Giovanna's bio:
Giovanna was born in Rome, November 9th, 1974, daughter of actors Vittorio and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on set, conscious about acting. At first she wanted to become a ballerina and she studied dancing for 13 years.
After her father's death when she was 19 she moved to Paris where she attended the stages by Arianne Mnouchkine and worked for two years at the Peter Brook Workshop (author of The Mahabharata). Made her stage debut with the role of Ofelia in "Qui est là", based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet". The play toured various European cities. She received the Premio Coppola-Prati 1996, the jury presided over by theatre critic Franco Quadri.
One year later she made her film debut in "Il viaggio della sposa" (The Bride's Journey) written by and starring Sergio Rubini (she was awarded the Targa d'Argento as the New Talent in Italian Cinema, she was also given the Grolle d'Oro, and the Globo d'Oro by the Foreign Press Association and the Premio Flaiano as Best Actress of the 1997 - 1998 season).
In 1998 she starred in the film "Del perduto amore" directed by Michele Placido, with Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Sergio Rubini (she was awarded the Nastro d'Argento, the Ciak d'Oro and Premio Pasinetti as Best Actress in a starring role) and, for the Italian National Television Network, RaiDue, in a film made for TV "Più leggero non basta" (A lighter burden to bear) in the role of a young girl with muscular dystrophy, directed by Elisabetta Lodoli with Stefano Accorsi.
In 1999, she played the role of Silvia, daughter of Enzo Tortora by whose mistaken conviction the film was inspired. The film, "Un uomo perbene", with Michele Placido and Mariangela Melato, was directed by Maurizio Zaccaro. In that same year, she worked in Asini, directed by Antonello Grimaldi, with Claudio Bisio.
In 2000 she travelled between Prague and Paris for work in the film made for TV, "Les Miserables", directed by Josée Dayan, with Gerard Depardieu and John Malkovich. She worked in Denmark in Nobel, directed by Fabio Carpi, with Hector Altero. In Italy she worked with Puglielli in Tutta la conoscenza del mondo (All There Is to Know), and then, L'Ultimo bacio (The Last Kiss) directed by Gabriele Muccino with Stefano Accorsi and Stefania Sandrelli (winning the Premio Flaiano).
In 2001 she worked in the film "Malefemmene" with Angela Molina and directed by Fabio Conversi, in the role of Francesca, who was imprisoned following a judicial error and came into contact with the reality of friendship and attachment which she had never imagined possible. She also worked on "Stai con me", with Adriano Giannini and directed by Livia Giampalmo, in the role of a mother of twins.
In 2002 she worked on the set of "Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni", in the role of the protagonist, directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani (the film tells the tragic and dark story of the Tg3 journalist killed in Mogadiscio). She also worked in France in the TV movie Il segreto di Thomas (Daddy), directed by Giacomo Battiato, with Klaus Maria Brandauer, based on Loup Duran's best-seller. In Italy she starred in the film "La finestra di fronte" ("facing windows") directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, costarring Massimo Girotti and Raoul Bova. This film, a critically acclaimed and a box office success, earned her a lot of awards: the David di Donatello, the Ciak d’Oro, the Nastro d’Argento, the Globo d’Oro by the Foreign Press, the Flaiano Award, the Karlovy Vary Award as Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Lately she starred in the film "L’Amore ritorna", directed by Sergio Rubini, costarring Fabrizio Bentivoglio e Margherita Buy. She was also working in France, on the set of her first comedy: "Au secours, j'ai 30 ans", directed by Marie-Anne Chazel, with Pierre Palmade. Then in 2004 Giovanna worked in the TV movie "Virginia (La monaca di Monza)", directed by Alberto Sironi. She then returned to the theatre, working with the director Piero Maccarinelli in "4.48 Psicosi", written by Sarah Kane.
In 2005 "La Bestia Nel Cuore" (Don't Tell), directed by Cristina Comencini, was an academy award candidate for Best Foreign Movie. Then in 2006 she acted and co-produced "AD Project", a sci-fi thriller by Eros Puglielli and acted in "Lezioni di Volo" (Flying Lessons) by Francesca Archibugi.
This year she is a sexy thief in an italian black comedy: "Notturno Bus" (Night Bus), directed by Davede Marengo and starring Valerio Mastrandrea and Ennio Fantastichini. Lately she will be Fermina Daza, the main character from "Love in the time of Cholera" based on the book written by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and directed by Mike Newell ("4 weddings and a funeral").
She lives between Rome, Paris and Milan. There is a beauty mark above the right side of her lip, she is 5' 6'' tall and wears a size 4 dress. She has two tattoos, on the inner part of her ankles: one is a "V" as the initial letter of her father's name and one is the symbol of the skorpio zodiac sign. She has brown hair and hypnotic hazel eyes, the eyes of her father, a very important figure for Giovanna to whom she is still strongly tied. Her career already counts numerous successes and prizes. It is really her personal dream come true and also a celebration of her parents work. Even if she is still young she is rapidly becoming the most renowned italian actress.
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