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Serena Grandi (born 23 March 1958 in Bologna) is an Italian actress, famous as an icon and sex symbol in Italian cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. Known for her junoesque body and voluptuous measurements, she was considered one of the main pin-up girls of Italy. Some films credited her as Vanessa Steiger. Horror film buffs know her for her two gory opuses, Antropophagus (1980) and Delirium (1987).
Serena Grandi is the stage name for Serena Faggioli, born in Bologna. Graduated in computer programming, she was firstly employed in a scientific analysis laboratory. She started her acting career in 1980 playing a supporting role in the comedy film La Compagna di viaggio by Ferdinando Baldi.
In the same year she played the role of Maggie in the controversial film Antropophagus, directed by Joe D'Amato. This film is well known among horror movie fans for its extreme gore sequences. After several minor roles, she took the title role in Tinto Brass' Miranda, which gave her the status of sex symbol in her native Italy and set the path for her stardom.
Through the 1980s, she made nearly 20 films, mainly appearing in "Commedie sexy all'italiana" and erotic films, but also starring in sword epics such as The Adventures of Hercules and in some horror films. In 1987 Lamberto Bava gave her the role of Gloria in his film Delirium. In 1991 she married the twenty years older antiquarian Beppe Ercole, with whom she had a son Edoardo; the couple divorced in 1998.
In the 1990s, she started to back away from the spotlight a bit; during this time she focused her career on television series. In 2003-2004 Grandi spent 157 days under house arrest accused of having sold a few grams of cocaine. The case was later acquitted.
In 2006, she was candidate in the list of Azione Sociale, a right party led by Alessandra Mussolini, but she was not elected. The same year she published her first novel, L’amante del federale. In 2008, after ten years of break, she returned to acting.
Filmography
Actress
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Uomini da marciapiede (pre-production)
2022
Al di là del mare (Short)
2021
Lei mi parla ancora as
Clementina
2019
Preludio (Short)
2019
Tutto liscio as
Enrica
2016
My Italy
2015
E.T.E.R.N.I.T. (Short)
2013
The Great Beauty as
Lorena
2012
Como estrellas fugaces as
Ima
2010
Santallegria (Short)
2010
A Second Childhood as
Zia Amabile
2010
Dopo quella notte as
Ornella
2008
Zoè as
The Mother
2008
Una madre (TV Movie) as
Salvatrice
2008
Giovanna's Father as
Lella Ghia
2008
Quo Vadis, Baby? (TV Mini Series)
- La ragazza dei rospi (2008)
1998
Anni '50 (TV Mini Series) as
Donna Maria
- Episode #1.4 (1998) - Donna Maria
- Episode #1.3 (1998) - Donna Maria
- Episode #1.2 (1998) - Donna Maria
- Episode #1.1 (1998) - Donna Maria
1998
Radio Arrow as
Madre di Ivan
1998
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV Series) as
Simona (1998)
1998
Frivolous Lola as
Zaira
1997
Gli inaffidabili as
Fioranna
1997
Ladri si nasce (TV Movie)
1996
Pazza famiglia (TV Series) as
Elisa
- Sequestro giudiziario (1996) - Elisa
- Un figlio, perfavore (1996) - Elisa
1995
Olga O's Strange Story as
Olga Roli
1995
Il prezzo della vita (TV Movie)
1994
Delitto passionale as
Tania
1993
Craving Desire as
Marcella Fabbri
1992
Donne sottotetto (Centro storico) as
Carola
1992
Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez as
Ada
1992
Piazza di Spagna (TV Mini Series) as
Margherita Morganti
- Episode #1.3 (1992) - Margherita Morganti
- Episode #1.2 (1992) - Margherita Morganti
- Episode #1.1 (1992) - Margherita Morganti
1991
Per odio per amore (TV Movie) as
Aida
1990
Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (TV Mini Series) as