Lucia Sardo

Lucia Sardo is an Italian actress born Aurora Sardo in Francofonte, Syracuse, Sicily. Sardo formed at the Teatro di Ventura under Ferruccio Merisi. She made her film debut in the 1992 Aurelio Grimaldi's drama La discesa di Aclà a Floristella, then she got her first major role two years later, in Grimaldi's Le buttane. Her breakout came in 2000, with the role of Felicia, Giuseppe Impastato's mother, in Marco Tullio Giordana's I cento passi; for her performance she was nominated for Nastro d'Argento in the Best Supporting Actress category.