Emerging from Palermo's theatrical community, she honed her craft at the Teatès School under director Michele Perriera, simultaneously writing, directing and starring in adaptations of his plays, and earned a first-prize essay on Hecuba at the National Institute for Ancient Drama in 1998 before receiving her acting diploma in 2000. Her screen debut arrived with Emanuele Crialese's Nuovomondo in 20…
