Sabrina Impacciatore

Sabrina Impacciatore (Italian pronunciation: [saˈbriːna impattʃaˈtoːre]; born 29 March 1968) is an Italian actress, comedian and impersonator.^[1] She is known internationally for her role as Valentina on season two of the HBO black comedy drama series The White Lotus (2022), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Sabrina Impacciatore
Impacciatore at the 2010 Giffoni Film Festival
Born	(1968-03-29) 29 March 1968 (age 57) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Napoleon and Me (2006) Miss F (2007) The White Lotus (2022)

Life and career

Born in Rome to a father from Abruzzo and a mother from Sardinia, Impacciatore studied acting at the Actors Studio in New York and enrolled several other acting courses in Rome.^[2][3] She debuted as a comedian and singer in the Gianni Boncompagni's television shows Non è la RAI and Macao.^[2][3] She also appeared as an impersonator in several variety shows.^[2][3]

Impacciatore made her film debut in 1999, in Francesco Maselli's Il compagno.^[2][3] In 2007, she was nominated for a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress her performance in Paolo Virzì's 2006 film Napoleon and Me, and one year later she received a second nomination for the same award for Wilma Labate's 2007 film Miss F.^[4]

In 2022, Impacciatore starred as Valentina in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.^[5][6][7] She and the rest of the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2023.^[8] She also received an Emmy Award nomination in 2023 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal (75th Emmy Awards), ultimately losing to co-star Jennifer Coolidge.^[9]

In early 2024, Impacciatore portrayed a fictionalized version of herself in season two of Call My Agent - Italia.^[10] In April 2024, it was announced that she had been cast as a lead in the upcoming American comedy series The Paper.^[11] Impacciatore will next appear in the films In the Hand of Dante and G20.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Last Kiss	Livia
	Unfair Competition	Matilde
2003	People of Rome	Maria
	Instructing the Heart	Paola
2004	The Passion of the Christ	St. Veronica
2005	Manual of Love	Luciana
2006	Napoleon and Me	Diamantina Papucci
2007	Miss F	Magda
	2061: An Exceptional Year	Mara Pronesti
2010	Kiss Me Again	Livia
	18 Years Later	Mirella
2013	Amiche da morire	Crocetta
2014	Pane e burlesque	Mimì la Petite
2015	Ever Been to the Moon?	Mara
2018	There's No Place Like Home	Sara
2021	Anni da cane	Rita
	7 Women and a Murder	Agostina
2022	Turning Red	Lily	Italian dub
	Across the River and into the Trees	Agostina
	Ragazzaccio	Cinzia
2025	G20	Elena Romano
TBA	In the Hand of Dante	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Disokkupati	Caterina	Main cast
2002	Le ragioni del cuore	Rosamaria Ciccone	6 episodes
2008	Donne assassine	Veronica	Season 1, episode 8
2018	The Immature: The Series	Serena Serafini	Main cast
2021	Inspector Coliandro	Thea Zahra	Season 8, episode 2
2022	The White Lotus	Valentina	Main cast, season 2
2024	Call My Agent - Italia	Herself	Season 2, episode 6[12][13]
TBA	The Paper	TBA	Main cast

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Ref.
2008	"Drammaturgia"	Le Vibrazioni
2009	"Io che amo solo te"	Fiorella Mannoia
2019	"Baciami ancora"	Jovanotti	Livia
	"Scusate se non piango"	Daniele Silvestri

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Noi, Ripellino e lo Zar		Lead role; Director: Gianfranco Evangelista
1991	Garage		Lead role; Director: A. Belforte
1993	Il boss di Bogotà		Director: Carlo Alighiero
1993	Finalmente soli		Director: Carlo Alighiero
1994	Carne di struzzo		Main cast; Director: Adriano Vianello; Teatro Tordinona, Rome[14]
1996	Il mio boss ovvero Il boss di Bogotà		Director: Carlo Alighiero
	Forever Blues		Director: Maurizio Panici
1998	Telefonami in teatro		Director: Nora Venturini
1999	Il cappello di carta		Main cast; Director: Nora Venturini[15]
2012	È stato così	The woman	Lead role; Director: Valerio Binasco[16]