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Italian director, writer and actress
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Giada_Colagrande.jpg/220px-Giada_Colagrande.jpg) Colagrande in 2010 |
Born | (1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 48)
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Years active | 1998–present |
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Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actress. She is married to American actor
Willem Dafoe.
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Career
In 2005 Colagrande directed her second feature,
Before It Had a Name, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with
Willem Dafoe.
[2] The two had met on the set of
Wes Anderson's film
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
[3] In 2010, she wrote and directed
A Woman, also featuring Dafoe.
In 2012, she made The Woman Dress
[4] and completed the feature-length film Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic.
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In 2016 Colagrande wrote, directed and performed in
Padre, starring
Franco Battiato,
Willem Dafoe and
Marina Abramović.
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As an actress, Colagrande has also performed in
Abel Ferrara's
Pasolini (2014) and in
Wes Anderson's
Castello Cavalcanti (2013).
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Personal life
Colagrande has been married to actor
Willem Dafoe since 2005.
[1] She has one stepson from Dafoe's previous relationship.
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Filmography
References
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b Terry Zeller (2 January 2022),
Willem Dafoe's Wife: Everything To Know About Giada Colagrande & Their 16 Year Marriage, Hollywood Life, retrieved 2 March 2022
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^ Colleen Barry (9 September 2010),
Willem Dafoe: 'A Woman' is pure, personal cinema', The Salt Lake Tribune, retrieved 2 March 2022
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^ Eric Kohn (9 June 2020),
Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara Discuss Their Legendary Filmmaking Collaborations – Watch, IndieWire, retrieved 2 March 2022
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"The Woman Dress by Giada Colagrande", Vogue, 14 February 2012, retrieved 2 March 2022
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"Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic: Venice Review", The Hollywood Reporter, 20 September 2012, retrieved 2 March 2022
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Colagrande: "El luto es una ocasión para elevarse", Chicago Tribune, 29 October 2016, retrieved 2 March 2022
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^ A.O. Scott (9 May 2019),
"'Pasolini' Review: One Rebellious Filmmaker's Tribute to Another", The New York Times, retrieved 2 March 2022
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"What I know about women | Willem Dafoe 54, actor, married, one son". The Guardian. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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