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'''Paola Dionisotti''' ({{IPA-it|ˌpaːola dioniˈzɔtːi}}; born 1946) is an actress active on the stage and British television since 1975.
'''Paola Dionisotti''' ({{IPA|it|ˈpaːola djoniˈzɔtti}}; born 1946) is an Italian-British actress active on stage and British television since 1975. She is the daughter of Italian literary critic [[Carlo Dionisotti]] and of Marisa Pinna Pintor. She has two sisters: Anna Carlotta, a Latinist at the King's College London, and Eugenia, a librarian.


A character actress best known on television for recurring roles as Lady Patricia Broughall in ''[[Forever Green]]'' and Aunt Nicholls in ''[[Harbour Lights (TV series)|Harbour Lights]]'', she also has had prominent roles in ''[[Miss Marple]]'' and ''[[Midsomer murders]]''. She is also known for playing [[Anya Waynwood|Lady Waynwood]] in the [[HBO]] fantasy series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Game of Thrones' Season 4 Spoilers and Casting News: Paola Dionisotti Cast as Lady Anya Waynwood, Mysterious Innkeeper's Daughter to Appear in Season Premiere (PHOTOS)|url=http://www.hngn.com/articles/12491/20130916/game-thrones-season-4-spoilers-casting-news-paola-dionisotti-cast.htm|website=www.hngn.com|accessdate=27 September 2016|date=16 September 2013}}</ref> On the stage, she is noted for her Shakespearean roles.<ref>Rutter, Carol. ''Clamorous Voices, Shakespeare's Women Today with Sinead Cusack, Paola Dionisotti, Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter'' (London: The Woman's Press, 1988)</ref> She starred in [[Michael Bogdanov]]'s 1978 [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' at the [[Aldwych Theatre|Aldwych]].<ref>Miller, Stephen Roy (ed.) ''The Taming of a Shrew: The 1594 Quarto'' (The New Cambridge Shakespeare; Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press]], 1998), page 52</ref> In 2014, she played the tavern landlady [[Mistress Quickly]] in the acclaimed RSC production of ''Henry IV'' Parts One and Two.
A character actress best known on television for recurring roles as Lady Patricia Broughall in ''[[Forever Green]]'' and Aunt Nicholls in ''[[Harbour Lights (TV series)|Harbour Lights]]'', she also has had prominent roles in ''[[Miss Marple (TV series)|Miss Marple]]'' and ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''. She is also known for playing [[Anya Waynwood|Lady Waynwood]] in the [[HBO]] fantasy series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title='Game of Thrones' Season 4 Spoilers and Casting News: Paola Dionisotti Cast as Lady Anya Waynwood, Mysterious Innkeeper's Daughter to Appear in Season Premiere (PHOTOS)|url=http://www.hngn.com/articles/12491/20130916/game-thrones-season-4-spoilers-casting-news-paola-dionisotti-cast.htm|website=www.hngn.com|accessdate=27 September 2016|date=16 September 2013}}</ref> On the stage, she is noted for her Shakespearean roles.<ref>Rutter, Carol. ''Clamorous Voices, Shakespeare's Women Today with Sinead Cusack, Paola Dionisotti, Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter'' (London: The Woman's Press, 1988)</ref> She starred in [[Michael Bogdanov]]'s 1978 [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production of ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' at the [[Aldwych Theatre|Aldwych]].<ref>Miller, Stephen Roy (ed.) ''The Taming of a Shrew: The 1594 Quarto'' (The New Cambridge Shakespeare; Cambridge: [[Cambridge University Press]], 1998), page 52</ref> In 2014, she played the tavern landlady [[Mistress Quickly]] in the RSC production of ''Henry IV'' Parts One and Two.


==Partial filmography==
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|2016 ||''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]'' || Baroness Le Feyre
|2016 ||''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (film)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]'' || Baroness Le Feyre
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==Awards==
==Awards==
*'''2000:''' London [[Evening Standard Theatre Award]] for Best Actress for ''Further Than The Furthest Thing'' at the [[Royal National Theatre]]
*'''2000:''' London [[Evening Standard Theatre Award]] for Best Actress for ''[[Further than the Furthest Thing|Further Than The Furthest Thing]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Paola Dionisotti
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Torino, Italy
OccupationActress

Paola Dionisotti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaːola djoniˈzɔtti]; born 1946) is an Italian-British actress active on stage and British television since 1975. She is the daughter of Italian literary critic Carlo Dionisotti and of Marisa Pinna Pintor. She has two sisters: Anna Carlotta, a Latinist at the King's College London, and Eugenia, a librarian.

A character actress best known on television for recurring roles as Lady Patricia Broughall in Forever Green and Aunt Nicholls in Harbour Lights, she also has had prominent roles in Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders. She is also known for playing Lady Waynwood in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.[1] On the stage, she is noted for her Shakespearean roles.[2] She starred in Michael Bogdanov's 1978 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Aldwych.[3] In 2014, she played the tavern landlady Mistress Quickly in the RSC production of Henry IV Parts One and Two.

Partial filmography

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Year Title Role
1978 The Sailor's Return Lucy Sturmey
1982 The Young Ones: "Boring" Queen
1982 The Young Ones: "Bomb" DHSS Official
1983 Fords on Water Eddie's Mother
1984 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: “A Murder is Announced” Miss Hinchcliffe
1998 The Tichborne Claimant The Dowager
Vigo Marie
2000 Come and Go Flo
2001 Intimacy Amanda
2004 Love's Brother Nonna
2009 Midsomer Murders: ’’The Great and the Good’’ Mrs Stroud
2010 Doctors: “Careless Whisper” Tricia Andrews
2010 Agatha Christie: Poirot: "Hallowe'en Party" Mrs Goodbody
2010 My Mother's Coat Narrator
2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Mrs Whitstable
2014 Game of Thrones: “The Mountain and the Viper” Anya Waynwood
2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Baroness Le Feyre

Awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ "'Game of Thrones' Season 4 Spoilers and Casting News: Paola Dionisotti Cast as Lady Anya Waynwood, Mysterious Innkeeper's Daughter to Appear in Season Premiere (PHOTOS)". www.hngn.com. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ^ Rutter, Carol. Clamorous Voices, Shakespeare's Women Today with Sinead Cusack, Paola Dionisotti, Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter (London: The Woman's Press, 1988)
  3. ^ Miller, Stephen Roy (ed.) The Taming of a Shrew: The 1594 Quarto (The New Cambridge Shakespeare; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), page 52


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