Myriam Catania

Myriam Catania
Born (1979-12-12) 12 December 1979 (age 45)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
Years active1985-present
Spouse
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(m. 2009; div. 2016)​
Children1
MotherRossella Izzo
RelativesRenato Izzo (grandfather)
Simona Izzo (aunt)
Fiamma Izzo (aunt)
Giuppy Izzo (aunt)
Francesco Venditti (cousin)

Myriam Catania (born 12 December 1979) is an Italian actress and voice actress.[1]

Biography

Born in Rome and the daughter of actress and dubber Rossella Izzo, Catania makes frequent acting and dubbing collaborations with members of her family.[2] She began her on-screen career as a child actress on television in 1985 and she made her debut appearance on film in 1999. She appeared in over 16 films and 23 television shows during her career and she also worked as a voice actress. She is the official Italian voice actress of Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Alba. Catania is also well known for providing the Italian voices of Anna Paquin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Olivia Wilde, Alexis Bledel, Malin Åkerman and more.[3][4]

Catania’s most popular dubbing contributions include Elizabeth Swann (portrayed by Keira Knightley) in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Rogue (portrayed by Anna Paquin) in the X-Men film series (excluding X-Men: The Last Stand). On television, she dubbed Rory Gilmore (portrayed by Alexis Bledel) in Gilmore Girls and Willow Rosenberg (portrayed by Alyson Hannigan in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In Catania’s animated roles, she voiced Jenny in the Italian version of Oliver & Company. This was among her earliest voice acting contributions.

Personal life

After five years of dating, Catania married actor Luca Argentero in 2009. They divorced in 2016. She is now in a relationship with French publicist Quentin Kammermann and they have a son, Jacques, who was born in 2017.[5]

Filmography

Cinema

  • Love in the Mirror (1999)
  • Break Free (2003)
  • Stregeria (2003)
  • Io no (2003)
  • What Will Happen to Us (2004)
  • Dalla parte giusta (2005)
  • L'uomo privato (2007)
  • La bella gente (2009)
  • Alice (2010)
  • Tutto l'amore del mondo (2010)
  • Some Say No (2011)
  • Il sesso aggiunto (2011)
  • Ci vediamo a casa (2012)
  • Canepazzo (2012)
  • The Veil of Maya (2017)
  • Lasciami per sempre (2017)
  • Anche senza di te (2018)

Television

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

References

  1. ^ "Myriam Catania's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Myriam Catania". MYmovies. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Chi è Myriam Catania: la biografia, la vita privata e quello che (forse) non sai sulla doppiatrice" (in Italian). donnaglamour.it. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Myriam Catania- Attrice - Biografia e Filmographia - Ecodelcinema". ecodelcinema.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Myriam Catania: chi è Quentin, il bel fidanzato della ex di Luca Argentero" (in Italian). tuttivip.it. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.