Isabel Pisano

Isabel Pisano (Montevideo, 1948) is a Uruguayan actress, writer and journalist that has lived in several countries. She has worked with several film directors from Argentina, Spain (Bilbao by Bigas Luna) and Italy (Casanova by Federico Fellini).

War journalist for RAI (Italy) and El Mundo, she covered Palestine, Lebanon, Chad, Iraq, Bosnia and Somalia. She was the only journalist present at the Mosul and Basra bombings in 1993. She was granted a medal by the Spanish Culture Ministry.

The film Whore (2004) is based upon her 2003 book Yo, puta.

She wrote Bigas Luna's biography Sombras de Bigas, luces de Luna.

Isabel Pisano was married to Argentinian composer Waldo de los Ríos, who died in 1977. Afterward, she was in a relationship with Yasser Arafat for 12 years.