Giorgia Würth (born 5 June 1981) is an Italian actress, television presenter and writer.
Life and career
Born in
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
, Würth grew up between
Varazze
Varazze (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region of Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente. Nearby in the Ligurian Apennines is the Monte Beigu ...
and
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
, and earned a bachelor's degree in communication science and technology from
IULM University
The IULM University - Milan () is a university located in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and is organized in four faculties.
History and profile
The University Institute for Modern Languages (IULM) was founded by Carlo Bo, poet, literary ...
.
After working as a model, between 1998 and 2001 she was a television presenter on
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American pay television television channel, channel that serves as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company ...
.
Between 2003 and 2008, she served as television announcer on
Rai 3
Rai 3 (formerly Rai Tre) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural a ...
.
In 2006, Würth made her film debut in ''Tagliare le parti in grigio'' by Vittorio Rifranti.
She often collaborated with director
Fausto Brizzi
Fausto Brizzi (born 15 November 1968, in Rome) is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.
Biography
Fausto Brizzi got a Degree in directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in July 1994. After several theatrical ex ...
.
On television, she is best known for playing
Ilona Staller
Ilona Anna Staller (born 26 November 1951), known by her stage name Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-Italian former porn star, politician, and singer. Staller gained fame in the early 1970s through her radio show ''Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?'' a ...
in the 2009 miniseries ''
Moana''.
She made her directorial debut with ''Salvatrice'', a documentary film about
Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo (born Salvatrice Elena Greco; 11 March 1933 – 29 January 2024) was an Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician. She won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress for each of her roles in Federico Fellin ...
which premiered at the
Rome Film Festival
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. From 2022, the festival was officially recognized as a competitive festival by the Internation ...
.
She is also an author of novels and short stories.
References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Mass media people from Genoa
Actresses from Genoa
Italian television actresses
Italian film actresses
Italian stage actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
Italian television presenters
Italian radio presenters
Italian women television presenters
Italian women writers