Serena Rossi (born 31 August 1985) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has acted in films and on stage, but is best known for her performance in the long-running

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soap opera ''

Un Posto al Sole ''Un posto al sole'' (English: ''A Place in the Sun'') is an Italian soap opera transmitted by Rai 3 since 1996. It is set in a fictional apartment building called Palazzo Palladini, located in front of the sea in the Naples neighborhood of Posill ...

''.

Biography

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Rossi comes from an artistic family originally from Montefalcone nel Sannio (in the

Province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

, Italy). She debuted in 2002 as a singer in the musical ''C'era una volta... Scugnizzi'' by

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and

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. She broke through with her role in ''

'', which led to starring roles in several musicals, as well as a music album, ''Amore che'', featuring folk songs from ''al Sole''. After more work in television programmes and films, in 2008, Serena also appeared in the internationally popular detective series '' Inspector Montalbano''. In 2009, Serena appeared in Christian Duguay's '' Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire'' and made further appearances in '' Ho sposato uno sbirro'', ''

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'' and ''

Rugantino ''Rugantino'' is a musical comedy by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini, which debuted at the Teatro Sistina in Rome, Italy, on 15 December 1962. Music was written by Armando Trovaioli. It is a comedy set in the papal Rome of the 19th century. ...

''. In 2011 she played the role of Giulia Sabatini in the TV series ''Che Dio ci Aiuti'' (2011-) In 2013, Serena voiced

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in the Italian version of ''Frozen''. In 2015, Serena voiced Cinderella, played by

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in the Italian version of ''Into the Woods''. In 2014, she took part in the contest ''Tale e Quale Show'', the Italian version of ''Tu cara me suena'''' and won it,'' alongsidespin off'' Il Torneo. ''Among other artists, Serena imitated:

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and

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''. In 2014, ''she acted in the film

Al posto tuo ''Al posto tuo'' () is a 2016 Italian comedy film written by Massimo di Nicola and directed by Max Croci and starring Luca Argentero, Ambra Angiolini and Angela Melillo. Plot Luca Molteni and Rocco Fontana are two creative directors of a co ...

as ''Anna.'' In 2017, Serena starred in the film ''

Ammore e Malavita ''Ammore e malavita'' is a 2017 Italian musical comedy film directed by the Manetti Bros. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Claudia Gerini as Donna Maria * Carlo Buccirosso ...

'' by the Manetti Bros. playing the role of Fatima, a role which was reprised during an episode of the programme ''Stasera Casa Mika''. Mika had seen the film and strongly wished to do a sketch with Serena.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Serena 1985 births Living people Actresses from Naples People of Molisan descent Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian voice actresses 21st-century Italian actresses