Sandra Ceccarelli is a renowned Italian film actress born on July 3, 1967. She is the daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, a guitarist for the Italian rock group Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld, daughter of philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld. Ceccarelli began her acting career at the age of sixteen with a role in Giuseppe Bertolucci's 1985 film Segreti segreti.
After taking a few years off, she studied acting with Carlos Alsina and Giorgio Albertazzi between 1995 and 1997. Ceccarelli then spent several years in theatre before returning to film in 2001. Her breakthrough role came with Ermanno Olmi's film The Profession of Arms and Giuseppe Piccioni's Light of My Eyes, for which she won the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 2001 Venice Film Festival.
Ceccarelli's subsequent roles include Giuseppe Piccioni's 2004 film The Life I Want, which earned her a second nomination for the David di Donatello for Best Actress award, as well as a nomination for the 2005 European Film Award for Best Actress. Although she did not win the latter award, losing to German actress Julia Jentsch, Ceccarelli's performances continued to receive critical acclaim.
In addition to her film work, Ceccarelli has also appeared in the 2006 Austrian biopic Klimt, which tells the story of the renowned painter Gustav Klimt, and the 2006 Croatian film Libertas, a biographical drama about the life of Renaissance playwright Marin Držić.
