Assunta Tiotangco Schiavone-Ledesma (born February 19, 1983), better known by her
stage name
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Assunta de Rossi, is a Filipino actress. Her younger sister by one year
Alessandra De Rossi is also an actress. Both sisters have won the Best Actress award at the
Metro Manila Film Festival.
As a young actress she was well known for the films ''Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2'' (1997), ''Hubog'' (2001), ''Azucena'' (2001), ''Red Diaries'' (2001), and ''Bahid'' (2002). She also starred in ensemble comedies such as ''Jologs'' (2002), ''Pinay Pie'' (2003). She returned to television in 2011 with roles in the remakes of ''
Mula sa Puso'' and ''
Maria la del Barrio''.
Early and personal life
De Rossi was born in
Lecce, Italy, to Nenita Schiavone, a Filipina, and Italian Luigi Schiavone. Her siblings include
Alessandra De Rossi, Margherita and Isabel.
In 2002, she married in a civil wedding
Congressman Julio A. Ledesma IV in
San Carlos, Negros Occidental. On March 15, 2004, their Catholic marriage was solemnized at the Sanctuario de San Antonio in
Forbes Park, Makati. Ledesma is the son of Conchita Arenas Ledesma. His children from previous marriage include Cristina Julieta Victoria and Julio Carlos Tomas.
On October 24, 2020, after suffering from
myoma and
endometriosis
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, she gave birth to Giulia Fiorentina 'Fiore' Alessandra Schiavone Ledesma.
Filmography
Film
* ''Sa Kabilugan ng Buwan'' (1997)
* ''Sabi Mo Mahal Mo Ako Wala ng Bawian'' (1997)
* ''Ibulong Mo sa Diyos 2'' (1997)
* ''Sige Subukan Mo'' (1998)
* ''Hangga't Kaya Kong Lumaban'' (1998)
* ''Sumigaw Ka Hanggang Gusto Mo'' (1999)
* ''Kanang kanay: Ituro Mo, Itutumba Ko'' (1999)
* ''Ikaw Lamang'' (1999)
* ''Tugatog'' (2000)
* ''Baliktaran: Si Ace at Daisy'' (2001)
* ''Red Diaries'' (2001)
* ''Sisid'' (2001)
* ''Hubog'' (2001)
* ''Kilabot at Kembot'' (2002)
* ''
Jologs'' (2002)
* ''Bahid'' (2002)
* ''
Pinay Pie'' (2003)
* ''Mourning Girls'' (2006)
* ''
Beauty in a Bottle'' (2014)
* ''
Crazy Beautiful You'' (2015) Carmela
* ''
The Super Parental Guardians'' (2016) Maria Felicidad "Marife" Delos Santos
* ''Tres'' (segment "Amats") as Shelly Roxas
Television
Awards
References
External links
*
On Assunta and Alessandra's trip to their Italian hometown
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Living people
Star Magic personalities
Filipino child actresses
Filipino people of Italian descent
Filipino film actresses
Filipino television actresses
GMA Network (company) people
ABS-CBN people
1983 births
Bubble Gang cast members
People from Lecce