Melania Dalla Costa

Melania Dalla Costa
Dalla Costa in 2024
Born (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988
Marostica, Province of Vicenza, Italy
OccupationsActress, screenwriter, film producer, activist
Years active2010–present
Notable workStato di ebbrezza (2018), I sogni sospesi (2018)
AwardsMontecatini International Short Film Festival – Best Production (2019)
Websitewww.melaniadallacosta.it

Melania Dalla Costa (born 25 February 1988) is an Italian actress, screenwriter, film producer, and activist.

Biography

Melania Dalla Costa was born in Marostica, Province of Vicenza, on 25 February 1988. A former athlete, she practised cross-country skiing competitively for ten years.

She was the creative producer of Magic Fair, a worldwide sales and production company based in the United States, Italy, and France.[1]

She began her artistic training in 2011 at Elf Teatro (Raul Manso), continued in 2012 at Spazio Gedeone (Paolo Olgiati). In 2013 she studied acting and diction at Centro Teatro Attivo (Nicoletta Ramorino). In 2014 she trained at Conservatorio Teatrale Diotaiuti (Giovanni Battista Diotaiuti), and from 2015 to 2018 with Ivana Chubbuck, Bernard Hiller and Michael Margotta.[2] Between 2024 and 2025 she began screen-combat (stunt) training for actors.

Between 2018 and 2019, the press referred to her as “the muse of Giovanni Gastel”; she was the sole subject of his exhibition Cattura, displayed in Milan on Via della Spiga.[3] In 2019 she was testimonial for the United Nations UNICRI campaign against violence against women.

In 2020 she appeared in Dream Ladies with Lily Collins, Fan Bingbing, Alice Braga, Enikő Mihalik, Leomie Anderson and Róisín Murphy.[4]

Grazia Arabia featured her among the international women who inspire the magazine.[5]

In 2021 she appeared on the January cover of Harper’s Bazaar Serbia[6] and on the April covers of Glamour Mexico and Glamour Latin America. The same year she was testimonial for the Mille Miglia.[7]

In 2022 she appeared on the July cover of Harper’s Bazaar Bulgaria.[8] That December she became the global face of the Maserati Grecale Modena campaign, distributed by Condé Nast International across British Vogue, Vogue America,[9] Vogue Singapore,[10] Vogue Philippines, Vogue Korea, British GQ, GQ US,[11] GQ Italy, GQ Germany, GQ China, GQ Taiwan and GQ Japan.

She was godmother of the Venice Carnival 2023.[12] Since January 2023 she has been part of the “Bvlgari Family,” following a collaboration that began in 2018.[13] Since 2024 she has collaborated with Christian Dior.[13]

On 25 January 2025, she was invited by fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee to Mumbai for his 25th-anniversary show; the event was covered by The Times of India.[14]

Actress

Her breakthrough came in 2014 with the TV drama Un posto al sole, playing Francesca.[15]

In 2015 she acted in the fashion short film Only When I’m Alone I Find Myself and I Often Check If I’m Lost, wearing Antonio Marras’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection.[16]

From 2016 to 2020 she worked in both film and television (Immaturi, by Rolando Ravello).

She co-starred with Francesca Inaudi in Stato di ebbrezza, released on 24 May 2018 and presented at the Cannes Film Festival, playing Beatrice, a drug-addicted and suicidal woman.[17][18]

On 16 October 2025 she appeared with James Franco in the international feature Squali, directed by Daniele Barbiero, playing Valeria.[19]

Screenwriter

She debuted as a screenwriter in 2018 with I sogni sospesi.[20] The film deals with the traumatic past of a woman victim of sexual abuse.[21]

Her subsequent works include: Thebes, La Lupa, Medusa, The Golden Blood, The Northern Star, Bonecrackers and The Magnificent Rebels of Venice.

Activism

In addition to charity work in Italy and other countries,[22] in 2018 she wrote, produced and starred in I sogni sospesi, presented at the Venice International Film Festival.

An activist for women’s rights, she was testimonial in 2019 for the UNICRI campaign against violence against women.[23][24]

In 2021 Marie Claire (Spain) selected her—with Eva Longoria, Alicia Keys and Isabeli Fontana—for Mujeres Empoderadas.[25]

On 8 March 2023 she helped realise an artwork by Liu Bolin dedicated to Iranian women, involving activist Nasibe Shamsaei.[26][27]

