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Thony
Birth nameFederica Victoria Caiozzo
Born (1982-05-17) 17 May 1982 (age 42)
Palermo, Italy
OriginItaly
GenresAcoustic, Indie folk, Indie rock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2004–present
Websitewww.rockit.it/thony

Federica Victoria Johanna Caiozzo (born 15 May 1982), known professionally as Thony, is an Italian singer and actress.

Biography

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Thony was born in Sicily by an Italian father and a Polish mother. When she was a teenager, she read a book about the history of Quebec. She was particularity inspired by politician Thony Ciallella and his revolutionary views. She eventually adopted his first name as her stage name later in her career. She moved to Rome in 2002 to study singing and music; after a few years of solo live performances, she started in 2009 a collaboration with the band Jobi 4, resulting in the publication of an EP and an LP.

After these experiences she decided to focus on the solo album, With the Green in My Mouth, produced in 2010 with Stefano Mariani (sound editor) and published on the web only in 2011.[1] Thanks to this record, the Italian movie director Paolo Virzì contacted her to work on the soundtrack of his movie upcoming film Every Blessed Day[2] (Italian: Tutti i santi giorni, 2012).[3] During the beginning of the filming, Virzì decided to offer her also the leading female role,[4] [5] together with Luca Marinelli.[6] She was nominated in 2013 for David di Donatello for Best Actress (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista). She published in 2012 the album Birds[7] [8] with the collaborations of Leonardo Milani, Zsuzsanna Krazsnai, and Andrea Ruggiero, and produced by herself. The song Flowers Blossom is awarded with the Ciak d'oro in June 2013 for best original song.[9]

In 2016 she was announced to be part of a new band called "Malihini" and signed with the London label Memphis Industries

She has the main female role in Daniele Luchetti's Momenti di trascurabile felicità.

Discography

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Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Every Blessed Day Antonia Cusumano
2015 I Killed Napoléon Enrica
2018 The Guest Roberta
2019 La notte è piccola per noi Naomi Cameo appearance
Ordinary Happiness Agata
2021 With or Without You Antonia
2022 September Debora

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015–2018 Tutto può succedere Herself (fictional version) Recurring role (seasons 1–3)
2020–2022 Summertime Isabella Main role

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ With the green in my mouth EP Rockit
  2. ^ Every blessed day Cineuropa
  3. ^ John DeFore. "Every Blessed Day (Tutti i Santi Giorni): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ^ MI MANDA VIRZÌ THONY: 'SONO UNA PALERMITANA FORTUNATA', by Paola Nicita, in la Repubblica; published 11 October 2012; retrieved 4 September 2016
  5. ^ VIVIMILANO in Corriere della sera; retrieved 4 September 2016
  6. ^ Lavazza Italian Film Festival; retrieved 4 September 2016
  7. ^ Birds Album Rockit
  8. ^ Birds Album Allmusic
  9. ^ Ciak d’oro 2013, trionfa con 4 premi “La miglior offerta” ilvelino.it
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