Rosa Diletta Rossi

Born in 1988 in Rome to a teacher mother and a doctor father, both of Apulian origins,^[1] Rosa Diletta Rossi has three brothers.^[2][3] In addition to Italian, she speaks fluent English and speaks the Roman, Apulian, Venetian and Sicilian dialects.^[4][5]

She graduated from the Eugenio Montale classical high school, before joining the Piccola Compagnia Piero Gabrielli directed by Roberto Gandini as a teenager,^[6] with whom he appeared in 2008–2009 in Il pedone rosso, by Alessandro Berti, Giuseppe Manfridi and Attilio Marangon.^[7] In 2012, with Danilo Nigrelli, he presented the play An Armenian Dinner by Paola Ponti at the India Theatre in Rome.^[8]

She later attended a preparatory course at the Stabile Theatre in Genoa^[9] and the specialization school for actors, directed by Jurij Ferrini, in Turin.^[10][11]

Her film debut, after a few short films, came in 2012 with Simone Spada's Maìn – La casa della felicità, in which she played the role of the protagonist's sister.^[12][13]

Her television debut was in 2010 with the miniseries Mia madre by Ricky Tognazzi, in which she played Lucia, daughter of the protagonist couple.^[14] In 2013 she played Chiara in the second season of Che Dio ci aiuti;^[15] then Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017–2020) in the role of Alice, wife of Amedeo Filippo Nigro;^[9] Carlo & Malik in the role of Alba, forensic doctor and daughter of Commissioner Carlo Guerrieri, played by Claudio Amendola.^[10] In 2023 she played the role of the protagonist Maria Corleone^[16] in the series of the same name.^[17][18] In the same year she played the role of Irene in the miniseries Per Elisa – Il caso Claps.^[19][20]