My Brilliant Friend (Italian : L'amica geniale) is a Neapolitan- and Italian-language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision. Named after the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante, the series is an adaptation of the entire literary work into four seasons. [1] My Brilliant Friend is a co-production between Italian production companies Wildside, Fandango, The Apartment Pictures, Mowe and international film groups Umedia and Fremantle.
The following is a list of cast members and respective characters who appeared on the television series My Brilliant Friend . The majority of the cast has changed multiple times across the series to better portray the characters as they age.
Character | Actor | Season | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Main characters | ||||||
Elena "Lenù" Greco | Infant | Ingrid Del Genio | Guest | |||
Child | Elisa Del Genio | Main | Guest | |||
Teen | Margherita Mazzucco | Main | ||||
Adult | Alba Rohrwacher | Narration | Guest | Main | ||
Elder | Elisabetta De Palo | Guest | Featured [a] | |||
Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo | Child | Ludovica Nasti | Main | Guest | ||
Teen | Gaia Girace | Main | Featured | |||
Adult | Irene Maiorino | Main | ||||
Immacolata Greco | Anna Rita Vitolo | Main | ||||
Vittorio Greco | Luca Gallone | Main | ||||
Manuela Solara | Imma Villa | Main | ||||
Silvio Solara | Antonio Milo | Main | Recurring | |||
Nunzia Cerullo | Valentina Acca | Main | Main | |||
Fernando Cerullo | Antonio Buonanno | Main | Featured | Recurring | ||
Miss Oliviero | Dora Romano | Main | ||||
Michele Solara | Teen | Alessio Gallo | Main | |||
Adult | Edoardo Pesce | Main | ||||
Stefano Carracci | Child | Kristijan Di Giacomo | Recurring | |||
Teen | Giovanni Amura | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Giorgio Pinto | Recurring | ||||
Rino Cerullo | Child | Tommaso Rusciano | Recurring | |||
Teen | Gennaro De Stefano | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Salvatore Striano | Main | ||||
Giovanni "Nino" Sarratore | Child | Alessandro Nardi | Guest | |||
Teen | Francesco Serpico | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Fabrizio Gifuni | Main | ||||
Pinuccia Carracci | Child | Giuliana Tramontano | Recurring | |||
Teen | Federica Sollazzo | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Giovanna Cappuccio | Recurring | ||||
Professor Galiani | Young | Anna Redi | Recurring | |||
Adult | Clotilde Sabatino | Main | ||||
Ada Cappuccio | Child | Lucia Manfuso | Recurring | |||
Teen | Ulrike Migliaresi | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Fabiana Fazio | Recurring | ||||
Antonio Cappuccio | Child | Domenico Cuomo | Recurring | |||
Teen | Christian Giroso | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Massimiliano Rossi | Recurring | ||||
Pasquale Peluso | Child | Francesco Catena | Recurring | |||
Teen | Eduardo Scarpetta | Recurring | Main | Featured | ||
Enzo Scanno | Child | Vincenzo Vaccaro | Recurring | |||
Teen | Giovanni Buselli | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Pio Stellaccio | Main | ||||
Bruno Soccavo | Francesco Russo | Main | ||||
Franco Mari | Teen | Bruno Orlando | Main | |||
Adult | Stefano Dionisi | Main | ||||
Adele Airota | Daria Deflorian | Featured | Main | |||
Pietro Airota | Teen | Matteo Cecchi | Featured | Main | ||
Adult | Pier Giorgio Bellocchio | Main | ||||
Maria Rosa Airota | Teen | Giulia Mazzarino | Guest | Main | ||
Adult | Sonia Bergamasco | Main | ||||
Guido Airota | Gabriele Vacis | Guest | Main | Recurring | ||
Silvia | Teen | Maria Vittoria Dallasta | Main | |||
Adult | Alice Piano | Recurring | ||||
Gino | Riccardo Palmieri | Recurring | Main | |||
Nadia Galiani | Giorgia Gargano | Recurring | Main | Featured | ||
Alfonso Carracci | Child | Valerio Laviano Saggese | Recurring | |||
Teen | Fabrizio Cottone | Recurring | Featured | |||
Adult | Renato De Simone | Main | ||||
Gigliola Spagnuolo | Child | Alice D'Antonio | Recurring | |||
Teen | Rosaria Langellotto | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Demi Licata | Recurring | ||||
Melina Cappuccio | Pina Di Gennaro | Recurring | Featured | Recurring | ||
Carmela "Carmen" Peluso | Child | Francesca Bellamoli | Recurring | |||
Teen | Francesca Pezzella | Recurring | Featured | |||
Adult | Lucia D'Ambra | Recurring | ||||
Adele "Dede" Airota | Infant | Sofia Luchetti | Main | |||
Child | Vittoria Cozza | Main | ||||
Teen | Ludovica Rita Di Meglio | Main | ||||
Gennaro "Gennarino" Carracci | Infant | Daniel Campagna | Guest | |||
Infant | Giuseppe Cortese | Guest | Recurring | |||
Child | Salvatore Tortora | Main | ||||
Teen | Francesco Ferrante | Recurring | ||||
Adult | Alessio Galati | Recurring | ||||
Marcello Solara | Child | Pietro Vuolo | Recurring | |||
Teen | Elvis Esposito | Recurring | Main | |||
Adult | Lino Musella | Main | ||||
Elisa Greco | Infant | Sara Mauriello | Recurring | |||
Infant | Cristina Fraticola | Recurring | ||||
Child | Gaia Buongiovanni | Guest | Recurring | |||
Teen | Francesca Montuori | Featured | ||||
Adult | Claudia Tranchese | Main | ||||
Eleonora Sarratore | Teen | Chiara Celotto | Main | |||
Adult | Valeria Bello | Guest | ||||
Elsa Airota | Infant | Aria and Luce Milighetti | Guest | |||
Infant | Sophia Protino | Main | ||||
Child | Fatima Credendino | Main | ||||
Child | Adriana Trotta | Main | ||||
Teen | Dominique Donnarumma | Guest | ||||
Featured characters | ||||||
Don Achille Carracci | Antonio Pennarella | Featured | ||||
Nella Incardo | Nunzia Schiano | Featured | ||||
Armando Galiani | Giovanni Cannata | Featured | ||||
Juan | Edu Rejón | Featured | ||||
A Doctor | Giulia Pica | Featured | ||||
Giuntini | Claudio Lardo | Featured | ||||
Lila's Cardiologist | Mirko Setaro | Featured | ||||
Lila's Neurologist | Vittorio Ciorcalo | Featured | ||||
Mario's Friend | Giovanni Toscano | Featured | ||||
Mario Gioia | Eugenio Di Fraia | Featured | ||||
Clelia | Rebecca Fanucchi | Featured | ||||
Maria Rosa's Boyfriend | Iacopo Ricciotti | Featured |
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The following actors are credited in the opening titles of a single episode of the series.
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The following actors are credited in the end credits of a single episode within a single season of the series.
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