Elisa Kadigia Bove

Elisa Kadigia Bove
Born	1942 (age 81–82) Mogadishu, British-administered Somaliland
Occupation	actress
Years active	1960s–1980s
Spouse	Achille Occhetto (divorced)
Children	2

Elisa Kadigia Bove (born 1942) is an Italian actress of Italian-Somali descent.^[1]

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Early life and career

Daughter of an Italian soldier and a Somali woman, Bove began her film career acting in commercials. She first gained renown during a television campaign for Atlantic, a popular 1970s TV-set brand. After attending the Piccolo Teatro directed by Giorgio Strehler, she began a long career as an actress and vocalist, between theater, film and television. She interpreted a number of compositions by the Italian avant-garde composer Luigi Nono, including A floresta é jovem e cheja de vida, Un volto del mare, Contrappunto dialettico alla mente, Y entonces comprendió. She debuted as an actress in the first feature film directed by Valentino Orsini. She later starred in some B-movies in the late 1960s and 1980s, while her last role was in a comedy directed by Cristina Comencini.

Bove later starred in a number of Italian feature films, particularly in the giallo horror genre. Of the latter, she appeared in the 1980 film Macabre by Lamberto Bava.^[2]

Besides cinematic work, Bove is the president of the Associazione Donne Immigrate Africane (ADIA; Association of African Immigrant Women), a non-profit organization serving immigrant women in Italy.^[3]