Francesca Neri (born February 10, 1964) is an Italian actress.
Francesca Neri was born in Trento. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse, directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and Carne trémula (Live Flesh) (1997).
She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award (Italy's equivalent of the Oscar), as Best Actress in Dolce rumore della vita II and Io amo Andrea (both 1999) and as Best Supporting Actress for La felicità non costa niente (2003).
Other notable films include ¡Dispara! (Outrage, 1993) and Las Edades De Lulú (The Ages of Lulu, 1990).
After years of highly acclaimed work in Europe, she first received widespread notice in America when she played the role of Allegra, wife of the ill-fated Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi in the Hollywood blockbuster, Hannibal in 2001. In 2002, she played Colombian wife of Claudio Perrini, and co-starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in Collateral Damage.
