Lucia Mascino

Lucia Mascino
Mascino in 2022
Born (1977-01-27) 27 January 1977
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Lucia Mascino (born 27 January 1977) is an Italian actress.

Career

Lucia Mascino, in parallel with her university studies at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, obtains an acting major at the Theater Research and Experimentation Center of Pontedera, after which, she leaves the university to continue only her acting career.[1] She immediately begins working with the Teatro Settimo in Turin and soon after she joins the Compagnia Giovani of the Teatro Stabile delle Marche with Massimo Navone and Giampiero Solari. In 1999 and 2000 she starred alongside Piera Degli Esposti in the show The Passion of Christ directed by Antonio Calenda.[2] From 2000 to 2005 she was part of the company of Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, staging performances from Kafka, Ovidio and Buchner in Italy and on European tours. In 2001 she was selected to participate in the Écoles des Maîtres higher education school with J.l.Martinelli on Chekhov and she worked again on Chekhov with the Russian director and pedagogue Anton Milenin. In the following years she was directed, among others, by Valerio Binasco and Giancarlo Cobelli. In 2007 she won the ETI New Sensitivity Award with the show she wrote and performed together with Rebecca Murgi, Io sono Internazionale.[3]

Since 2005 she has added to the theatrical experience that in cinema and television. In 2008 she starred in Stefano Tummolini's Un altro pianeta in competition at the Venice Film Festival's Days of Authors and at the Sundance Film Festival.[4] She later collaborated with several Italian directors, including Renato De Maria in The Front Line, Nanni Moretti in We Have a Pope, Giuseppe Piccioni in The Red and the Blue, Roberto Andò in Long Live Freedom, Sabina Guzzanti in The State-Mafia Pact, Alessandro Rossetto in Piccola patria (2013), Marco Segato in La pelle dell'orso (2016), Marco Danieli in Worldly Girl, a film chosen in the Days of the Authors at the Venice Film Festival 2016.[5] She is the female protagonist in the films Fräulein - Una fiaba d'inverno, the first work of Caterina Carone and of Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World by Francesca Comencini, a film for which she won the Anna Magnani Award as leading actress at the Bifest of Bari 2018, and was nominated for the Globo d'oro 2018 and the Nastro d'Argento 2018 as best leading actress.[6]

Also in 2018, the film Favola was released by Sebastiano Mauri based on the play of the same name written and directed by Filippo Timi. For her interpretation in the film she receives the nomination for the Nastro d'argento 2019 as Best Actress in a Comedy Film, a category for which she is also nominated with the film La prima pietra by Rolando Ravello.[7][8] In 2019 she is in the main cast of the film Don't Stop Me Now by Riccardo Milani, in the comedy Parents in Progress by Laura Chiossone, and is among the protagonists of the film I Hate Summer by Massimo Venier, alongside Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo.[9]

On television she was Chiara Guerrieri, the protagonist of the series Una mamma imperfetta written and directed by Ivan Cotroneo, winner of Nastro d'argento.[10] She also plays the role of Vittoria Fusco, female co-star alongside Filippo Timi, in the series I delitti del BarLume, written and directed by Roan Johnson.[11]

In Suburra: Blood on Rome she is Gabriella Santi, a corrupt parliamentarian present both in the first and in the second season directed by Molaioli, Placido, Capotondi, Messina, a series produced by Netflix and Cattleya.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role(s) Notes
2004 Tartarughe sul dorso Co-worker #2 Cameo appearance
2006 L'estate del mio primo bacio Phone Operator
2008 One Day in a Life Daniela
Gloss - Cambiare si può Alex
2009 Different from Whom? Police Officer Cameo appearance
The Front Line Loredana Biancamano
2011 When the Night Manfred's Mother
L'estate che non viene The Teacher Short film
Habemus Papam Saleswoman Cameo appearance
2012 Sulla strada di casa Police Inspector
Good as You Francesca
The Red and the Blue Elena Togani
2013 L'estate sta finendo Alessandra
Discovery at Dawn Mother
Long Live Freedom Contestator Cameo appearance
Piccola patria Anna Carniello
The Chair of Happiness Elisa
Il Natale della mamma imperfetta Chiara
2014 The State-Mafia Pact Teology Teacher Cameo appearance
What Is Left? Narrator (voice) Documentary
2015 Fraülein - Una fiaba d'inverno Regina
Schiavo d'amore Donatella
2016 Worldly Girl Professor Donati
La pelle dell'orso Sara
Babylon Sisters Laura
2017 Stories of Love That Cannot Belong to This World Claudia
Favola Mrs. Emerald
2019 Don't Stop Me Now Francesca
Io sono Mia Sandra Neri
Parents in Progress Ilaria Luini
Effetto domino Alessandra Guarnieri
2020 I Hate Summer Barbara
In vacanza su Marte Bea
2022 The Wedding Days Margherita
2023 Infinite storie Mum Short film
2024 Una terapia di gruppo Sonia

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
2007–2008 Incantesimo Loredana Musso Recurring role; 39 episodes
2011 Il commissario Manara Carolina Martini Episode: "Sotto tiro"
Don Matteo Marcella Ravazzi Episode: "L'ombra del sospetto"
2012 Kubrick - Una storia porno Anja 2 episodes
Un Natale con i fiocchi Parking Woman Television movie
2013 Una mamma imperfetta Chiara Lead role
2013–present I delitti del BarLume Inspector Vittoria Fusco Main role
2014 Non è mai troppo tardi Mariagrazia Puglisi Television movie
2014–2015 Il candidato Cecilia 2 episodes
2016 Braccialetti rossi Mrs. D'Alessandro Recurring role; 3 episodes
2017–2019 Suburra: Blood on Rome Gabriella Main role (season 1–2)
2022 Bang Bang Baby Gabriella Gianmatteo Main role
2023 Vivere non è un gioco da ragazzi Sonia Galvani Recurring role; 5 episodes
2024 Mameli: Il ragazzo che sognò l'Italia Luisa Ferretti Main role

References

  1. ^ "L'attrice Lucia Mascino madrina del Tff: "Questo invito è un onore e un'emozione"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 21 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Teatro". Luciamascino (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Sette belle storie di 'sensibilità' al Nuovo i registi sono under 30 - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "UN ALTRO PIANETA | la scheda". www.unaltropianeta.it. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Tutto su Lucia Mascino: ecco chi è (davvero) l'attrice italiana". Donna Glamour (in Italian). 19 February 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. ^ Milano, CHILI S. p a-. "CHILI". CHILI. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Lucia Mascino: «L'obiettivo? Perdere il controllo»". VanityFair.it (in Italian). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ^ "La prima pietra Ospite l'attrice Lucia Mascino". Maremma in Festa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Odio l'estate: le tre protagoniste femminili, il valore aggiunto del film". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. ^ Giovagnini, Maria Laura (18 January 2021). "Lucia Mascino, da mamma imperfetta al BarLume". iO Donna (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  11. ^ TG24, Sky. "Lucia Mascino racconta a Sky TG24 le nuove storie del 'BarLume'". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ TG24, Sky. "Suburra, il cast della stagione 3 della serie tv". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)