Name: Giovanna MezzogiornoBirth name: Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Date of birth: November 9, 1974
Birthplace: Rome
Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born on November 9, 1974. She is an Italian theater and film actress. Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, the daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. After her studies in actor practice, she worked for two years in Paris in Peter Brook's theater laboratory. Her career began in 1995, in Brook's Qui est là, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet, as Ofelia. In 1997, she made her debut in the cinema world, in the Sergio Rubini's film Il viaggio della sposa, winning the Premio Flaiano as best female interpreter. After Michele Placido's Del perduto amor, in 2000 and 2001 she worked for international productions alongside with John Malkovich and Gerard Depardieu
