Alessandra Di Sanzo
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Alessandra Di Sanzo (born 26 August 1969), is an Italian actress best known for her portrayal of the teenage trans prostitute Marilyn Libassi, nicknamed Mery in Marco Risi's dramatic film, Mery per sempre ("Forever Mary"), which was released in 1989 and where she made her acting debut. She received a European Film Award nomination in 1989 for Best Supporting Actor for her performance.[1] Di Sanzo played the same role in Risi's sequel, "Ragazzi fuori" ("Hustlers Outside"), released the following year. As in Mery per sempre, the film was set in Palermo, Sicily and it starred Sicilian actor Francesco Benigno.
Other films in which Di Sanzo is featured include Errore fatale (1992), The Whores (1994), Il prezzo del denaro (1995), Ragazzi della notte (1995), La tenda nera (1996), Vita da paprazzo (2008), and I Picciuli (2009).
Di Sanzo was born at Gattico, Province of Novara, Piedmont, and grew up in Rotonda, a small village in the Province of Potenza, Basilicata, where her family comes from.
References
[edit]- Alessandra Di Sanzo at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Internet Movie Database
External links
[edit]- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Novara
- Actresses from Piedmont
- People from the Province of Potenza
- Italian film actresses
- Italian television actresses
- Italian stage actresses
- 20th-century Italian actresses
- 21st-century Italian actresses
- Italian transgender women
- Italian transgender actresses
- 20th-century Italian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Italian LGBTQ people
- Actresses from Basilicata