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Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (born March 27, 1996) is an American-Italian actress. She is best known for her roles as the titular character in the children's series ''
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'' and Tyene Sand in the television series ''
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''.


Early life

Sellers was born in
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, to Italian parents: actress Mary Sellers and filmmaker Fabrizio Laurenti. She grew up in
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before moving to
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. She has one brother and one sister.


Career

Sellers made her debut in the theater in 2004 at the age of eight, when she and her brother were assigned to the part of the children of Medea in the production of the theater company ''La Mama''. After staging in New York and a tour of the same show in Poland and Austria, she moved briefly to Rome that same year with her family. After she arrived in Italy, she began to take part in TV and film productions. In 2006 she participated in the mini-series directed by
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's ''E poi c'è Filippo'', the years following in ''L'amore e la guerra'', the television series ''
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'' and the television movie ''Fuga per la libertà – L'aviatore'', the miniseries ''Coco Chanel'' and the film '' Mi Ricordo Anna Frank'' in the lead role. In 2009, in
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's '' Many Kisses Later'', while the following year in the miniseries ''Paura di amare''. In 2010, Sellers played the daughter of
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(
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) in Larysa Kondracki's ''
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''. In 2012, she took part in the TV series ''
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'' and arrived on Rai 2 in the series ''
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'' that features alternating sequences in live action and scenes created in computer graphics. In June 2012 she took a part in
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's '' Out of the Blue'', alongside
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. Meanwhile, at the
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, she was presented in
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's ''
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'' and in '' A Liberal Passion'', alongside
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and
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, loosely based on the 2008 novel by Chiara Gamberale. In 2015, she joined the cast of the
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series ''
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'' in
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as Tyene Sand. In 2020, she joined the
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of the SyFy series '' Spides'' as Nora Berger.


Personal life

Sellers is studying at the
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in London. Sellers has participated in many equestrian competitions and has also studied tap dance. Sellers is fluent in English and Italian. Sellers founded the Young Actors for Humanitarian Involvement, to get teen Italian talents involved in charities such as ActionAid and Smile Again. She also serves meals at Rome's ''Comunità di Sant'Egidio'' soup kitchen. Sellers also has volunteered with another organization called ''Veto the Squito'' which helps raise money for
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treated bed nets in Africa. She has also collaborated with the League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Laurenti Sellers, Rosabell 1996 births 21st-century American actresses Living people Actresses from New York City Actresses from Santa Monica, California American people of Italian descent American television actresses