Elisa Kadigia Bove

Italian actress (born 1942)

Achille Occhetto

(divorced)

Children2

Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1942) is an Italian actress of Italian-Somali descent.^[1]

Early life and career

Daughter of an Italian soldier and a Somali woman, Bove began her film career acting in commercials. She first gained renown during a television campaign for Atlantic, a popular 1970s TV-set brand. After attending the Piccolo Teatro directed by Giorgio Strehler, she began a long career as an actress and vocalist, between theater, film and television. She interpreted a number of compositions by the Italian avant-garde composer Luigi Nono, including A floresta é jovem e cheja de vida, Un volto del mare, Contrappunto dialettico alla mente, Y entonces comprendió. She debuted as an actress in the first feature film directed by Valentino Orsini. She later starred in some B-movies in the late 1960s and 1980s, while her last role was in a comedy directed by Cristina Comencini.

Bove later starred in a number of Italian feature films, particularly in the giallo horror genre. Of the latter, she appeared in the 1980 film Macabre by Lamberto Bava.^[2]

Besides cinematic work, Bove is the president of the Associazione Donne Immigrate Africane (ADIA; Association of African Immigrant Women), a non-profit organization serving immigrant women in Italy.^[3]

Personal life

Bove was married to Italian politician Achille Occhetto, with whom she had two sons, Malcolm and Massimiliano (both born in Sicily).^[4]

Filmography

Macabre (1980)
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)

References

^ Women in the Resistance in Italy and Algeria (in Italian)
^ "BAISER MACABRE" (PDF). Cine Horreur. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
^ Immigration. Denying the role of women in culture. Interview with Kadgiga Bove and Pauline Aweto. Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
^ Biography|Achille Occhetto Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)