Lea Gavino

Born in Rome in 1999, she is the older sister of actor Damiano Gavino.^[1][2] After high school, she decided to enroll in college to study psychology, where she earned a degree.^[3][4] Around the same time, a casting director and family friend recruited her for an audition, which then began the lengthy selection process for the Gianmaria Volontè School of Cinematographic Arts, which she entered in 2019.^[5][6]

In 2019, she made her acting debut in the Rai 1 television film Io ricordo, Piazza Fontana, directed by Francesco Miccichè.^[7][8] Her film debut was in the film Caravaggio's Shadow (2022), directed by Michele Placido; she then co-starred in the fifth season of the Netflix series Skam Italia.^[9][10]

She was part of the cast of the international series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2023), distributed worldwide by the BBC.^[11] The following year, she co-starred in the film Una storia nera, directed by Leonardo D'Agostini.^[12]

She signed a recording contract with LaTarma Records,^[13] with which she made her music debut, releasing her first two singles, "Mondo fiorito" and "Figli" (2025),^[14] the latter dedicated to her brother Damiano.^[15] She subsequently participated in the nineteenth edition of the Sanremo Giovani singing competition with the song "Amico lontano",^[16][17] but failed to qualify for the Sanremo Music Festival 2026.^[18] On 6 February 2026 the single "I treni" was released.^[19]