Giuliana De Sio
Italian actress
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Giuliana De Sio (born 2 April 1957) is an Italian actress and the younger sister of pop-folk singer Teresa De Sio. She won two David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress.
Biography and career
Giuliana De Sio was born in Salerno and grew up in Cava de' Tirreni, where her family is originally from.[1] She is the daughter of lawyer and essayist Alfonso De Sio and the younger sister of the singer-songwriter Teresa De Sio.[1] De Sio's first public appearance was when she was five years old in a show at Teatro Verdi in Salerno.[1] She moved to Terrasini when she was eighteen to live in a hippy commune.[2][3] Relocated to Rome, she started a relationship with Alessandro Haber, who encouraged her to take up acting.[4] Her first main role was in 1977 RAI TV film Una donna.[1][4]
De Sio had her breakout in 1983, when she starred in Massimo Troisi's Scusate il ritardo and alongside Francesco Nuti in Maurizio Ponzi's The Pool Hustlers, that got her a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress.[1][4][5] She won a second David di Donatello for Carlo Lizzani's The Wicked.[6]
Personal life
She is an atheist[7] but admires Pope Francis and Saint Januarius.[8]
In March 2020, she was reported to have tested positive for COVID-19,[9][10][11] but recovered after a few days.[12]
Filmography
- Sex for Sale (1976)
- Street of the Crane's Foot (1979)
- Hypochondriac (1979)
- Sciopèn (1982)
- The Pool Hustlers (1983)
- Scusate il ritardo (1983)
- A Proper Scandal (1984)
- Cuore (1985, TV series)
- Casablanca, Casablanca (1985)
- One Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)
- Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
- Private Affairs (1987)
- La piovra (season 3, 1987)
- The Rogues (1988)
- What if Gargiulo Finds Out? (1988)
- Feu sur le candidat (1990)
- The Wicked (1991)
- Historical center (1992)
- For not forget (1992)
- Wolffs Revier (1993, TV episode)
- The True Life of Antonio H. (1994)
- Italians (1996)
- With Hate And With Love (1997)
- Besame mucho (1999)
- Mary Magdalene (2000, TV)
- Der Kapitän - Kein Hafen für die Anastasia (2000, TV)
- Il bello delle donne (2001, TV series)
- I Love You Eugenio (2002)
- Chemistry Forever (2002)
- Lights Turn Off (2004)
- The Not Long Night (2006, TV)
- Il console Italiano (2011)
