Sara Serraiocco
Sara Serraiocco
Born	(1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (age 35) Pescara,Abruzzo,Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2013–present
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse	Maurilio Mangano
Children	1

Sara Serraiocco (born 13 August 1990) is an Italian actress, best known for her roles in the American sci-fi thriller TV seriesCounterpart and Maura Delpero’sVermiglio, which is nominated for awards in the upcoming2025 Golden Globes and theEuropean Film Awards.

Born inPescara, Serraiocco developed a passion for dance and cinema, from a young age, initially working as a dance teacher before pursuing acting.^[1] She attended theCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Italian National Film School.^[2]

After appearing in an episode of the hit crime series R.I.S. Roma, Serraiocco made her film debut in 2013, starring inSalvo, which received The Critics' Week Grand Prix at2013 Cannes Film Festival. Her performance as Rita, a blind teenager brought up in the suburbs of Palermo, earned her several awards, including the Globo D'oro (Italian Golden Globe) for best actress and the "Guglielmo Biraghi"Nastro d'Argento as best new talent.

In 2014, directorLiliana Cavani chose Serraiocco for the role of Saint Clare of Assisi in the miniseries Francesco.

Serraiocco then starred in the 2015 film Cloro, directed by Lamberto Sanfelice, which was selected for the Sundance Film Festival and the 65th Berlin International Film Festival (Generation section). Her performance earned her an Italian Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Also in 2015, Serraiocco starred as Tecla in Enrico Pau’s film Accabadora and served on the jury of the Independent section at the Rome Film Festival.

In 2016, Serraiocco was awarded theShooting Stars Award as best European talent during the66th Berlin International Film Festival. Meanwhile, she landed the lead role in Marco Danieli's debut feature filmWorldly Girl, which was selected in the GdA review during theVenice Film Festival. Her performance in this film granted her several recognitions: the "Premio Pasinetti" (the National guild of Film critics' award) as Best Actress and two additional nominations for Best Actress at the Italian Golden Globes and Nastri d’Argento. She also won the Golden Ciak, withMichele Riondino, for Best Acting Duo of the Year.^[1][3]

In 2017, Serraiocco took on the role of Nora, the lead female role inGiovanni Veronesi'sNo Country for Young Men a film about a radio show hosted by Danieli on Radio 2. Her performance earned her a nomination for Best Lead Actress at the Nastri d’Argento. She also starred in Cosimo Gomez's debut film Brutti e Cattivi, which was presented in the "Orizzonti" section of the Venice Film Festival. That same year, she was cast as Baldwin in the TV seriesCounterpart, where she acted alongside Academy Award winnerJ. K. Simmons. Her performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at theAutostraddle TV Awards.

Between seasons of Counterpart, Serraiocco returned to Italy to shoot Alessandro Capitani's debut film In Viaggio con Adele (Travelling with Adele), which was selected for the 2018Rome Film Festival.^[4] She was also tapped by director Renato De Maria to play the lead female role inLo Spietato.

In 2019, Serraiocco played Marica inThou Shalt Not Hate, directed by Mauro Mancini. The film was selected for the 2020 Venice Film Festival (Critic's Week). For her performance, Serraiocco was awarded the prestigious Nastro d’Argento for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in Lo Sto Bene, directed by Donato Rotunno, which was selected for the 2020 Rome Film Festival.

In 2022 she was chosen as a member of the jury at the 72nd annualBerlin International Film Festival (Shooting Stars award).^[5]That year, she also played the female lead role in Il signore delle formiche (The Lord of the Ants, directed byGianni Amelio, which was selected for theVenice Film Festival 79 in Official Competition.She also took on the role of Giulia in Siccità (Dry, directed byPaolo Virzì), which was selected for theVenice Film Festival 79, Out of Competition, and earned her the prestigious“ Premio Pasinetti" award for Best Ensemble Cast.

She appeared in the films Il primo giorno della mia vita (The First Day of My Life, directed by Paolo Genovese) and Il ritorno di Casanova (The Return of Casanova, directed by Oscar-winnerGabriele Salvatores), as well.

In 2023, Serraiocco starred in Sulla Terra Leggeri (Weightless), a film by Sara Fgaier, which was selected for the International Competition at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. Also in 2023, she joined the cast of the French TV series, “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”, directed byJérôme Salle which premiered worldwide at Canneseries 2024.

In 2024, Serraiocco starred inMaura Delpero’sVermiglio, which won the81st Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion. The film is nominated for Best International Film at the2025 Golden Globe Awards and for theEuropean Film Awards in the categories of Best Feature and Best Direction. Serraiocco then starred as the female lead in Giorgia Farina’s Ho visto un re, which has been selected for the 2025Torino Film Festival.

In 2024, She was on set as the star of Sergio Castro San Martín’sIl Cileno.

In 2025 Sara has been a member of the Jury of the Locarno Film Festival 78, Pardi Di Domani.^[6][7]

In the same year, she takes part, as executive producer, in the development of Ciao Warsaw, a short film directed by Diletta Di Nicolantonio, presented at Alice Nella Città (autonomous section of the Rome Film Festival).She is currently engaged in filming The Resurrection, directed by Mel Gibson.

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