Lucia Sardo (born 13 December 1952) is an Italian actress.
Life and career
Born Aurora Sardo in
Francofonte
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,
Syracuse
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, Sardo formed at the Teatro di Ventura under
Ferruccio Merisi.
She made her film debut in the 1992
Aurelio Grimaldi
Aurelio Grimaldi (born 22 November 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Whores'' was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected filmography
* '' Ragazzi fuori'' (1990)
* '' The Rebel'' (1993)
* '' The ...
's drama ''
Acla's Descent into Floristella'', then she got her first major role two years later, in Grimaldi's ''
The Whores
''The Whores'' ( scn, Le buttane) is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Aurelio Grimaldi. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Liuccia and Blu Blu "beat" on the street; Veronica and Minuccia practice in a clandestine broth ...
''.
Her
breakout came in 2001, with the role of Felicia,
Giuseppe Impastato
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato (; January 5, 1948 – May 9, 1978), was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978.
Childhood
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato was born in Cinisi, in the then province of Pa ...
's mother, in
Marco Tullio Giordana
Marco Tullio Giordana (born 1 October 1950) is an Italian Film director, director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Milan, during the 1970s he approaches the cinema by collaborating on the screenplay of Roberto Faenza's 1977 documentary ''F ...
's ''
One Hundred Steps
''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...
'';
for her performance she was nominated for
Nastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...
in the "
supporting actress" category.
Filmography
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
People from Francofonte
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
Actors from Sicily