Born Conchita Airoldi. Originally from Colombia, she arrived in Italy and started studying theater with the famous playwright, actor and theater director Alessandro Fersen, later becoming a close collaborator o him.[1]
Her little acting career develops mainly in the early seventies. Fascinating, ironic, not very tall but endowed with an energetic beauty and an overwhelming charisma, she made her cinema debut under the pseudonym of Cristina Airoldi in the film "Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh" (1970) by Sergio Martino, director who wants her also in his following masterpiece, I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (1973). Unfortunately, these two great films will not be followed by other noteworthy entries for Conchita.
After a few years of absence from the scene, in the late seventies she returned to the limelight as associate producer of the film "Immacolata e Concetta" (1979) by Salvatore Piscitelli. Subsequently, as owner of Urania Film - which later became Urania Pictures - she gained considerable experience in film and television production. Among the most successful films she produces, there are: "Dellamorte Dellamore" (1994) by Michele Soavi, "Croce and delizia" (1995) by Luciano De Crescenzo, "À ma sœur!" (2001) by Catherine Breillat, but most of all "Arrivederci amore, ciao" (2006) by Michele Soavi, the best Italian noir of the decade; following "Machan" (2008) by Uberto Pasolini and "Pasolini" (2011) by Abel Ferrara.
[1] Advertising for the film "Arrivederci amore, ciao" (2006) on Kataweb
FILMOGRAPHY (AS ACTRESS)
- Lo strano vizio della signora Wardh (credited) .... Carol Brandt
1973 - I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale (credited) .... Carol Peterson
- Los amigos (credited) .... Brothel girl
1974 - La cugina (credited) .... The maid
1978 - Circuito chiuso (TV movie) (credited as Concita Airoldi) .... Journalist
1993 - Caro diario .... Event organizer in Panarea
FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK
- Il giustiziere (1975) .... Sandra Pallavicini
- Sogni d'oro (1981)