Giovanna Mezzogiorno born November 9 1974 is an Italian theatre and film actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born in Rome November 9 1974 daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi She grew up watching her parents on set conscious about acting At first she wanted to become a ballerina and she studied dancing for 13 years She is an atheist Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Mezzogiorno licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia