Aurora Giovinazzo

Born in Rome, she spent her childhood in the Agro Romanus area of Casalotti, with her parents, both restorers, and her sister, actress Domiziana Giovinazzo.^[2][3] At the age of nine, she began studying latin dance, including merengue, salsa and bachata,^[4] eventually becoming a European and World Champion winner in bachata competitions.^[5][6]

In 2017, she starred alongside Anna Valle, Giorgio Marchesi and Loretta Goggi in the Rai 1 series Sorelle, directed by Cinzia TH Torrini and shot in Matera.^[7][8][9]

In 2021, Giovinazzo appeared in a leading role in Gabriele Mainetti's film Freaks Out, for which she received a nomination for the David di Donatello for best actress.^[10] At the 78th Venice International Film Festival, she won the Nuovo IMAIE Talent Award for Best New Young Actress and the RB Casting Award.^[11]

In 2022, she landed her first leading role in the thriller The Man on the Street.^[12] In 2023, she starred again in The Cage - Nella gabbia, directed by Massimiliano Zanin.^[13] In the same year, Ferzan Özpetek selected her for his film Nuovo Olimpo.^[14]

In 2024, she was once again cast by Özpetek in Diamanti, where she starred alongside Elena Sofia Ricci, Luisa Ranieri and Anna Ferzetti. In the same year, she joined the cast of Eternal Visionary, directed and written by Michele Placido,^[15] and took on the lead role in Una madre by Stefano Chiantini.^[16] In 2025, she appeared in the cast of the Netflix series My Family, directed by Claudio Cupellini.^[17]

She has an older sister, Domiziana, who previously acted in the medical drama Un medico in famiglia.^[18]