Vanessa Gravina (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, Gravina debuted as a child actress in 1985, starring opposite

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in the

Marco Risi Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer. Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but aband ...

's romantic comedy ''

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''. For her performance she was nominated for

Silver Ribbon 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 ...

for best new actress. In the following years she kept starring in films while continuing her studies at the

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. Starting in the late 1980s she gradually focused on television, where she got her main successes. She is also active on stage, where she worked with Dacia Maraini and

Giorgio Strehler Giorgio Strehler (; ; 14 August 1921 – 25 December 1997) was an actor, Italian opera and theatre director. Biography Strehler was born in Barcola, Trieste; His father, Bruno Strehler, was a native of Trieste with family roots in Vienna and die ...

, among others. She considers herself Buddhist.

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* Italian film actresses 1974 births Actresses from Milan Italian stage actresses Living people 20th-century Italian actresses Italian Buddhists {{italy-actor-stub