Lunetta Savino
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Lunetta Savino
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2 November 1957 Bari, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Lunetta Savino (Bari, Italy, November 2, 1957) is an Italian theater and movie actress, particularly famous for starring in popular TV series. She is best known in her home country for playing Cettina, one of the leading characters on Rai Uno's primetime TV series Un medico in famiglia. In 2010, she starred in Ferzan Özpetek's movie Loose Cannons, which received international acclaim.
After graduating at Teatro "Alessandra Galante Garrone" in Bologna, Lunetta Savino made her stage debut in 1981 with Macbeth. Savino has enjoyed a successful stage career, performing in several plays including an Italian-language version of "The Merchant of Venice" (1984), "Sorelle Materassi" (from a novel by Aldo Palazzeschi, 1988), and "Medea" (1994). In 1995, she made her stage debut at Teatro dell'Orologio in Rome with "Prova orale per membri esterni", a play by Claudio Grimaldi in which she performed an oral sex instructor. The played proved to be extremely successful, being replicated for six season in many Italian cities.
In 1982, Savino made her screen debut, playing a small part in "Grog", directed by Felice Laudadio.
From 1998 to 2010, Savino played her breakthrough role. She starred as flamboyant au-pair girl from Southern Italy Cettina Gargiulo, a leading character in "Un medico in famiglia", one of the most famous Italian TV-series of all times.
Savino took part in many TV series in her country, such as "Il bello delle donne", "Raccontami" and "Il figlio della luna".
In 2010, she starred as Stefania Cantone, a mother struggling with her grown-up son's sexual orientation, in Ferzan Özpetek's movie Loose Cannons
She briefly starred alongside Luciana Littizzetto in the TV series Fuoriclasse, playing the leading character's dishonest sister.
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