Lucia Ocone (born 3 May 1974) is an Italian actress and comedian.
Life and career
Born in
Albano Laziale
Albano Laziale (;; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, on the Alban Hills, in the Italian region of Lazio. Rome is distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa, Ariccia and ...
, at young age Ocone moved to Rome to study acting, following courses held by
Francesca De Sapio
Francesca De Sapio (16 August 1945) is an Italian actress and acting coach, best-known as the young Carmela Corleone in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974).
The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome, Italy. After her father's work took h ...
and Lucilla Lupaioli.
In 1992, she made her television debut in
Gianni Boncompagni
Giandomenico "Gianni" Boncompagni (13 May 1932 – 16 April 2017) was a television and radio presenter, director, writer and lyricist.
Life and career
Born in Arezzo, at 18 years old Boncompagni moved to Sweden, where he lived for ten years do ...
's variety show ''Bulli e pupe'', and later appeared in Boncompagni's shows ''
Non è la RAI'' (1992–4), where she started playing her first comedic sketches, and ''Macao'' (1997).
She had her breakout in 2002, when she replaced
Paola Cortellesi
Paola Cortellesi (; born 24 November 1973) is an Italian actress, comedian, film director, screenwriter and producer. She has starred in about 20 movies as well as a number of theatrical, television and radio shows. In 2023, she made her director ...
as comedian and impersonator in the
Gialappa's Band comedy show ''Mai dire domenica''.
After appearing in other Gialappa's Band shows, in 2005 she joined the cast of ''
Quelli che... il Calcio'', where she stayed until 2009, and where eventually returned in the 2015–16 season. During her run in the show Ocone played over 50 characters.
As an actress, Ocone appeared in numerous films, television series and stage plays.
In 2022, she dubbed Zee in the Italian version of ''
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
''The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'' is a 2022 animated adventure comedy film directed by John C. Donkin, in his feature directorial debut, with a screenplay by Jim Hecht, Ray DeLaurentis, and William Schifrin based on a story written by H ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
People from Albano Laziale
Actresses from Lazio
Italian film actresses
Italian stage actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian women comedians
21st-century Italian actresses