Celeste Dalla Porta

Biography

Celeste Dalla Porta (born 24 December 1997, Monza, Lombardy, Italy) is an Italian actress. The granddaughter of photographer Ugo Mulas and daughter of jazz double bassist Paolino Dalla Porta, she graduated from the Brera Art High School in Milan in 2017, then moved to Rome in 2019 to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, where she earned her acting diploma in 2021. While still a student she appeared in a scene in The Hand of God (2021, dir. Paolo Sorrentino), but it was cut during editing. Her breakthrough came in 2024 when Sorrentino cast her as the titular lead in Parthenope, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned her the David di Donatello for Best Actress and the Italian Rising Stars Award (2025). Her filmography includes: Next One (2020, short); Who's Afraid of Dr. Kramer? (2020) (Stefano Chiodaroli, Francesco Foti); Red Mirror (2022, TV mini-series) (Fabio Morici); Parthenope (2024) (Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman, Silvio Orlando, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, Isabella Ferrari); Costanera (2026) (Cecilia Bertozzi). Upcoming: Freeze (2026). TV: Beyond Passion (2020). Music video: "Incoscienti giovani" (Achille Lauro, 2025).