Laura Bertram

She has also been nominated for two Gemini Awards for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for "Ready or Not" in 1996 and for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for "Platinum" in 1998. Claudia Cardinale's fascinating life can be read in her autobiography "Moi Claudia, Toi Claudia" which unfortunately is not available in English. Bertram has won two Gemini Awards for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for "Ready or Not" in 1995 and for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for "Ready or Not" in 1998. She currently calls Paris her home. She is currently living in Toronto. Claudia Cardinale is a liberal with strong political convictions (She is a leftist involved in pro-women and pro-gay issues). She has also frequently stated that she is proud of her Arab heritage (She was born in Tunis) and is involved in many humanitarian causes. Laura Maureen Bertram (born September 5, 1978) is a Canadian actress. Her credits include the TV series "Ready or Not," "Seasons of Love," and "Andromeda," and the movies "Night of the Twisters," and "Dear America: So Far From Home." She used to sing in the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus. She has been married only once to the producer Franco Cristaldi but has been living with film director Pasquale Squitieri since 1975, and has two children ( Claudia Jr from Squitieri and her eldest son Patrick born out of wedlock from a mysterious Frenchman when the actress was only 18 and who was adopted by Cristaldi later on).

Andromeda (2000 -).
Cardinale remains active in European cinema, her later films include Qui comincia l'avventura (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982), La Storia (1985) and Un homme amoureux (1987). Soul Food (2001). Other great performances by Cardinale include Valerio Zurlini's "Girl With A Suitcase" and Mauro Bolognini's "Libera". It is a heartbreaking film with a stellar performance by Cardinale. In Comencini's "La Storia" ,Cardinale plays a widow raising a son during WW2.

Her performance in Visconti's underrated " Sandra/Of A Thousand Delights" is mesmerizing playing a Holocaust survivor with an incestuous relationship with her brother. She has appeared in more good European movies than most of her contemporaries. Claudia Cardinale has proved herself to be one of Europe's most successful and endurable movie stars. Her Hollywood films include Circus World (1964), The Pink Panther (1964) and The Hell With Heroes (1968).

She attempted halfheartedly to break into the US market but was let down by her lack of interest in leaving Europe for extended periods of time . Claudia Cardinale became an international superstar with a mix of breathtaking beauty,a throaty distinct voice and impressive dramatic skills.One has to watch her Italian and French movies to really appreciate her dramatic prowess. Throughout the 1960s she appeared in many Italian or Italian co-financed films including Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1963), Federico Fellini's 8½ and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi.

She made her film debut in Goha (1958) and later that year had a role in the minor international success I Soliti ignoti. She had her break into films after winning a Tunisian beauty contest in 1957. Claudia Cardinale was born Claude Josephine Rose Cardin. Claudia Cardinale (born Good Friday April 15, 1938) is an actress born in Tunis, Tunisia to Italian parents.