Black Bear Signs "The White Lotus" Breakout Star Simona Tabasco

Details: Category: Entertainment News; Published on Thursday, 10 August 2023 10:45; Written by A&E Contributing Editor

Black Bear announced its management arm has signed Italian actress Simona Tabasco. Tabasco is best known for her breakthrough role in HBO's "The White Lotus" in which she plays 'Lucia' alongside Aubrey Plaza, Michael Imperioli, and Jennifer Coolidge.

Her performance on the show garnered her a 2023 SAG award win for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as well as a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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Prior to her work on "The White Lotus," Tabasco made her mark in the Italian film and television industry through various projects, including Edoardo De Angelis' film Perez, which earned her a Guglielmo Biraghi Award from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists. Other notable credits include crime drama series "I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone," romance drama "Luna Park," comedy series "Fuoriclasse," romantic comedy "È arrivata la Felicità," and medical drama "DOC - Nelle tue Mani".

Tabasco is currently working on the Black Bear produced psychological horror film Immaculate from director Michael Mohan which follows a deceiving Italian convent that harbors some dark and horrifying secrets. Tabasco stars in the film alongside Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, and Benedetta Porcaroli.

Black Bear's management arm has quickly established itself as one of the industry's premiere companies focused on representing exceptional writers, directors, creators, and talent with a truly global orientation. With seven full-time managers led by partners Keith Redmon and Joanne Roberts Wiles, Black Bear represents close to one hundred of the most accomplished artists around the world.

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Indicative clients include Elliott C. Hove (Godland), Karyn Kusama ("Yellowjackets," Destroyer), Johan Renck ("Chernobyl", upcoming Spaceman), Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), Morten Tyldum ("Silo", The Imitation Game), John Hillcoat ("George & Tammy", The Road), Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane), Charlie McDowell (The One I Love, upcoming Summer Book), David Sandberg (Kung Fury), Jamie Dack (Palm Trees and Power Lines), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog), Michaël Roskam (The Drop, Bullhead), Agnieszka Smoczynska (The Silent Twins) and Théodore Pellerin (Boy Erased) among many other incredible artists.

Tabasco continues to be represented by WME and imPRint in the US and Volver Actor in Italy.

About Black Bear

Founded in 2011 by Teddy Schwarzman, Black Bear is one of the world's leading independent studios, focused on creating premium content for a global audience while offering creators and filmmakers an unparalleled destination for creative collaboration. Black Bear Pictures has produced and financed such commercial and critical films as The Imitation Game, I Care A Lot, Mudbound, and All Is Lost.

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Black Bear International oversees the international sales and distribution rights of commercially oriented film and television content across genres. Black Bear's upcoming slate includes: Craig Gillespie's Dumb Money starring Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson and Shailene Woodley; Sydney Sweeney's religious horror vehicle, Immaculate; Neil Burger's upcoming psychological thriller The Marsh King's Daughter starring Daisy Ridley; the Netflix feature, Nyad, directed by Academy Award winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin and starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster; David Mackenzie's Relay starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James and Sam Worthington; and Scott Frank's newest limited series "Monsieur Spade," starring Clive Owen.

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