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Welcome to the world of Lucia Mallardi, The FootballActress (La CalciAttrice) who brings passion, skill, and creativity to the art of acting and freestyle football. Explore her unique journey and talents that blend two diverse worlds into one captivating experience.
Lucia Mallardi, known as The "FootballActress" (La CalciAttrice), is an Italian multidisciplinary artist who merges freestyle football, theatre, storytelling and dance into a unique and powerful form of performance art.
Her work is autobiographical, physical, and emotionally raw. Lucia uses the football not only as a symbol of discipline and power but as a living instrument of expression—blending movement, rhythm, and language to explore themes such as gender, identity, resilience, desire and dreams.
A former semi-professional footballer turned performer, she bridges the worlds of sport and art in ways rarely seen on stage or screen.
Her solo show, The FootballActress, has been selected for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 by C ARTS / C venues. She will perform daily at 2:50 PM from 30 July to 24 August at the C-aquila studio, located in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, appearing as an emerging international artist.
She has also been selected by the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City, the world’s largest solo show festival, where she will perform the U.S. version of her show, The SoccerActress, on October 16, 2025, at 7 PM at the Off-Broadway Theatre Row complex.
Beyond the theatre, Lucia also creates standalone performances combining freestyle football and dance—powerful, poetic, and visually striking acts designed for festivals, concerts, fashion events, and cultural happenings. These performances are available for booking as individual acts or as part of larger artistic collaborations.
Lucia speaks Italian, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, as well as some French and Greek and is actively seeking international partnerships with artists, musicians, and visionaries who want to challenge norms and tell stories that matter.