Giada Colagrande

Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actress. She is married to the American actor Willem Dafoe.^[1]

Giada Colagrande
Colagrande in 2010
Born	(1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 49) Pescara, Italy
Citizenship	Italy United States
Occupations	Director writer actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Willem Dafoe ​ (m. 2005)​

Career

In 2005, Colagrande directed her second feature, Before It Had a Name, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe.^[2] The two had met on the set of Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.^[3] In 2010, she wrote and directed A Woman, also featuring Dafoe.

In 2012, she made The Woman Dress^[4] and completed the feature-length film Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic.^[5]

In 2016, Colagrande wrote, directed and performed in Padre, starring Franco Battiato, Dafoe and Marina Abramović.^[6]

As an actress, Colagrande has also performed in Abel Ferrara's Pasolini (2014) and in Wes Anderson's Castello Cavalcanti (2013).^[7]

Personal life

Colagrande has been married to actor Willem Dafoe since 2005.^[1] She has one stepson from Dafoe's previous relationship.^[8]

Filmography

• Aprimi il cuore (Open My Heart) (2002)
• Before It Had a Name (2005)
• A Woman (2010)
• Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović (2012)
• The Abramovic Method (2013)
• Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
• Pasolini (2014)
• Padre (2016)
• Tropico (TBA)