# Karin Proia

Karin Proia (born 14 March 1974) is an Italian actress who began acting in 1994. She has also directed.
Movies she has appeared in include the Italian movies The Crusaders, the comedy Cinque giorni di tempesta and Wasteland.
She has also appeared in television dramas, including Amico mio 2, Avvocato Porta, Shoo Shoo and Lo zio d'America.
Her stage performances include Catherine in A View from the Bridge (Italy, 1995) and Shelby in Steel Magnolias (Italy, 1997).

## Biography

Proia was born in Latina, Italy. An actress since 1994, she works in theatre, cinema and television in Italy and abroad. She worked such as leading-actress with directors as Joseph Sargent, Dominique Othenin-Girard, Michele Placido and close to actors such as Henry Cavill, Joe Mantegna, Emmanuelle Seigner, Valeria Golino, Giancarlo Giannini, Burt Young, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
In 1990 she obtained the "theory, solfeggio and musical dictation" diploma at the Conservatory "L. Refice" in Frosinone. She plays piano and she sings.
In 1991 she obtained the diploma of "Master of Art" at the State Institute of Art "J. Romani" in Velletri, Italy and in 1993 the diploma of "Applied Art" at the same Institute, specializing in "Art of Ceramics".
From 1991 to 1994 she attended some seminars: acting, diction, movement, theatral fencing at the "S.A.T (I.A.L.S)" of Rome and a course of mime at the "Perfecta of Latina".
In 1993 she enrolled at Sapienza University of Rome in Literature DMS (Study of the performing arts) where she also attended a class of "psichodrama" with prof. Ferruccio Di Cori.
She studied dancing and she trained in skating, archery and competitive swimming.
In 2006 she attended a course of "editing" in Rome. The short film Farfallina is her first film as director.
In 2016, she directed her first feature film, Una gita a Roma (An outing to Rome), prizewinning in Canada, Italy and Russia.

### Filmography

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1997 | Cinque giorni di tempesta | Francesco Calogero | |
| 1997 | A View from the Bridge | Luciano Odorisio | TV RAIDUE |
| 1997 | L'avvocato Porta | Franco Giraldi | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 1998 | Amico mio 2 | Paolo Poeti | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 1999 | Terra bruciata | Fabio Segatori | |
| 1999 | La vita che verrà | Pasquale Pozzessere | TV Series RAIDUE |
| 1999 | Lui e lei 2 | Luciano Manuzzi, Elisabetta Lodoli | Episodes 1/4 by Manuzzi, 5/8 by Lodoli; TV Series RAIUNO |
| 2000 | Vola Sciusciù | Joseph Sargent | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Week-end | Paola Columba | Short Film |
| 2000 | Don Matteo | Enrico Oldoini | TV Series RAIUNO |
| 2000 | Arresti domiciliari | Stefano Calvagna | |
| 2001 | Crociati | Dominique Othenin-Girard | TV Series |
| 2001 | Vendetta | Dennis Berry | Aka Hotel Laguna |
| 2002 | Lo zio d'America | Rossella Izzo | TV Series RAIUNO |
| 2004 | Vite a perdere | Paolo Bianchini | TV Series RAIDUE |
| 2005 | Orgoglio capitolo secondo | Vittorio De Sisti, Giorgio Serafini, Alessandro Capone | TV Series RAIUNO |
| 2005 | Ho sposato un calciatore | Stefano Sollima | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 2008 | Boris 2 | Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre, Luca Vendruscolo | TV Series FOX |
| 2009 | Salomè – una storia | Raffaele Buranelli | Short Film |
| 2010 | Boris 3 | Davide Marengo | TV Series |
| 2010 | L'importanza di piacere ai gatti | Claudia Nannuzzi | Short Film |
| 2010 | Italia bella mostrati gentile | Augusto Fornari | Short Film |
| 2010 | Area Paradiso | Diego Abatantuono, Armando Trivellini | |
| 2011 | Boris – Il film | Giacomo Ciarrapico, Mattia Torre, Luca Vendruscolo | |
| 2011 | Walter Chiari – fino all'ultima risata | Enzo Monteleone | TV Series RAIUNO |
| 2011 | Le tre rose di Eva | Raffaele Mertes, Vincenzo Verdecchi | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 2012 | Ragazze a mano armata | Fabio Segatori | |
| 2013 | Le tre rose di Eva 2 | Raffaele Mertes, Vincenzo Verdecchi | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 2013 | Ombrelloni | Riccardo Grandi | TV Series RAIDUE |
| 2013 | The Homecoming [it] | Olaf Kreinsen | |
| 2015 | Le tre rose di Eva 3 | Raffaele Mertes, Vincenzo Verdecchi | TV Series CANALE 5 |
| 2017 | Una gita a Roma | Karin Proia | (An Outing to Rome) |
| 2017 | Le tre rose di Eva 4 | Raffaele Mertes, Vincenzo Verdecchi | TV Series CANALE 5 |

### Theatre

* A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller, director Teodoro Cassano (1995/1998) Character: Catherine
* Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, director Teodoro Cassano (1997/1998) Character: Shelby
* Denise Calls Up by Hal Salwen, director Pino Quartullo (2005) Character: Martina
* Liolà by Luigi Pirandello, director Gigi Proietti (2006) Character: Tuzza
* Uomini sull'orlo di una crisi di nervi 2 by Rosario Galli & Alessandro Capone, director Marco Simeoli (2008) Character: Livia
* Quel venticinque Luglio a Villa Torlonia by Pier Francesco Pingitore, director Pier Francesco Pingitore (2010)
* Terms of Endearment by Dan Gordon, director Gino Zampieri (2010) Character: Emma Horton

### Director

* Farfallina – Short Film (2008) – 10 min.
* Una gita a Roma (An outing to Rome) – Feature Film (2017)

### Screenwriter

* Farfallina, director Karin Proia – Short Film (2008) – 10 min.
* Salomè – una storia, director Raffaele Buranelli – Short Film (2009) – 13 min. – winner Opera IMAIE award 2009
* Una gita a Roma (An outing to Rome) – Feature Film (2017)