Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is a retired Italian actress.
[1] She has received the Silver Ribbon Award three times, for Best Actress for Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse (1991), directed by Massimo Troisi; Pedro Almadovar's Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997),[2] and for Best Supporting Actress for Giovanni's Father (2008).
[3] She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award, for Best Actress in Il dolce rumore della vita and Io amo Andrea (both 1999), and for Best Supporting Actress for La felicità non costa niente (2003).
(Outrage, 1993, by Carlos Saura), both with her own voice speaking Spanish, and erotic drama film Las edades de Lulú (The Ages of Lulu, 1990, by Bigas Luna, where she's dubbed into Spanish).
In 1997 Neri was romantically linked to actor Claudio Amendola, and they were married in 2009.