Gaia Girace (born 21 October 2003) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her role as Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo in the HBO coming-of-age television series My Brilliant Friend.[1]
Gaia Girace | |
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 Girace in 2024 | |
| Born | 21 October 2003 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2018–present |
Biography
editGaia Girace grew up in Vico Equense, Naples.[2] Her father is a lawyer and her mother works in insurance.[3] She attended the Liceo Classico Publio Virgilio in Meta,[4] and was cast in My Brilliant Friend in her first year.[5]
At the age of 13, Girace began attending acting classes, citing a need to express herself. Soon after, she auditioned for My Brilliant Friend, which had been casting actresses from Naples.[6] She underwent 7 months of auditions[3] before being chosen to play Lila Cerullo out of 10,000 girls.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | I santi | Maria | Short film | [7] |
| 2023 | Girasoli | Lucia | [8] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-22 | My Brilliant Friend | Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo | 21 episodes | [9] |
| 2022 | The King's Favorite | Catherine de Médicis | 2 episodes | [10] |
| 2023 | The Good Mothers | Denise Cosco | 5 episodes | [11] |
References
edit- ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (25 February 2022). "Growing Up Onscreen With 'My Brilliant Friend'". The New York Times.
- ^ Myers, Marc (1 March 2022). "The Italian Actresses in 'My Brilliant Friend' Talk About Their Own Childhoods and Different Paths to Stardom". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ a b Corci, Di Corinne (1 April 2023). "Gaia Girace, parlare a voce alta". Cosmopolitan (in Italian).
- ^ "Gaia Girace l'attrice originaria della Penisola Sorrentina intervistata dal Corriere per il ritorno dell' "Amica Geniale"". Positano News (in Italian). 18 January 2022.
- ^ a b Manca, Mario (4 April 2023). "Gaia Girace: "L'Amica geniale, la mia adolescenza strappata e il ruolo della ragazza coraggiosa di The Good Mothers"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian).
- ^ Reilly, Phoebe (7 November 2018). "Finding the Ferrante Four". Vulture.
- ^ "I santi". RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival. 29 October 2021.
- ^ De Marco, Camillo (10 January 2023). "Shooting is now underway on Catrinel Marlon's first work Girasoli". Cineuropa.
- ^ "My Brilliant Friend". HBO.
- ^ ""The King's Favorite," an ambitious historical fresco". Unifrance. 7 April 2022.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (21 February 2023). "Disney+ Series 'The Good Mothers,' Real Story of Women Who Dare to Defy Italian Mob, Marks U.K. Italy Collaboration". Variety.
External links
edit- Gaia Girace at IMDb
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