Michela Carattini
Actor / Filmmaker / Intimacy Coordinator
Michela Carattini is an award-winning, Latin-Australian actor and filmmaker, currently starring in the NETFLIX hit, CARMEN & BOLUDE, her debut feature as writer/director/producer, also nominated Best Independent Film at the 2026 AACTAs.
Her numerous screen and stage credits include the features RISEN, TRAUMWELT, BIRTHDAY ADJUSTMENT DISORDER and 54 DAYS, the TV series MALONEY and BITE CLUB, and leading stage roles in ANGELS IN AMERICA, GOODBYE CHARLIE, ALICE IN WONDERLAND THE ROCK MUSICAL, MARIA STUART and many more. She has been nominated Best Actress and Best Ensemble Cast over 20 times in her career, winning ‘Most Outstanding Body of Work’ at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema in Los Angeles in 2016. Her filmmaking credits include the documentary WHEN HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS, shorts UNSPOILED BY FEMINISM and REMOTE ACCESS, and the TikTok series AMERICANS IN OZ.
Additionally, Michela is one of the world's foremost intimacy coordinators, accredited by SAG-AFTRA as head trainer at Key Intimate Scenes, she was one of the authors on the Australian Intimacy Guidelines, the international consultant for the Austrian Film Institute in Vienna for their National Intimacy Standards, an international consultant on the Swiss National Intimacy Guidelines, and recently featured in the NEW YORKER MAGAZINE and several other international publications for her groundbreaking work in intimacy coordination.
