After performing in
avant-garde theater, Attili made her film acting debut in 1988's critically acclaimed
Cinema Paradiso, directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore. Among other awards the film won the
Grand Jury Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival and the
Oscar for best foreign film in 1989. In 1990 she once again worked with Tornatore for the film ''
Everybody's Fine.'' In 1993 she appeared in
The Long Silence, Margarethe von Trotta 's only Italian film. In 1994 she worked on
Pupi Avati's
Declarations of Love, where she appeared among the protagonists alongside
Delia Boccardo.
Stefano Incerti's 1999 film
Prima del tramonto (Before Sunset) earned her a nomination for the Italian
Nastro d'argento film award, for best supporting actress. Attili regularly appears on the Italian television talk show
Propaganda Live with a segment called "Antonella Atiili's Monologue", where she gives her views about various social, political and cultural topics. == Personal life ==