Fabiana Formica
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
At age 11 Fabiana Formica discovered acting when she attended Mr. Gilbody's class. Her childhood diary entry from the time reads: "Theatre class makes me feel like I can play and forget about everything else in my life."
Fabiana's name was propelled to horror's hall of fame when visionary Italian director Michele Soavi chose her for the role of "Valentina" in the 1994 movie "Dellamorte Dellamore," aka "Cemetery Man." With the film's elevation to cult classic, Fabiana became one of horror's most iconic zombie talking heads.
Although Fabiana dreamed of working full-time as an actor and writer, she also had wider views about society and wanted to contribute to social justice. For a long time she juggled a freelance career in video journalism with her passion for acting. Fabiana has performed, lived, and trained in Rome, London, Barcelona, and Los Angeles.
In Barcelona, together with a group of eleven other Catalan artists, she set up an artist collective called, "DeLimits," and workshopped a performance piece that won a one-year residency from the prestigious Sala Beckett. In Rome, she played French-Algerian writer Marie Cardinal in a one-woman, English-language, theater performance inspired by Cardinal's autobiographical book, "The Words to Say It." The show raising awareness on mental illness, depression, psychoanalysis and trauma.
Fabiana is also an English literature student at Los Angeles City College and is making her writing debut with her memoir in 2024.
Fabiana adores the roles she has played and cherishes each one with great gratitude. Her favorites have been: "Valentina" in the horror classic "Dellamorte Dellamore"; "Willie" in "This Property is Condemned"; Nina in "Moonfleece"; Saint Bridget in "Saint Bridget of Sweden"; Helena in "Ya sé por qué ardiò Troya"; Marie Cardinal in "The Words to Say It"; the Sphinx in "araoke."
Fabiana's name was propelled to horror's hall of fame when visionary Italian director Michele Soavi chose her for the role of "Valentina" in the 1994 movie "Dellamorte Dellamore," aka "Cemetery Man." With the film's elevation to cult classic, Fabiana became one of horror's most iconic zombie talking heads.
Although Fabiana dreamed of working full-time as an actor and writer, she also had wider views about society and wanted to contribute to social justice. For a long time she juggled a freelance career in video journalism with her passion for acting. Fabiana has performed, lived, and trained in Rome, London, Barcelona, and Los Angeles.
In Barcelona, together with a group of eleven other Catalan artists, she set up an artist collective called, "DeLimits," and workshopped a performance piece that won a one-year residency from the prestigious Sala Beckett. In Rome, she played French-Algerian writer Marie Cardinal in a one-woman, English-language, theater performance inspired by Cardinal's autobiographical book, "The Words to Say It." The show raising awareness on mental illness, depression, psychoanalysis and trauma.
Fabiana is also an English literature student at Los Angeles City College and is making her writing debut with her memoir in 2024.
Fabiana adores the roles she has played and cherishes each one with great gratitude. Her favorites have been: "Valentina" in the horror classic "Dellamorte Dellamore"; "Willie" in "This Property is Condemned"; Nina in "Moonfleece"; Saint Bridget in "Saint Bridget of Sweden"; Helena in "Ya sé por qué ardiò Troya"; Marie Cardinal in "The Words to Say It"; the Sphinx in "araoke."
