Anna Galiena
Birthday: 1954-12-22
Place of Birth: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Biography: Anna Galiena (born 22 December 1954) is an Italian actress, best known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in Le Mari de la coiffeuse, Jamón, jamón and Being Human. her youth, Galiena starred in numerous off and on-Broadway shows, including several revivals of Shakespeare plays. She had made over a dozen films, mainly in her native Italy before her role in Le Mari de la coiffeuse brought her to international attention. She went on to appear in Bigas Luna's Jamón, jamón and went on to make her mainstream Hollywood debut in the Bill Forsyth-directed Being Human starring Robin Williams. The film was, however, a massive flop. Since then, Galiena has worked in European cinema, where she is consistently in demand. With over 50 films and many television appearances to her credit, she currently has several films in production, including a prominent supporting role in the film Virgin Territory, starring Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton. She stars alongside Joaquim de Almeida and Ben Gazzara in the thriller Christopher Roth. In 2007 she was a member of the jury at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
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L'estate sta finendo
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Jamon Jamon
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Black Angel
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, the wife of a high ranking Fascist official starts a dangerous, self...
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Happiness
This is the story of a broken family, of egotistic and manipulative parents, a two-headed monster th...
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The Hairdresser's Husband
Antoine has always been fascinated by a hairdresser's delicate touch, the beguiling perfume, and the...
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Virgin Territory
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Off Key
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Question of Luck
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Ultimatum
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Hotel Colonial
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The Leading Man
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Destiny Ride
Une prostituée de luxe, un juge d'instruction arriviste, une journaliste idéaliste... Trois cultures...
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The Last Writer
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Fade to Black
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Dirty Vivancos III
The investigation of the murder of two policemen will pit Inspector Vivancos, a tough, hardened and ...
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Mejor que Nunca
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Excellent Cadavers
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Three Lives and Only One Death
Four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fai...
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The Great Pumpkin
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Senza pelle
The lives of a young mother and her boyfriend are turned upside down when she unknowingly becomes th...
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Quiet Days in Clichy
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish hims...
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La scuola
In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literatur...
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Christopher Roth
A horror novelist begins to fear his stories may have a life of their own....
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Lezioni di volo
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Write It on the Walls
Sole, a university student bored of her daily routine, meets graffiti artists Pierpaolo and Alex, an...
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La viuda del capitán Estrada
Adaptation of a novel by Pedro García Montalvo that tells a story of destructive passion conditioned...
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Old Rascal
A story of a modest ordinary crook trying his best to turn his boring life into an affordable extrao...
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Guido, Who Challenged the Red Brigades
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La Travestie
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Sleeping Around
A look at life through the lens of sexuality, in a world that has lost its soul and the ability to l...
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Stay Away from Me
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My Summer in Provence
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Unpredictable Nature of the River
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Giorni felici
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It Happens in the Best of Families
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L'Atlantide
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You Can't Save Yourself Alone
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L'Argent
Saccard, ready to use all means, however immoral or illegal, tries to gain back the fortune he lost ...
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Like Crazy
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Mario and the Magician
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Being Human
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart....
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Puro cashmere
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Il veterinario
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Baron Jacopo lives with his beautiful wife and spends his days playing funny pranks and worrying abo...
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Love in the Mirror
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Italian Fast Food
The Film centers around an American-style fast food restaurant in Milan, the employees who work ther...
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Sweets from a Stranger
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Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
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Across the border
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But Forever in My Mind
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Nothing Underneath
Bob Crane has long maintained a psychic connection to his twin sister, Jessica, who works as a fashi...
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Guardians of the Clouds
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No way out - A broken love
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Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
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Le coup du sort
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Despite the Fog
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Rorret
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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
A comic study of 20th century history, reconstructing the life of one Tulse Luper, a writer, project...
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My Brother's Gun
Based on the powerful novel by Ray Loriga. A young man and a young girl's lives are united under dra...
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Decent People
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Les femmes et les enfants d'abord
Rose was a brilliant student of Fine Arts. Then, she gave up everything for a "beautiful marriage". ...
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An Almost Ordinary Summer
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Doppio Segreto
Caterina and Maria Manara are two monozygotic twins, therefore identical in appearance. What profoun...
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The Venice Project
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Moses
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