Laura Antonelli is a bright star of Italian cinema of the 70s and 80s. She starred mainly in erotic films and earned many awards for her work, including the national award Ente David di Donatello.
Biography
Antonelli Laura was born in late November 1941 in Istra, in the city of Pola, which at that time belonged to Italy, and today is part of Croatia. The parents of the future star were teachers and constantly cruised between Naples, Genoa and Venice.
By the way, the family name is Antonac, and the actress took the pseudonym "Antonelli" later, starting to act in films. After receiving secondary education, Laura entered the Naples Institute of Physical Culture, which she graduated with a teacher’s diploma and went to work in one of the prestigious lyceums in Rome. But soon fate made an unexpected turn, opening for a pretty girl a whole new world. She was invited to take part in the Carousel TV show as a model, and Laura realized that she enjoys creativity in front of the camera.
Career
The debut work of Laura in the cinema was the film Petrini Le sedicenni, released in 1965. It was a teenage drama without any eroticism. But already in 1969, Laura embodies the sexual Wanda in the film "Venus in Furs, " directed by director Dallamano. Since the 1970s through the 1980s, Antonelli simultaneously took part in the filming of several erotic films, and one of them, "Insidiousness" brings the actress wide fame and Laura receives several awards at once for her role. The painting has collected in the Italian box office more than six million lire.
This was followed by several comedies, and in the 1971 film "Remarriage, " Laura first worked shoulder to shoulder with the famous Jean-Paul Belmondo. A creative tandem of actors appeared on the screen in 1972, in the comedy "Doctor Popol." In total, Antonelli starred in 47 films.
The year 1991 became fatal for Laura. Two events happened that put an end to her brilliant career and the image of a sex symbol. First, the actress was arrested on charges of drug use and distribution. She was sentenced to three years in prison, but was soon commuted to house arrest. After almost ten years, the court acquitted Laura, but only thanks to changes in Italian law.
Then, for the sake of filming, the filmmakers persuaded Laura to then new procedures - for the sake of smooth skin and beauty, take a course of collagen injections. These injections disfigured a beautiful woman, and for the next few years she did not appear in public, refused to communicate with friends and colleagues, and, of course, stopped appearing on the screen. The despair of the actress was so great that she even got into a psychiatric hospital.
