[on how she got into acting] I never would have imagined being an actress. My great passion was classical dance. At age 10, I had participated in a contest at the famous Scala Theater and out of 2000 children, I had been selected along with a small number of others. I was so excited! After three years, I was dancing all day and sometimes even in the ballet, The Nutcracker, with Rudolf Nureev, and not coming home until midnight. My father decided to take me out of the theater because, he said I did not study enough and was not getting enough rest. I was almost 18 when I was walking one day in downtown Milan, my home town, together with my mother. At some point we saw that they were shooting a movie and we went in for a closer look. The director of the film was a certain Stefano Rolla, who died at Nassiria in the attack. as he was there to shoot a documentary. As I said, we went in for a closer look. He saw me approach and told me that I had a face for movies and, in his opinion, I had to try to do a photo shoot. I followed his example and I began to take some photos and send them to a talent agency. Soon after they called for a part in 'Classe mista' (Mixed Class) and from there started my cinematic adventure.
