Lea Gavino

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Lea Gavino
Lea Gavino Deluge.jpg
Lea Gavino in June 2024
Born (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 26)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2019–present
Relatives Damiano Gavino (brother)
Musical career
Genres Pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2025–present
Labels

Lea Gavino (born 14 January 1999) is an Italian actress and singer-songwriter.

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Early life and education

Born in Rome in 1999, she is the older sister of actor Damiano Gavino. [1] [2] After high school, she decided to enroll in college to study psychology, where she earned a degree. [3] [4] Around the same time, a casting director and family friend recruited her for an audition, which then began the lengthy selection process for the Gianmaria Volontè School of Cinematographic Arts, which she entered in 2019. [5] [6]

Career

Lea Gavino in November 2022 L'attrice Lea Gavino all'evento VANITY FAIR STORIES 2022 02.jpg
Lea Gavino in November 2022

In 2019 she made her acting debut in the Rai 1 television film Io ricordo, Piazza Fontana, directed by Francesco Miccichè. [7] [8] Her film debut was in the film Caravaggio's Shadow (2022), directed by Michele Placido; she then co-starred in the fifth season of the Netflix series Skam Italia . [9] [10]

She was part of the cast of the international series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2023), distributed worldwide by the BBC. [11] The following year, she co-starred in the film Una storia nera, directed by Leonardo D'Agostini. [12]

She signed a recording contract with LaTarma Records, [13] with which she made her music debut, releasing her first two singles, "Mondo fiorito" and "Figli" (2025), [14] the latter dedicated to her brother Damiano. [15] She subsequently participated in the nineteenth edition of the Sanremo Giovani singing competition with the song "Amico lontano", [16] [17] but failed to qualify for the Sanremo Music Festival 2026. [18]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleDirector
2021 Caravaggio's Shadow Artemisia Gentileschi Michele Placido
2023Una storia neraRosaLeonardo D'Agostini
2024Dieci minuti Maria Sole Tognazzi

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleChannelNotes
2019Io ricordo, Piazza FontanaFederica Dendena Rai 1 Film TV
Oltre la soglia Canale 5 TV series
2023 SAS: Rogue Heroes Sofia Amato BBC
2025Guerrieri – La regola dell'equilibri Rai 1

Web TV

Year(s)TitleRolePlatform
2021 Vita da Carlo Prime Video
2022–2024 Skam Italia Viola Loiero Netflix

Discography

Singles

List of singles and album name
TitleYearAlbum or EP
"Mondo fiorito"2025Non-album singles
"Figli"
"Amico lontano"

Participation in singing events

References

  1. ↑ "Lea Gavino: "Ho tagliato i capelli come atto di disobbedienza. Mio fratello Damiano è la persona più importante della mia vita, ma i ruoli migliori li scrivono ancora per gli uomini"". Vanity Fair Italia (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "Chi è la sorella di Damiano Gavino, Lea? Il rapporto tra i due fratelli attori". TAG24.
  3. ↑ "Sara Battelli - Lea Gavino". sarabattellipress.it.
  4. ↑ "Lea Gavino, la ragazza dello Sputnik". Rolling Stone Italia (in Italian).
  5. ↑ "Lea Gavino". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  6. ↑ "Lea Gavino, le ragazze stanno bene". Cosmopolitan Italia (in Italian).
  7. ↑ "Lea Gavino, dopo il successo con Skam, debutta nella musica: "Una canzone è per mio fratello. Il mio sogno? Fare un disco"". Today (in Italian).
  8. ↑ "Lea Gavino". Planet Film (in Italian).
  9. ↑ "Lea Gavino, un'attrice nel segno della Generazione Skam". Movieplayer.it (in Italian).
  10. ↑ "Lea Gavino: "Da piccola mi scoraggiavano, ma fare l'attrice è una figata"". Giffoni (in Italian).
  11. ↑ "BBC One - SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, Episode 4". BBC.
  12. ↑ "Lea Gavino figlia di Laetitia Casta al cinema: "Lei un'icona, io una ragazza che sta diventando sempre più donna"". Vogue Italia (in Italian).
  13. ↑ "Lea Gavino". LaTarma (in Italian).
  14. ↑ "Mondo fiorito e Figli i brani d'esordio di Lea Gavino". LaTarma (in Italian).
  15. ↑ "Lea Gavino debutta nella musica: "Sentivo l'esigenza di raccontarmi senza filtri"". TGcom24 (in Italian).
  16. ↑ "Lea Gavino - Amico lontano. Testo e significato del brano in gara a Sanremo Giovani 2025". All Music Italia (in Italian).
  17. ↑ "Sanremo Giovani 2026, ecco chi saranno i 24 protagonisti". Billboard Italia (in Italian).
  18. ↑ "Sanremo Giovani 2025: i vincitori della seconda puntata". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian).
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