Giada del Drago

GIADA del Drago (b. Giada Elena Dobrzenska de Dobrzenicz) was born in Dublin in 1977 to parents Count and Countess Dobrzensky de Dobbrzenicz. After moving to Vancouver at the age of three, she went on to train at Canada's National Ballet School for several years. Giada graduated from Brentwood College School with a British Columbia scholarship for the arts. She studied at London's Central Saint Martins, graduating with a joint B.A Honours in Fine Art: Film & Video.

Career

In 1996, del Drago was cast in Germany's longest running and most popular soap opera, Lindenstraße ("Lime Street"). Learning to speak German for the role of Patricia Wolfsson, she went on to play the part for thirteen years, from 1996-2009. During that time, del Drago founded Little Wonder Productions and in 2001 she directed and executive-produced the award-winning short film Mon Amour Mon Parapluie, which featured cameos from Douglas Coupland and William Gibson.

Whilst at St Martins, del Drago worked with the documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, after which she went on to produce and direct music videos, documentaries and short films which have been screened at over thirty international film festivals. She also worked closely with Jeremy Wooding, who directed the first series of Peep Show and Derren Brown: Mind Control.

As an actress she appeared in the films How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Brideshead Revisited and Bollywood Queen, the latter film providing inspiration for her 2003 documentary The Making of Bollywood Queen.

As producer, the 2010 film Trooper, about war veterans suffering with Ptsd won a remi award at Worldfest, the Houston Film Festival. Her first feature film as a director was Walk With Me?,

Through her company YoGiada, created in 2011, she practises as a wellbeing and creativity life coach.

Kitsch Palace

In 2003 Giada founded Kitsch Palace, an audio-visual performance-art experiment which toured art galleries and nightclubs around Europe featuring many guest collaborators in disguise. Her documentary on the Kitsch Palace guerilla performances - Tales From the Wonderground - was premiered at The Muse Gallery in London 2007.

In 2007 Giada was commissioned by The Third Millenium Foundation to create original music and a performance piece for The Ship of Tolerance launch at the opening of Venice Biennale d'Arte. Appointed Artist in Residence at The Gershwin Hotel, New York, in 2008, she produced, directed and presented a documentary web-series, featuring interviews with New York artists and musicians, entitled "A.I.R-NYC". She also starred in an Anton Perich feature film, shot at the hotel. In 2009 Giada performed at the opening of "Unconditional Love" at the Venice Biennale D'Arte.

Marriage

In 2015 Dobrzenska married Prince Marcantonio del Drago, an investments specialist and fund manager. Her official title is now Princess Giada del Drago, The Marchesa of Riofreddo. .

Filmography

As Director

• 2013 Walk With Me? (2013 film)|Walk With Me?
• 2012 Season of Love
• 2010 Trooper
• 2003 The Making of Bollywood Queen
• 2001 Mon Amour Mon Parapluie

As Actress

• Trooper (2010)
• Lindenstraße (1998-2009)
• How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008)
• Brideshead Revisited (2008)
• Bollywood Queen

External links

• Giada del Drago
• {https://worldfest.org/ Worldfest Houston]