Lea Massari

Anna Maria Massatani, known professionally as Lea Massari, was an Italian actress and singer. She became known worldwide as Anna, the missing girl in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960). Lea Massari did nude scenes in Allonsanfan (1974) and earlier in La Course Du Lievre A Travers Les Champs (1972). She was born on 30 June 1933 in Roma, Italy, and died on 23 June 2025. Louis Malle cast her as Clara in Murmur Of The Heart (1971), her second well-known art film role. She worked across Italian and French cinema, including Sergio Leone's first film, Il Colosso di Rodi. She sat on the Cannes Film Festival jury in 1975. Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli won her a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress.