About Chantal Ughi
Chantal Ughi is a multi-lingual international actress born in New York from a French mother and an Italian father and grew up in Milan, Italy. She speaks Fluent Italian, French, English and conversational Spanish and Thai. Actress, film-maker and Muay thai World champion, martial artist 12th khan Muay Boran and Thai swords experience, Chantal studied piano and followed her relative Uto Ughi, violin player, at an early age. She also played tennis from the age of 7 years old to 14, and just quit before turning pro.She then dropped tennis and music and at 17 years old started modeling and traveling Europe, Paris, London, Madrid and Tokyo, Japan. At the same time she pursued her passion for acting and photography by going to Acting school and taking photographs.She soon moved to Rome where she got her first acting role in the movie "Traveling Companion", starring Asia Argento and French actor Michel Piccoli, (Official Selection @ the Cannes International Film Festival). She quickly became he muse of many European film directors such as Peter Del Monte, Citto Maselli, G. Piccioni, Fulvio Ottaviano. She showcased her talent in both drama and comedy movies through many leading and supporting roles in internationally acclaimed European and Italian movies like "Not Of This World", starring Margherita Buy and Silvio Orlando (United Artists Release and winner of the Montreal World Film Festival and the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival),"Love in The Mirror" starring Peter Stormare (Dancer In The Dark), the Italian Academy Award Winner "Growing Artichokes in Mimongo, the critically acclaimed comedy "But We Only Made Love", where she plays Corinna, an actress that every week takes a train to go to Rome to audition, but she never gets a part because she is too tall, "Albania Blues" where she plays Aida, a refugee' from Albania that made it to the South coast of Italy with the dream of becoming a TV star, and lately the Italian period feature "Bell'E Poker". After an Intensive Shakespeare Program @ The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London RADA, like many other artists Chantal decided to move to New York City, where she immediately landed a leading role in the romantic comedy "Big Apple" (Audience Award @ the Las Vegas Independent International Film And Video Festival), aka "Freax and the City" European DVD release, which she also help produce. In New York Chantal's also decided to develop her talent for photography and Film directing. Her debut film "La Mia Mano Destra" (My Right Hand) won for Best Short @ the Brooklyn International Film Festival, was in competition @the Capalbio International Film Festival in Tuscany and @ the Arcipelago International Film Festival in Rome, Italy."Voices Underground" is her first documentary film (New York Turkish Film Festival, Arlene's Grocery's Picture Show). Her Fine Art photographs have been shown in personal and group exhibitions around the city (Photo district Gallery in Chelsea among others). During the filming of her documentary Voices Underground, Chantal got in touch and became part of the New York avant-garde music scene._As a vocalist she recorded and played with the Nublu Orchestra, Ilhan Ersahin, Butch Morris's Chorus of Poets, Bill Ware's Urban Vibes, Sasa Crbonja from Organic Grooves, and was the lead singer of the band 'In Flagranti Live'. Chantal is currently working on another movie script, shooting music videos, (among others for the upcoming band Brazilian Girls and Kudu), freelancing for the in...