Serena Rossi (born 31 August 1985) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has acted in films and on stage, but is best known for her performance in the long-running

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Biography

Born in

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, Rossi comes from an artistic family originally from

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(in the

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, Italy). She debuted in 2002 as a singer in the musical ''C'era una volta... Scugnizzi'' by

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and

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. She broke through with her role in ''

'', which led to starring roles in several musicals, as well as a music album, ''Amore che'', featuring folk songs from ''al Sole''. After more work in television programmes and films, in 2008, Serena also appeared in the internationally popular detective series '' Inspector Montalbano''. In 2009, Serena appeared in Christian Duguay's '' Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire'' and made further appearances in '' Ho sposato uno sbirro'', '' R.I.S. Roma – Delitti imperfetti'' and '' Rugantino''. In 2011 she played the role of Giulia Sabatini in the TV series ''Che Dio ci Aiuti'' (2011-) In 2013, Serena voiced

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in the Italian version of ''Frozen''. In 2015, Serena voiced Cinderella, played by

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in the Italian version of ''Into the Woods''. In 2014, she took part in the contest ''Tale e Quale Show'', the Italian version of ''Tu cara me suena'''' and won it,'' alongsidespin off'' Il Torneo. ''Among other artists, Serena imitated:

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''. In 2014, ''she acted in the film

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as ''Anna.'' In 2017, Serena starred in the film '' Love and Bullets'' by the Manetti Bros. playing the role of Fatima, a role which was reprised during an episode of the programme ''Stasera Casa Mika''.

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had seen the film and strongly wished to do a sketch with Serena.

Filmography

* '' The Children's Train'', (a

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film), as Antonietta (2024) * ''

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'' – TV series, season 2, episode 4 (2024) * '' Wonderboys: The Secret Treasure of Naples'' – TV series (2024)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Serena 1985 births Living people Actresses from Naples People of Molisan descent Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian voice actresses 21st-century Italian actresses