Alessandra Ferri is an Italian prima ballerina. She began studying ballet at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School, later transferring to the upper school of the Royal Ballet School. She represented the Royal Ballet School in the 1980 Prix de Lausanne, winning a scholarship which enabled her to continue studying at the school. She danced with the Royal Ballet (1980–1984), American Ballet Theatre (1985–2007) and La Scala Theatre Ballet (1992–2007) and as an international guest artist, before temporally retiring on 10 August 2007, aged 44, then returning in 2013. She was eventually granted the rank of prima ballerina assoluta.

Filmography

• 2020Audrey — Audrey Hepburn
• 2017Woolf Works — I Now, I Then / Tuesday
• 2007A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Titania
• 2004American Ballet Theatre: The Dream — Titania
• 2003Il pipistrello (La Scala) — Bella
• 2000Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet — Juliet
• 1996Giselle — Giselle
• 1987Dancers — Francesca
• 1984Romeo and Juliet — Juliet
• Variety & Virtuosity: American Ballet Theatre Now — Romeo and Juliet — Juliet

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2023Codice Carla — Self
• 2004Europa Riconosciuta — Self - Principal dancer étoile
• 1995Ballet — Self