Zeudi Araya

Zeudi Araya
Araya in 1975
Born (1951-02-10) 10 February 1951
Dekemhare, Eritrea
Spouse(s) Franco Cristaldi (1984 - 1992)
Massimo Spano (1994 - )
Children Michelangelo Spano


Zeudi Araya (born 10 February 1951 in Dekemhare, Eritrea) is an Eritrean-Italian actress, singer, model and film producer.

Career

On a journey to Italy in 1972, Araya recorded a commercial for coffee, where she was introduced to director Luigi Scattini, who cast her with Beba Lončar in La ragazza dalla pelle di luna shot in the Seychelles. In 1973, songs composed by Piero Umiliani she sang in the score of another Scattini film where she played the lead role (La ragazza fuoristrada) were released on a 45 rpm record. From 1973 to 1975, several roles in movies followed, most of them directed by Scattini. In 1976, she appeared with Paolo Villaggio in the Fantozzi-style comedy Il signor Robinson by Sergio Corbucci. She also appeared in the Italian version of Playboy magazine in March 1974.

Her last prominent appearance was in the epic Hearts and Armour, released in 1983. Araya subsequently withdrew from acting, and has since then been producing movies.

Personal life

Araya's father was a politician and her uncle was a diplomat in Rome. She was married to film producer Franco Cristaldi from 1983 until his death in 1992. Araya now lives with the director Massimo Spano, with whom she has a son.

Selected filmography

Araya in La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1973)
  • La ragazza dalla pelle di luna - "Simone" (1973)
  • La ragazza fuoristrada - "Maryam" (1973)
  • The Prey - "Nagaina" (1974)
  • The Body - "Simoa" (1974)
  • La peccatrice (1975 film) |The Sinner - "Debra" (1975)
  • Mr. Robinson - "Venerdì" (1976)
  • Neapolitan Mystery - "Elizabeth" (1978)
  • Tesoro mio - "Tesoro Hoaua" (1979)
  • Atrocious Tales of Love and Death - "Elizabeth Hover" (1979)
  • Hearts and Armour - "Marfisa" (1983)
  • Control - "Sheba" (1987)
  • Aurizio Costanzo Show (TV Series)|Aurizio Costanzo Show - "Herself" (1996)
  • Marching in Darkness -"Zeudi Araya Cristaldi" (1996)
  • Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009 Documentary)|Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)

Discography

  • Oltre l'acqua del fiume/Maryam, Bla Bla Records, BBR 1338, 7, 1973)



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