In 2015, Benedetta Porcaroli made her acting debut in Tutto può succedere - an Italian remake of Parenthood -, which ran for 3 seasons on Rai1. Immediately after, she graduated to the big screen as the rebellious daughter in Perfect Strangers [+see also:
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film profile], presented at the Rome Film Festival. For this role, she won the Guglielmo Biraghi Young Revelation of the Year Award at the Nastri D'Argento 2019. She was also chosen to co-present the Best Screenplay Award at the European Film Awards. Porcaroli then took on the leading roles in several films: the critically acclaimed international hit, 18 Presents [+see also:
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Now selected for EFP's 2023 Shooting Stars, she talks to us.