Filmography

Film

  • Secondo tempo (2010), dir. Fabio Bastianello
  • Only When I’m Alone I Find Myself and I Often Check If I’m Lost (2015), dir. Silvia Morani
  • Cotton Prince (2016), dir. Hasan Tolga Pulat
  • Stato di ebbrezza (2017), dir. Luca Biglione
  • Three (2017), dir. Alberto Bambini — Best Horror, Los Angeles Film Awards 2020[28][29]
  • I sogni sospesi (2018), dir. Manuela Tempesta
  • Chanel Beauty (2019), dir. Francesco Montefusco
  • Gli ultimi resti (2020), dir. Irene Cacciarini
  • La seconda via (2022), dir. Alessandro Garilli
  • Squali (2025), dir. Daniele Barbiero

Television

Advertising

Awards

  • Montecatini International Short Film Festival — Best Production (2019)
  • REFF — Golden Wolf, Best Actress (2019)
  • New York Film Award — Best Actress (2020); nomination (2021)
  • Venice Film Festival — Youngers in Movie (2020)
  • Hollywood Gold Awards — Best Actress nomination for I sogni sospesi (2021)
  • Vegas Movie Awards — Best Actress for I sogni sospesi (2021)
  • Indie Short Fest — Best Actress nomination for I sogni sospesi (2021)
  • Independent Shorts Awards — Best Actress for I sogni sospesi (2021)
  • 25th Magna Grecia Awards — Actress (2022)

References

  1. ^ "Da attrice a producer e imprenditrice". Forbes Italia. 2020-09-01.
  2. ^ a b "Melania - IT".
  3. ^ "Intervista a Melania Dalla Costa". Artribune. 2018-12-15.
  4. ^ "L'Officiel Italia N°35 in versione digitale sfogliabile". www.lofficielitalia.com.
  5. ^ "In conversation with Melania Dalla Costa". Spaghettimag. 2021-11-30.
  6. ^ "Harper's Bazaar Serbia January 2021 Cover (Harper's Bazaar Serbia)". MODELS.com.
  7. ^ Anna Mazzotti (2021-06-22). "Melania Dalla Costa alla Mille Miglia". Vanity Fair.
  8. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com.
  9. ^ "Italian French Actress Melania Dalla Costa takes us on an extraordinary tour of Milan". Vogue. November 28, 2022.
  10. ^ Singapore, Vogue (December 3, 2022). "Actress Melania Dalla Costa takes Vogue on an awe-inspiring city tour through Milan".
  11. ^ "Actor Melania Dalla Costa Guides GQ Through the Milan Spots That Make Every Day Exceptional". GQ. November 30, 2022.
  12. ^ Venezia, Carnevale di (February 20, 2023). "Melania Dalla Costa è la Madrina del Carnevale di Venezia 2023".
  13. ^ a b "Melania Dalla Costa - Actor". MODELS.com.
  14. ^ "Melania Dalla Costa in Mumbai". The Times of India. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  15. ^ "Un posto al sole – Interview". Vanity Fair. 2014-05-12.
  16. ^ Giallonardo, Alessia (September 11, 2022). "Melania Dalla Costa tra i volti di Venezia79".
  17. ^ "Stato di ebbrezza di Luca Biglione a Cannes 2018". May 10, 2018.
  18. ^ "Melania Dalla Costa: 'Stato di Ebbrezza', presto al cinema nel ruolo di Beatrice (Intervista)". February 20, 2018.
  19. ^ "Squali – Sky TG24". 2025-10-16.
  20. ^ "Sul divano del Central Perk (a Venezia 2019) con Melania Dalla Costa per celebrare i 25 anni di Friends". ELLE. September 3, 2019.
  21. ^ Berardi, Michele. "Melania Dalla Costa: una bellezza canonica impreziosita da modernità e intraprendenza". www.giornalealtopiano.it.
  22. ^ Donne, Anna Chiara Delle (November 30, 2021). "In conversation with Melania Dalla Costa".
  23. ^ "UNICRI campaign – Onu Italia".
  24. ^ Soglio, Andrea (November 24, 2019). "Melania Dalla Costa testimonial della campagna 2019 dell'Unicri dell'Onu".
  25. ^ "Mujeres Empoderadas – Marie Claire". Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  26. ^ "Liu Bolin per l'Iran | Artribune". March 13, 2023.
  27. ^ Aricò, Giacomo (March 30, 2023). "Melania Dalla Costa ci racconta la mostra per le donne iraniane nel segno di Nasibe Shamsaei". Vogue Italia.
  28. ^ Vercesi, Francesca (September 1, 2020). "Da attrice a producer e imprenditrice, passando dalla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia". Forbes Italia.
  29. ^ "Anticipazioni Tv Italiana - Spettacolo Italiano". www.spettacoloitaliano.it. December 5, 2025.
  30. ^ "Melania Dalla Costa". FilmFreeway.
  31. ^ "Title". guidaattoriveneto.it.
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