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Sonia Aquino (born 10 July 1977 in Avellino) is an Italian actress.
A theatre, cinema and television actress, Aquino graduated from the National School of the Cinema (Scuola Nazionale di Cinema) in Rome and attended Francesca De Sapio's Duse Studio. She studied also performing arts at the theatre "Bellini" in Naples, taking part in some stages held by Peter Del Monte, Marco Bellocchio, and Maurizio Nichetti. She most notably appeared in the movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Sophia Loren.
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