Personal Info
Birth date
1956-04-02 (69 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Salerno, Campania, Italy
Also known as
-Giuliana De Sio
Biography
Giuliana De Sio was born in Salerno and grew up in Cava de 'Tirreni, where her family originates from. De Sio's first public appearance was her when she was five in a show at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno. She moved to Terrasini when she was eighteen to live in a hippy commune before moving to Rome, where she befriended Teresa Ann Savoy and Alessandro Haber, who encouraged her to start acting. Her professional debut took place in 1976 when Gianni Bongiovanni chose her for Una donna. Elio Petri then gave her a part of her in Mani dirty di lei and Tonino Cervi chooses her to act in The Imaginary Sick with Alberto Sordi. In the early 1980s she meets Massimo Troisi, who chooses her for an important role in her second film, Sorry for the delay (1982). She subsequently worked with Francesco Nuti in The Pool Hustlers (1982) and Casablanca Casablanca (1985).
Filmography
Bambi-Verleihung
9
Overview:
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.L'onore e il rispetto
7.1
Overview:
L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six episodes: first season aired in 2006, second in 2009 and third in 2012. First season was directed by Salvatore Samperi, second by Samperi and Luigi Parisi, third by Parisi and Alessio Inturri. On October 2, 2012 Gabriel Garko announced through an interview with Tgcom 24 [1], which will soon turn a fourth season of the TV series.Ciao Darwin
7.731
Overview:
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.The Octopus
7.9
Overview:
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.Crimes
7
Overview:
Anthology crime series penned by some of the foremost contemporary Italian noir writers (Camilleri, Faletti, De Cataldo, Carofiglio, Lucarelli, Fois...)Il peccato e la vergogna
8
Overview:
In Rome in the thirties lives Nito Valdi, a difficult boy just out of the reformatory, who works for a local boss together with his friend Tony. The meeting with the beautiful Carmen will take Nito's life to an unexpected turn: after the loss of his greatest friend, with the arrival of fascism Valdi approaches the Blackshirts, while he becomes Carmen's worst nightmare. Nito is obsessed with her and wants her at any cost. But Carmen is expecting a child with Giancarlo, scion of one of the most prominent families in Rome: the Fontamaras. The story of Carmen and Nito, who turns out to be a Nazi psychopath, is intertwined with that of the Fontamaras, who have just discovered that they have Jewish origins and therefore must leave Italy to avoid falling victim to those like Valdi.Caterina e le sue figlie
NYR
Overview:
Caterina e le sue figlie is an Italian television series that aired from December 4, 2005 to March 3, 2010 on Canale 5. The comedy series follows single mother Catherine as she tries to balance raising three daughters alone and dating.Beauty Centre
NYR
Overview:
The story begins with the return of Anna Borsi from the summer holiday, with her children Sara and Michelino and with the subsequent discovery of the death of her husband, Armando. Anna finds herself facing a sea of debts, but advised by her husband's accountant, Francesca Cialdi, and helped by the hairdresser Luca Manfridi and the interior decorator Vicky Melzi, she decides to open a hairdressing shop for ladies: "Il Bello delle Donne".Cuore
6.3
Overview:
Enrico Bottini, an engineering student, prepares to serve as an officer when Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. At the train station, he meets Garrone, an old friend from elementary school, and begins to reminisce on the values instilled to him by both school and his father.One Hundred Days in Palermo
6.898
Overview:
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.Dirty Hands
10
Overview:
The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties.Let's Hope It's a Girl
6.9
Overview:
Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.The Wicked
8
Overview:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her sexual past, despite objections by the old-fashioned chief physician.Mary Magdalene
5.6
Overview:
