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Lella Costa
Costa in 2014
Born
Gabriella Costa

30 September 1952 (1952-09-30) (age 73)
Milan, Italy

Gabriella "Lella" Costa (born 30 September 1952) is an Italian actress, comedian, playwright and writer.

Life and career

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Born in Milan, Costa studied acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici, and made her professional debut in the 1970s, with the stage company of Massimo De Rossi [it].[1][2] In 1980, she had her breakout with the a theatrical monologue Repertorio, cioè l'orfana e il reggicalze, written by Stella Leonetti, and soon specialized in the monologue genre.[1]

In 1987, Costa made her playwriting debut with the satirical monologue Adlib.[1][2][3] Her 1996 monologue Stanca di guerra was co-written with Alessandro Baricco.[3] Starting from the second half of the 1980s, she started appearing in several television comedy shows.[1] She also appeared in several films, mostly in character roles, notably in Maurizio Nichetti's The Icicle Thief.[1][2] She is also active as a voice actress and a dubber.[2]

Since 2021, Costa serves as artistic director of the Teatro Carcano alongside Serena Sinigaglia.[4][5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cappa, Felice; Gelli, Piero; Mattarozzi, Marco (1998). "Costa, Lella". Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900 (in Italian). Baldini & Castoldi. p. 282. ISBN 978-88-8089-295-3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Secchi Frau, Fabio. "Lella Costa: la signora del monologhi teatrali". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 Stasio, Loreta de (9 April 2011). "Il caso Lella Costa". Revista Internacional de Culturas y Literaturas (in Spanish) (10). Universidad de Sevilla: 209–220. doi:10.12795/RICL.2011.i10.15. ISSN 1885-3625. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  4. Mazzone, Roberto (22 June 2021). "Teatro Carcano di Milano: direzione artistica al femminile | Notizia". Teatro.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  5. Ghezzi, Marta (16 April 2023). "Mi sogno ancora i due della Romanini". Corriere della Sera. p. 13.
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