Sara Ciocca (born 30 January 2008) is an Italian actress.

Sara Ciocca
Ciocca in 2024
Born30 January 2008 (2008-01-30) (age 16)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active2018–present

Life and career

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Born in Rome to parents from Riccia, in Molise, she has been studying classical dance, modern jazz, contemporary dance, and piano since the age of three.[1][2]

Her acting debut came in 2018 at the age of ten, when she played Alma in the television series The Miracle.[3] In 2019, she made her film debut in The Most Beautiful Day in the World by Alessandro Siani. Later that year, Ciocca starred as Martina Muscarà in Ferzan Özpetek's The Goddess of Fortune.[3]

Since 2021, she has starred as Lucia Ottonello in the Rai 1 series Blanca.[4] Ciocca also took part with the role of Salmetta in Volfango De Biasi's Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires!, and its 2023 sequel.[5]

In 2022, she starred in the thriller film I Am the Abyss by Donato Carrisi. That same year, she landed her first leading role in a feature film, starring alongside Diego Abatantuono in the Christmas comedy Improvvisamente Natale, playing the role of Chiara.[6][7]

In 2023, Ciocca co-starred in Mimì: Prince of Darkness, Brando De Sica's directorial debut,[8] and played the titular character in the fantasy thriller Nina of the Wolves, for which she received the Best New Young Actress Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.[2][9][10]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Radici Caroline Short film
2019 The Most Beautiful Day in the World Rebecca Feature film debut
The Goddess of Fortune Martina Muscarà
2020 Tutti per uno, uno per tutti Ginevra
2021 America Latina Lucia
Help! My In-Laws Are Vampires! Salmetta
Who Framed Santa Claus? Rebecca
2022 Dove finiscono i mandarini? Sara Short film
I Am the Abyss The Girl with the Purple Hair Lock
Improvvisamente Natale Chiara
2023 Mimì: Prince of Darkness Carmilla
Nina of the Wolves Nina
2024 The Life Apart Rebecca Macola at 10
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2018 The Miracle Alma Pietromarchi 8 episodes
2020 The Promised Life Young Sarah 3 episodes
2021 Anna Snow White Episode "The Invisible Boar"
2021–present Blanca Lucia Ottonello Main role
2022 Romulus Etruscan girl Episode 2x04

References

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  1. ^ "Blanca, chi è Sara Ciocca che fa Lucia Ottonello?". Donnapop.it. 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Antonella Matranga (28 August 2023). "Sara Ciocca: "Voglio tornare alla mia vita da adolescente"". la Repubblica.
  3. ^ a b Cecilia Ermini (27 December 2019). "Sara Ciocca, la piccola protagonista di "La Dea Fortuna" è già una stella". IO Donna.
  4. ^ Claudia Giampaolo (5 October 2023). "Blanca 2, video intervista a Maria Chiara Giannetta e Sara Ciocca". Ciak Magazine.
  5. ^ "Ciak per Un matrimonio mostruoso di Volfango De Biasi". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 29 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Primo ciak per Improvvisamente Natale con Abatantuono". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 30 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Diego Abatantuono: «Ho perso il conto dei film (forse 100), una mattina vorrei svegliarmi ed avere di nuovo 40 anni»". Corriere della Sera. 23 November 2022.
  8. ^ Mattia Pasquini (7 July 2023). "Mimì il Principe delle Tenebre, a Locarno 2023 la fuga dalla realtà di Brando De Sica". Ciak Magazine.
  9. ^ "Premio Kinéo a Tarak Ben Ammar e Sara Ciocca". Cinecittà News.
  10. ^ "Nina dei lupi: sette settimane di riprese in Trentino". Provincia di Trento.
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