Sara Serraiocco
Sara Serraiocco | |
|---|---|
 Sara Serraiocco | |
| Born | 13 August 1990 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Spouse | Maurilio Mangano |
| Children | 1 |
Sara Serraiocco (born 13 August 1990) is an Italian actress, best known for playing Baldwin in the TV series Counterpart.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Pescara, Serraiocco developed from a young age a passion for dance and cinema, later working as a dance teacher before pursuing a career in acting.[1] In 2010, Serraiocco moved to Rome where she attended the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italian National Film School.[2]
After appearing in one episode of crime series R.I.S. Roma, Serraiocco made her film debut in 2013, starring in Salvo, awarded The Critics' Week Grand Prix during 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance as a blind girl brought up in the suburbs of Palermo got her several awards including the Italian Golden Globe for best actress and the "Guglielmo Biraghi" Nastro d'Argento as best new talent.
In 2014, Serraiocco was picked by director Liliana Cavani to play the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the miniseries Francesco.
In 2015, Serraiocco starred in the film Cloro, directed by Lamberto Sanfelice. The film was presented both at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival and at the 65th Berlinale (Generation section). She was nominated best actress at the 2015 Globo d'oro award for this role. During the same year, Serraiocco was chosen by Enrico Pau to play the role of Tecla in the film Accabadora. Shortly after she was invited to be part of the jury at Independent section of the 2015 Rome Film Fest.
Serraiocco was awarded the Shooting Stars Award as best European talent during the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Meanwhile, Serraiocco landed the lead role in Marco Danieli's debut feature film Worldly Girl, that was presented within the GdA review during the Venice Film Festival. Her performance in this film granted her several recognitions: the "Premio Pasinetti" (the National guild of Film critics' award) as Best Actress and the nomination for Best Actress both in the 2017 edition of Globo d'oro and Nastri d'argento. In addition to this she won the Golden Ciak along with Michele Riondino as best acting duo of the year.[1][3]
She landed the female leading role of Nora in No Country for Young Men directed by Giovanni Veronesi in 2017, whose subject was inspired by the radio show hosted by Danieli on Radio 2. The film got Serraiocco the nomination as Best Lead Actress in the 2017 Nastri d’Argento. Also, she played the main character in Cosimo Gomez's debut film Brutti e Cattivi that was presented in the "Orizzonti" section of the 2017 Venice Film Fest. Serraiocco was cast as a series regular in the TV series Counterpart, where she played the role of Baldwin alongside Academy Award winner J. K. Simmons. Her performance in Counterpart gained her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Autostraddle TV Awards.
Later in 2017, she returned to Italy to shoot Alessandro Capitani's debut film In viaggio con Adele, which was presented at the 2018 Rome Film Festival.[4] Still in that year, she returned to Los Angeles to shoot the second season of Counterpart (aired in January 2019). After that, she was chosen by director Renato De Maria to play the lead female role in his movie Lo Spietato. In 2019, she was chosen as a member of the international jury at the Kyiv film festival, Molodist 48. In September of the same year she took the role of Marica in Thou Shalt Not Hate, directed by Mauro Mancini. The film was presented at the 2020 Venice Film Festival (Critic's Week). For this role she gained the prestigious award "Nastro d’argento" ad best supporting actress. Most recently, she was cast in the leading female role in Lo Sto Bene, directed by Donato Rotunno which was presented at the Rome Film Festival 2020.
In 2022 she was chosen as a member of the jury at the 72nd annual Berlin International Film Festival (Shooting Stars award).[5] During the same year Serraiocco landed the female lead role in “Il signore delle formiche”, directed by Gianni Amelio, that was presented at the Venice Film Festival 79 in Official Competition. Most recently, she was cast as the role of Giulia in the movie Siccità, directed by Paolo Virzì. The film has been selected at the Venice Film Festival 79, Out of Competition. For this role she gained the prestigious award “ Premio Pasinetti" as best ensemble cast. She has been cast in the movie “ Il primo giorno della mia vita”, directed by Paolo Genovese and “ Il ritorno di Casanova”, directed by Oscar winning Gabriele Salvatores. In 2023 has been cast in the leading female role in “ Sulla Terra Leggeri”, directed by Sara Fgaier, presented in International Competition at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. During the same year she joined the cast in the French tv series “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”, directed by Jérôme Salle premiered worldwide at Canneseries 2024. She stars in Vermiglio, directed by Maura Delpero, which premiered in the Official Competition at the 81st Venice Film Festival and won the Silver Lion, Jury Grand Prize. The film has been nominated for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards as Best International Film.
