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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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Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, known professionally as Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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