Lucia Ocone (born 3 May 1974) is an Italian actress and comedian.

Life and career

Born in Albano Laziale, at young age Ocone moved to Rome to study acting, following courses held by

Francesca De Sapio Francesca De Sapio (16 August 1945) is an Italian actress and acting coach, best-known as the young Carmela Corleone in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974). The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome. After her father's work took him to t ...

and Lucilla Lupaioli. In 1992, she made her television debut in

Gianni Boncompagni Giandomenico Boncompagni (13 May 1932 – 16 April 2017), best known as Gianni Boncompagni, was a television and radio presenter, director, writer and a lyricist. Life and career Born in Arezzo, at 18 years old Boncompagni moved to Sweden, wh ...

's variety show ''Bulli e pupe'', and later appeared in Boncompagni's shows ''

Non è la RAI Non, non or NON can refer to: * ''Non'', a negatory word in French, Italian and Latin People *Non (given name) *Non Boonjumnong (born 1982), Thai amateur boxer * Rena Nōnen (born 1993), Japanese actress who uses the stage name "Non" since July ...

'' (1992–4), where she started playing her first comedic sketches, and ''Macao'' (1997). She had her breakout in 2002, when she replaced

Paola Cortellesi Paola Cortellesi (born 24 November 1973 in Rome) is an Italian actress, singer, voice actress, and presenter. She has starred in about 20 movies as well as a number of theatrical shows, television shows, and radio shows. Biography Cortellesi debut ...

as comedian and impersonator in the

Gialappa's Band Gialappa's Band is the name used by Marco Santin (born 11 February 1962 in Milan), Carlo Taranto (born 16 December 1961 in Milan), and Giorgio Gherarducci (born 1 November 1963 in Milan), the Italian trio of TV and radio commentators. Overvi ...

comedy show ''Mai dire domenica''. After appearing in other Gialappa's Band shows, in 2005 she joined the cast of '' Quelli che... il Calcio'', where she stayed until 2009, and where eventually returned in the 2015–16 season. During her run in the show Ocone played over 50 characters. As an actress, Ocone appeared in numerous films, television series and stage plays. In 2022, she dubbed Zee in the Italian version of ''

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild ''The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'' is a 2022 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin, in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin. It serves as a spin ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocone, Lucia 1974 births Living people People from Albano Laziale Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses Italian women comedians 21st-century Italian actresses