It has also been nominated for the European Film Awards in the categories of Best Feature and Best Direction. In the same year, Sara Serraiocco plays the female lead in Ho visto un re, directed by Giorgia Farina, which was presented at the 2025 Torino Film Festival. She is currently on set as the lead in The Chilean, directed by Sergio Castro San Martín.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Salvo | Rita | Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza | |
| 2015 | Chlorine | Jenny | Lamberto Sanfelice | |
| The Accabadora | Tecla | Enrico Pau | ||
| Lazarus Come Out | Sara | Lorenzo Caproni | Short film | |
| Marciapiedi | The Girl | Nicola Ragone | ||
| 2016 | Worldly Girl | Giulia | Marco Danieli | |
| 2017 | No Country for Young Men | Nora | Giovanni Veronesi | |
| Ugly Nasty People | Rosabella "Ballerina" Terzi | Cosimo Gomez | ||
| 2018 | A Jacket | Giorgia | Marco Armando Piccinini & Michele Placido | Short film |
| Travelling with Adele | Adele | Alessandro Capitani | ||
| 2019 | The Ruthless | Mariangela | Renato De Maria | |
| 2020 | Thou Shalt Not Hate | Marica Minervini | Mauro Mancini | |
| I'm Fine | Leo | Donato Rotunno | ||
| The Italian Boys | Sara | Lorenzo Caproni | Segment: "Lazarus Come Out" | |
| 2021 | All Star: Return to the Cinema | Ticket Agent | Vincenzo Alfieri | Short film |
| 2022 | Lord of the Ants | Graziella | Gianni Amelio | |
| Dry | Giulia | Paolo Virzì | ||
| 2023 | Il ritorno di Casanova | Silvia | Gabriele Salvatores | |
| The First Day of My Life | Emilia | Paolo Genovese | ||
| 2024 | Vermiglio | Maura Delpero | ||
| Sulla terra leggeri | Miryam | Sara Fgaier | ||
| Under production | Ho visto un re | Giorgia Farina |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director / Created By |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Francesco | Clare of Assisi | Liliana Cavani | Television film | |
| 2017-2019 | Counterpart | Nadia Fierro / Baldwin | Justin Marks | 14 Episodes | |
| 2024 | "Becoming Karl Lagerfeld" | Graziella Fontana | Jérôme Salle |
Awards
[edit]| Nastro d'argento | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Salvo | Newcomer of the year | Won |
| 2017 | Worldly Girl and No Country for Young Men | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2018 | Brutti e cattivi | Best Actress in a comedy | Nominated |
| 2021 | Though shall not hate | Best supporting actress | Won |
| Italian Golden Globe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2014 | Salvo | Best Actress | Won |
| 2015 | Cloro | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2017 | Worldly Girl | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Cloro | Best European talent | Won |
| Venice film festival | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Worldly Girl | Premio Pasinetti,Best Actress | Won |
| 2022 | Siccità | Premio Pasinetti,Best Ensemble Cast | Won |
| 2014 | Salvo | Premio Kineo,Best Actress | Won |
| Ciak d'oro | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2017 | Worldly Girl | Best Actress and Best Actor(Michele Riondino) | Won |
| Festival du film d' Annecy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Cloro | Best Actress | Won |
| 2016 | Worldly Girl | Best Actress | Won |
| Autostraddle TV Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Outstanding Supporting Actress Playing an LGBTQ+ Character in a Sci-Fi Series | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Arianna Finos (16 December 2014). "L'ascesa di Sara Serraiocco, da Cannes al Sundance". La Repubblica. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Giulia Bianconi (16 February 2016). "Il sogno della Serraiocco: "Vorrei recitare con DiCaprio"". Il Tempo. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Alissa Simon (3 February 2016). "European Shooting Stars 2016: Sara Serraiocco". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Camillo De Marco (18 October 2018). "Review: In viaggio con Adele". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "L'EFP annonce la composition du jury de la 25e édition des Shooting Stars européennes". Cieuropa.org (in French). 25 November 2021.
External links
[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
