Bianca Guaccero is an Italian

Italy

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 cinema, theatre, and television actress.

In February 2010, she resumed her notable role of Carolina Scapece in the Rai Uno

Rai Uno

Rai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...

 mini-series Capri 3. She had played the same part of the conniving Caroline in the first and second Capri series. In 2009, she was one of the cast of Il Bene e il Male ("The Good and the Bad") in which she portrayed a policewoman. In 2006, she had starred in the title role of Assunta Spina

Assunta Spina (1948 film)

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, a television mini-series remake of the 1948 film.

Career

Guaccero was born in Bitonto

Bitonto

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, a comune

Comune

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 in the province of Bari

Province of Bari

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, Italy. She began her career in Italian television in 1996 at the age of fifteen with the variety programme Sotto a Chi Tocca, which also featured showgirl Pamela Prati

Pamela Prati

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 and comedian Pippo Franco

Pippo Franco

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In 1999, she made her acting debut in the film Terra Bruciata, directed by Fabio Segatori, in which she played the part of Maria. Since then she has performed regularly in both television and the cinema, and has appeared twice on stage in theatrical productions.

One of her most notable performances has been in the role of the malicious, conniving Carolina Scapece in the Rai Uno mini-series Capri, Capri 2 and Capri 3. She also starred in the title role of Assunta Spina, a mini-series remake of the 1948 film

Assunta Spina (1948 film)

Assunta Spina is a 1948 drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Anna Magnani.-Cast:* Anna Magnani - Assunta Spina* Antonio Centa - Federico Funelli* Maria Donini - Ernestina* Aldo Bufi Landi - Marcello Flaiano...

 which starred Academy Award-winning actress Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani

Anna Magnani was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo....

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In 2008, Guaccero co-hosted the 58th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with Pippo Baudo

Pippo Baudo

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 and Andrea Osvart

Andrea Osvárt

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Filmography

• Terra Bruciata (1999) - Maria
• Faccia di Picasso (2000) - Samantha
• Tra Due Mondi (2001) - Angelica
• Streghe Verso Nord (2001) - Selvaggia
• Il Trasformista (2002) - Katya
• Hollywood Flies (2004) - Martina
• Vengo a Prenderti (2005) - Maura Parish
• Liolà (2009)

Television

• Sotto a Chi Tocca (1996), variety programme
• Ama Il Tuo Nemico 2 (2001), mini-series
• La Memoria e il Perdona (2001), mini-series - Caterina/Isabel
• Papa Giovanni-Ioannes XXIII (2002), film
• Mudu (2003), variety programme
• Tutti i Sogni del Mondo (2003), mini-series - Daniela
• Benedetti dal Signore-Missione Zara (2004), film - Zara
• Mai Storie d'Amore in Cucina (2004), film - Evelina Bruni
• La Tassinara (2004), mini-series - Vittoria
• San Pietro (2005), film - Silvia
• Assunta Spina (2006), mini-series - title role
• Capri (2006), mini-series - Carolina Scapece
• Tutte Donne Tranne Me (2007), variety programme
• La Terza Verità (2007), mini-series - Lidia Roccella
• Capri 2 (2008), mini-series - Carolina Scapece
• La Stella della Porta Accanto (2008), mini-series - Stella
• 58th Edition of The Sanremo Music Festival, (2008) - co-host
• Il Bene e Il Male (2009), series - Grazia Micheli
• Capri 3, (2010), mini-series - Carolina Scapece

Theatre

• Il Sogno del Principe di Salina- L'Ultimo Gattopardo (2006) - Angelica
• Poveri Ma Belli (2008–2009) - Giovanna

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• Bianca Guaccero's Photogallery (in Italian)