Giordana Marengo is the very young star of The Lies of Adults, the Netflix events series that brings her to the small screen the latest novel by Elena Ferrante.
Giordana Marengo was able to work with immensely talented actors and actresses such as Valeria Golino, Alessandro Preziosi and Pina Turco, Despite very limited experience.
So, let’s take a closer look at who Giordana Marengo is, from her film career to her personal life.
Who is Giordana Marengo, the excellent Giovanna from “The Lies of Adults”
There isn’t much information about Giordana Marengo online. Actually the girl she made her acting debut directly in the series by Edoardo De Angelis, “The Lying Life of Adults”.
Giordana Marengo graduated from the High School of Human Sciences in Mazzini in Naples in 2021, so he can be estimated to be between 19 and 22 years old.
Immediately after graduation, she entered the agency Tna – artist managementto cultivate the dream of becoming an actress. There are no other exams that are significant from an acting point of view, although we cannot rule out some acting courses organized by the school.
Giordana Marengo has also held courses in Artistic gymnastics at CAG Naples until 2020 and can play the piano. He speaks Italian and English at school level and gets by with the Neapolitan dialect.
Another great passion seems to be Giordana Marengo photography: In fact, on his Instagram profile there are numerous shots in black and white or in which he poses and plays with the effects of perspective, light and color.
Giordana is also very close to her mother and her dog, stara French pit bull he adopted this year and is often featured in his Instagram posts and Tik Tok reels.
Proof of how Giordana Marengo’s career is progressing and that it will not be the last time we will see her on the small or big screen is the fact that a second series is already being produced in which she will appear in the cast will be featured. underbustwhich will be available soon on Disney+.
The story tells of a group of children on the streets of Naples and their myth Uonderboi, a kind of cross between Munaciello and Robin Hood. The cast is also expected Serena Rossi, Ivana Lotito, Nino D’Angelo and many others, although their respective roles have not yet been announced.
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How Giordana Marengo became Giovanna from The Lying Life of Adults
Giordana Marengo recently spoke about how she landed the role of Giovanna in ‘The Lie of Grown Ups’. The credit would go a friend of the mother, that he would send a photo of himself to the show’s casting director, which would be followed by an interview of sorts.
In fact, Giordana Marengo met director Edoardo De Angelis directly over a Coca Cola, e.g he was able to freely express his own personalityan aspect that Marengo said counted a lot in her selection, explaining that if she had auditioned all in black it would have been very different.
Regarding the emotions she felt at the confirmation of the role, Giordana Marengo said:
I had never thought of doing something like this and being able to do it. […] When I was taken, it’s hard to put into words, beautiful, exciting, but I’m sorry to include a feeling as strong as what I felt that way because I’m not very good with words and I seem to downplay it.
This task seemed bigger than me, so there was fear, but I coped well thanks to Edo. […] I went there every day and it felt like my home. I saw him more than my mother and in the end I didn’t want to leave.
Giordana Marengo then said of his relationship with his co-star Valeria Golino:
When I first saw her, we were at the rehearsal dinner and she hugged me and gave me great warmth. It helped me alot.
Golino himself then added that given this, she found great support in Giordana were in the same anxious mood, Giordana Marengo for her first attempts at acting and Valerie Golino for the difficulties linked to the Neapolitan dialect, which put great pressure on her.