Actress and director, musician and poet, Sonia Bergamasco earned a degree in piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. She has worked with theater directors such as Antonio Latella, Thomas Ostermeier, Jan Fabre, Thodoros Terzopoulos, Carmelo Bene and Giorgio Strehler; she has also directed and performed in shows in which her musical background is more deeply intertwined with theater. In film and TV she has worked with noted directors including Liliana Cavani, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Marco Tullio Giordana, Riccardo Milani and Roberta Torre.
She published a collection of poems entitled"Il quaderno" (The Notebook)” (La nave di Teseo publisher) and the book “Un corpo per tutti. Biografia del mestiere di attrice (One Body for All. Biography of the profession of actress)” (Giulio Einaudi publisher).
Sonia Bergamasco was born in Milan, where she earned a conservatory degree in piano.
At the theater she works with Antonio Latella, Thomas Ostermeier, Jan Fabre, Thodoros Terzopoulos, Carmelo Bene and Giorgio Strehler
Awarded the Premio Duse for her work as an actress, she regularly directs and performs in shows in which her musical background is more deeply interwoven with theater. These include, among others, The Ball (based on the novel by Irène Némirovsky) “L’uomo seme” (The Seed Giver). In 2017 she directed a new production entitled Louise e Renée, inspired by "Letters of Two Brides" by Balzac, with original dramaturgy by Stefano Massini.
In 2022 she played "Marta" Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Antonio Latella. For her performance, she won the Premio Ubu, the Le Maschere del Teatro Italiano Prize and the Hystrio/Anct Award.
She has appeared in major concert halls both in Italy and abroad. She performed the role of "Elvira" in The Libertine Absolved by Azio Corghi (based on a libretto by José Saramago), at Lisbon’s Teatro São Carlos and at La Scala in Milan. At Teatro San Carlo in Naples, she performed narration she wrote for a concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio conducted by Zubin Mehta. As half of a duo with pianist Emanuele Arciuli, she interprets a broad repertoire for voice and piano.
For the 2019 edition of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival, she directed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.
She played the leading female role in Giuseppe Bertolucci’s film L’Amore probabilmente (Probably Love). She won the Nastro d’Argento for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film The Best of Youth directed by Marco Tullio Giordana. She has also worked with directors Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Piccioni and Franco Battiato. She played the "Queen Mother" in Riccardo va all’inferno (Richard Goes to Hell)directed by Roberta Torre and “Luce” in the comedy Like a Cat on the Freewayby Riccardo Milani
She received the Flaiano Prize for best actress for her role in Liliana Cavani’s film De Gasperiand has enjoyed continued success in the TV series Everyone’s Crazy for Love and One Big Familyboth directed by Riccardo Milani. She also plays “Livia” on the long-running TV show Detective Montalbano.
For her role in Quo vado? (Where Am I Going?), directed by Gennaro Nunziante She received the Flaiano Prize she won the Alida Valli Prize for best actress in a supporting role at the Bari International Film Festival, and a Golden CIAK Award.
She published a collection of poems entitled"Il quaderno" (The Notebook)) (La nave di Teseo publisher, 2022) and the book “Un corpo per tutti. Biografia del mestiere di attrice (One Body for All. Biography of the profession of actress)" (Giulio Einaudi publisher, 2023).
