Nicole Cimino(I)
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Nicole Cimino was born in Rome from a family of small retailers. For
years she played tennis (at a competitive level), and trained in
swimming and athletics. After practicing horse-riding and skying, she
started studying ballet, jazz and hip-hop dance. She attended secondary
school focusing foreign languages. This allowed her to be skilled in
English, French and Spanish language. During secondary school she
started studying theatre with director T. Otto Zinzi, she did her debut
in the role of Anna Frank in the drama play The Wall which was followed
by Conscience of Zeno and The blue wind of Madame Sauvage. A year later
she worked in Les Bonnes by Jean Genet at the Centre Louis de France.
After finishing her secondary school she moved to Milan where she
graduated in 2005 in Public relations and Advertising with full grades
and honors. Back to Rome she decided to dedicate herself completely to
being an actress. She started from fundamentals with Marzia de Maria,
discovering and loving diction, breathing and voice study. Then she got
closer to the different acting approaches with a great interest for the
working methodology of L.Strasberg, K.Stanislavskij, S.Adler, U.Hagen,
M.Yakim, S. Meisner and S.Batson. She attended courses and workshops
with acting coaches as B. Bracco, F. De Sapio, F. Viscardi, F. D'Anna,
L.Damiani, Robyn Lee and Susan Batson. She is fond of independent
cinema and of Italian neorealism. In 2007 she got her first job as the
main character in the feature movie The quiet step of the heart
directed by S. Asta. This was followed by a role in the documentary
drama Criminal cities directed by M. Iannelli for TV channel LA7. 2009
began with the leading role in Slot_machines (short film) written and
directed by M. Pezzolla and the horror trailer Beware of the Dog
directed by G. Bufalini. She performed in Spain for the painting
exhibition Soffioni by A. De Sando and a little role in the theatre
play Play it again, Sam directed by G. Quinto. She did her singing
debut in The Triad Theatre, New York coached by Mary Setrakian,
performing Moon River and My heart belongs to daddy . She worked in
several short movies, spec commercials in Rome, Milan and New York such
as (Allegory by T. Saydamer, Killer's Mind Fragmentum #5 by L.
Benvisto, Norne and Valchiries by D. Caon and I. Mattei, Cattivi - Bad
Guys by E. Tubertini, From both side now by S. Muilenburg, Henry Shine
by B. Roedel, Luke Guldan Superstar by I. Gilbert, Trilogy of Anarchy
by O. Biskin, Margaritas by L. Morales, Pepsi Max spec commercial
series- Gone with the wind/ Dawn of the Dead by L. Benvisto, Doritos
Spec commercial Zombieland by L. Benvisto, Durex Spec commercial I had
a dream by L. Galeno, the web-series The Three of Us by L. Benvisto).
She is also a writer (poems, songs mostly), a photographer, an
assistant camera and an editor. She is actually preparing the role of
Anna Magnani directed by Susan Batson for Slices of lives Production in
New York.