Evelyn Famà
- Actress
She starts her career as a dancer. Later, she graduated at the Academy of Dramatic Art
Umberto Spadaro at the Teatro Stabile di Catania, improving her acting and singing skills.
Her resume as actress shows names that are internationally known, directors such as:
Marco Baliani, Jean Claude Penchenat, Eimuntas Nekrosius, Luca Ronconi, Lamberto
Puggelli, Alvaro Piccardi, Franco Però, Armando Pugliese, Michele Mirabella, Alessandro
Siani, Alessandro di Robilant, Luca Lucini... and important awards. She won in 2001, the
"International Award "Salvo Randone" (SR), in 2004 the award "Hystrio" allla vocazione (MI),
in 2009 the 18th edition of the National Festival of Cabaret in Turin and "Ernst Thole Award"
for the most original interpretation.
Among many international tour she is been part of, is due to mention: "Chantecler" (winner
of three Olympic Theater award), "The Long Life of Marianna Ucria", "Hecuba" playing the
role of "Polyxena" alongside with Paola Gassman and, during the hundred anniversary of
INDA, "Le Toriane " ("Verso Argo"), playing the role of Cassandra.
Among all the protagonists she interpreted during her career she was in "Alda" in "Tra I
Vestiti che Ballano" by Rosso di San Secondo with Ida Carrara, she was also "Mirra" in
"Mirra" by V. Alfieri, Jane Hopcroft in "Natale in cucina".
For film and television she plays the role of Palmira Frisone, in the film for RAI TV directed by
G. Albano, "Il figlio della luna". With RAI cinema and The Lucisanos, directed by and
alongside the comedian Alessandro Siani, she plays the role of cousin Simona in "Succede
anche nelle migliori famiglie" (It Happens even in the best families). She also co-starred in a
comic role with Nino Frassica in the movie "Un Milione di Giorni" directed by Manuel Giliberti
(available on Netflix), leading role also for the docudrama "The Voice of the body" by Luca
Vullo (Film d'essai) and for the motion picture "Mauro is Busy" directed by Alessandro di
Robilant (available on Amazon Prime). Moreover she starred for the documentary "The
Shameful Story" produced by Instituto Luce with the role of Provvidenza Rumore justice
witness for the trial of Lorenzo Panepinto's murder, the film was nominated for the Nastri
D'Argento award in 2021 named.
She also worked for TV shows on SkyTV, in a comic sitcom "Phone center Brambilla"(for
Jimmy channel) and was also part of the cast of "Bambine Cattive" for 8 episodes aired on
Comedy Central.
Moreover, she was also testimonial for the commercial for seasonal tickets Catania Calcio
2008 and in 2013 for "Supermarket LIDL"(Sicilian oranges), directed by Luca Lucini.
Female lead role in numerous comic-grotesque short films by A. Marinaro, among them the
short film "Motore!" Winner of "The 25th Hour" of "La7tv" (defined the "8 ½" of the 2000
shorts movies) in which she has a cameo.
Since 2007 she perform in the play "Morir di Fama", directed by Carlo Ferreri, receiving
amazing reviews from critics and audience. Also presented in one of the seasons at the
famous caffe sconcerto in Venice, in collaboration with Zelig. With snippets from her show
Evelyn won (besides the aforementioned F.N.D.C. of Turin) also a special mention for the
interpretation at the "Calandra award" and the Rubens award - the great Sicilians in the
world (MI).
Her experience is also enriched by musicals, operettas and readings: to mention the very
famous "Pipino il Breve" (with the role of leading actress "Falista" alongside Tuccio
Musumeci), "Il Pipistrello" by Strauss (with Solenghi and Micheli performing as mezzosoprano as "Ida") and, again at the Vincenzo Bellini Theater in Catania, "Istoria di
Sant'Agata" on music by the great Maestro Giovanni Sollima.
Not to mention the folkloristic Sicilian theater with Tuccio Musumeci and in many important
theatrical companies playing, in more than once, the young actress's role.