Ryder and Kim Basinger.
Personal life
In 1988, Esdra married stage director Walter Pagliaro.
Partial filmography
- Made in Italy (1965)
- Highest Pressure (1965)
- Kill, Baby, Kill (1966)
- VIP my Brother Superman (1968)
- A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974)
Dubbed actresses
- Kim Basinger in My Stepmother Is an Alien, L.A. Confidential, The Burning Plain, Grudge Match and Third Person
- Jane Birkin in Je t'aime moi non plus
- Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club
- Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man
- Edwige Fenech in The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High
- Carrie Fisher in The Blues Brothers
- Melanie Griffith in Lolita
- Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner, Legal Eagles and Roxanne
- Goldie Hawn in Shampoo
- Olivia Hussey in Death on the Nile
- Ashley Judd in Heat
- Jessica Lange in Big Fish
- Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innocence, Little Women, Reality Bites, How to Make an American Quilt, Girl, Interrupted and The Informers
- Kristin Scott Thomas in Random Hearts
- Cybill Shepherd in Taxi Driver
- Tilda Swinton in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Debra Winger in Thank God It's Friday
References
- "Micaela Esdra's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Redazione. "Recensito incontra Micaela Esdra: "Il teatro è la cosa più bella che un attore possa fare"". www.recensito.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ "Intervista a Micaela Esdra". caffeeuropa.it. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
External links
Media related to Micaela Esdra at Wikimedia Commons