Employed as a spy and given the task of investigating the threat posed by John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene is overwhelmed by John's powerful message of the coming of the Messiah. Gazing into John's eyes before he dies, Mary is left with the certainty that her place is at the side of this great man, Jesus Christ.Uno scandalo perbene
5.9
Overview:
Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather brutally interrogated, and then because he has no idea who he is or where he belongs, he is put into an asylum for the mentally disturbed. After his photograph is published in the newspapers, a woman shows up at the institution claiming that he is Professor Canella, her missing and wealthy husband. The news obtains the release of the amnesiac, but his claim is quickly and hotly contested by another family, arguing that the man is an imposter. As a result, his case goes back to court and in the meantime, the "professor" is put in jail. As the courtroom drama continues, there are various clues that suggest whether or not the amnesiac has been accurately identified and by whom.Casablanca, Casablanca
6.2
Overview:
Francesco forgot billiards because now he lives with Chiara. She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards.Hypochondriac
6.2
Overview:
During the year 1673, Rome was besieged by poverty and violence. The rich Mr. Argante has two servants to look after him, while his wife is only waiting to see him dead to inherit.Angelo Nero
NYR
Overview:
Jack Altieri, a young Italian-American restaurant owner, arrives at Vesta awaits him a painting of the sixteenth century that depicts the veiled face of Medea of Carpi, noble woman processed to witchcraft. Shortly after the arrival of Jack, a country girl is killed in a mysterious way, dropping the suspicions of the Commissioner Gianzi on the young restorer, who is soon advised to not complete the work on the opera, because it would hide an ancient curse.Acting
TBARaqmar as Unknown
2024Per sempre al Massimo as Unknown
2023Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni as Self (archive footage)
2022Buon Lavoro as Unknown
2020TV Story Superstar (1 Episode) as Self (archive footage)
2017The Truth About Love Is... as Roberta
2017Amore pensaci tu (20 Episodes) as Tina
2017Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo (8 Episodes) as Annalisa Bottelli
2014Roma, Napoli, Venezia... in un crescendo rossiniano as Isabella Colbran
2014Furore il vento della speranza (6 Episodes) as Irma Voglino
2014Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda (2 Episodes) as Alla Nazimova
2012Ci vediamo a casa as Madre di Enzo
2012Vorrei vederti ballare as Unknown
2011Il console italiano as Unknown
2010Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano as Self
2010Il peccato e la vergogna (10 Episodes) as Bigiù
2008Mogli a pezzi (4 Episodes) as Armida Casoni
2006Crimes (1 Episode) as Laura
2006L'onore e il rispetto (6 Episodes) as Concetta De Nicola
2006The Short Night as Lara
2005Caterina e le sue figlie (18 Episodes) as Concetta Melita 'Cetty' Saponero dal Puozzo
2004A luci spente as Elena Monti
2002Ti voglio bene Eugenio as Elena
2001Beauty Centre (36 Episodes) as Annalisa Bottelli Renzi Di Balsano
2000Mary Magdalene as Erodiade
1998Ciao Darwin (1 Episode) as Capitana Quarantenni
1998Angelo Nero as Iris
1997Der Kapitän (1 Episode) as Dr. Sophia Minardi
1996Italiani as Margherita
1994The True Life of Antonio H. as Unknown
1992Per non dimenticare as Unknown
1992Wolffs Revier (1 Episode) as Wanda Treptow
1992Centro storico as Sandra
1991The Wicked as Emilia
1990Feu sur le candidat as Alix/Clara
1988What if Gargiulo Finds Out? as Teresa Capece
1987Private Affairs as Nagra
1987I picari as Rosario, the prostitute
1986Let's Hope It's a Girl as Franca
1985Casablanca, Casablanca as Chiara
1984Uno scandalo perbene as Giulia Canella
1984Cuore (6 Episodes) as Maestrina dalla penna rossa
1984One Hundred Days in Palermo as Emanuela Setti Carraro
1984The Octopus (7 Episodes) as Giulia Antinari
1984Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self
1983The Pool Hustlers as Chiara
1983Sorry for the Delay as Anna
1982Chopin as Marta Vitale
1979Hypochondriac as Angelica
1979Rue du Pied de Grue as Luisa
1978Dirty Hands (3 Episodes) as Jessica
1976San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women as Cesira
1948Bambi-Verleihung (1 Episode) as Self