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Zoë played the part of widow Donatella Pirotta in the third episode of the BBC's Italian detective series Zen, which premiered on Sunday 16th January on BBC One and BBC One HD at 9pm.

Drama series centred around Rome detective Aurelio Zen, who finds it tough being the only honest cop in town. Plotting politicians, a stressed-out boss and vengeful gangsters don't make it easy.

Detective Zen works against the clock to recover the kidnapped Ruggerio Miletti, a wealthy industrialist with political ties. The involvement of the manipulative family and a beautiful grieving widow complicate matters. Meanwhile Tania's husband does everything he can to get rid of Zen.

The episode is entitled Ratking and premiered on UK Channels BBC One and BBC One HD at 21:00 on Sunday 16th January 2011. It was repeated on the BBC HD channel the following day (17th January 2011) at 23:00.

BBCHD repeated the series during January 2012, with Zoë's episode repeated at 22:30 on Friday 6th January 2012.

The Cast

Zoe as Donatella Pirotta

  • Aurelio Zen - Rufus Sewell
  • Tania Moretti - Caterina Murino
  • Amedeo Colonna - Ben Miles
  • Moscati - Stanley Townsend
  • Mamma - Catherine Spaak
  • Gilberto Nieddu - Francesco Quinn
  • Cinzia Miletti - Sarah Jane Potts
  • Giorgio De Angelis - Vincent Riotta
  • Vincenzo Fabri - Ed Stoppard
  • Guerchini - Anthony Higgins
  • Romizi - Sargon Yelda
  • Ernesto Heuber - Michael McElhatton
  • Carlo Fagioli - Callum Blue
  • Silvio Miletti - Sebastian Armesto
  • Donatella Pirotta - Zoe Tapper
  • Alessandro Antonioni - Rocky Marshall
  • Nadia Pirlo - Cosima Shaw
  • Angelo - Garry Cooper
  • Giulia - Selene Rosiello
  • Maria - Nathalie Rapti Gomez
  • Sister Anna - Katy Murphy
  • Luca La Guardia - Paolo Mazzarelli
  • Francesco Pirotta - Franco Maria Salamon
  • Director - Jon Jones
  • Producer - Michael Casey
  • Writer - Peter Berry
  • Writer - Simon Burke

Zoë on TV

  • Sadly, no programmes starring Zoë are scheduled for the near future. :(

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