''Baby'' is an Italian

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series created for

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. The first season debuted on 30 November 2018. The series follows students at an elite high school in

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who are involved in prostitution. It is loosely based on the story of two high school girls in Rome involved in an underage prostitution ring (the "Baby Squillo" scandal) in 2014. In December 2018, Netflix announced a second season of the series, which premiered on 18 October 2019. The series was renewed for a third and final season, which was released on 16 September 2020.

Synopsis

Inspired by the scandal of Baby Squillo of 2013, the plot develops in an elite high school in

. Baby follows Chiara Altieri, a rich and beautiful girl who is disillusioned with her privileged life. She soon meets Ludovica Storti, an impulsive girl who's secretly in need of money. Ludovica soon draws Chiara into the world of underage prostitution. Ludovica becomes involved with Fiore, a dangerous man. Meanwhile, Chiara pursues a relationship with Damiano, a new student and the son of an ambassador, while hiding her secret life.

Cast and characters

* Benedetta Porcaroli as Chiara Altieri, a high school girl who lives a double life * Alice Pagani as Ludovica Storti, a loner high school girl who meets Chiara and introduces her to the world of prostitution * Riccardo Mandolini as Damiano Younes, Chiara's troubled boyfriend * Chabeli Sastre Gonzalez as Camilla Govender Rossi * Brando Pacitto as Fabio Fedeli, Chiara and Camilla's best friend * Lorenzo Zurzolo as Niccolò Govender Rossi, Chiara's former lover, Camilla's brother and Virginia's boyfriend *

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as Elsa Altieri Della Rocca, Chiara's mother *

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as Principal Alberto Fedeli, Fabio's father * Massimo Poggio as Arturo Altieri, Chiara's father * Mehdi Nebbou as Khalid Younes, a diplomat and Damiano's father * Giuseppe Maggio as Claudio Fiorenzi (Fiore), Chiara and Ludovica's pimp * Mirko Trovato as Brando De Sanctis, Niccolò's best friend who slept with Ludovica and released a sex tape of the two and Fabio's secret lover * Federica Lucaferri as Virginia, Nico's girlfriend * Beatrice Bartoni as Vanessa, Damiano's ex-girlfriend from his old neighborhood *

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as Simonetta Loreti, Ludovica's mother *

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as Monica Petrelli, a gym teacher at Collodi who has an affair with Nico, Damiano's stepmother * Paolo Calabresi as Saverio, Fiore's cousin and boss * Marjo Berasategui as Rocío Govender, Camilla and Nico's mother * Andrea Giordana as Elsa's father and Chiara's grandfather *

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as Roberto De Sanctis, Brando's father * Denise Capezza as Natalia * Sergio Ruggeri as Vittorio, Nico's friend * Filippo Marsili as Carlo, Nico's friend * Ludovico Succio as Alessandro, a journalist and Fabio's boyfriend * Thomas Trabacchi as Tommaso Regoli, a professor of philosophy at Collodi * Lorenzo Gleijeses as Martino * Massimo De Santis as Al Pacini, a private investigator * Alessia Scriboni as Sofia Mancini * Bruno Wolkowitch as Christophe, a French client * Antonio Orlando as Inspector Pietro Comini * Anna Lou Castoldi as Aurora * Edoardo Purgatori as Lele * Luciano Scarpa as Mario Rossi, Camilla and Nico's father * Mario Cordova as Filippo Storti, Ludovica's father * Marta Jacquier as Francesca Storti, Ludovica's sister * Sebastiano Colla as Manuel Ghiri * Silvia Pisano as Perla De Sanctis, Brando's sister * Clotilde Sabatino as Luisa De Sanctis, Brando's mother *

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as Angela, Chiara's lawyer * Mattia Sbragia as the Dean

Episodes

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

References

External links

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