Gaia Zucchi (born 11 November 1966) is an Italian theater, television and movie actress.
Biography
Born in Rome in 1970, she has aristocratic origins on her mother's side. Her great-grandfather was General Rodolfo Corselli, a journalist and essayist on military arts; while her grandfather was Lieutenant of the Royal Army Aldo Zucchi, decorated with the Gold Medal of Military Valour.
She graduated from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and the same time graduated in psychology; she was active in the world of entertainment.
She began as a model and interpreted photo comics in the magazines Cioè and Lanciostory. She also acted in commercials and temporary appearances as a valet in Che tempo che fa and Scommetiiamo che...?.
While training at the CSC, directed at that time by Lina Wertmüller, her teachers included Goliarda Sapienza and Attilio Corsini.
In 2023 she published an autobiographical book, La vicina di Zeffirelli (Zeffirelli's Neighbor), which describes the friendship she had with director Franco Zeffirelli.
Private life
Gaia has a brother and a sister, Marco and Simona. She was married to
film producer Francesco Papa, and they had Leonardo, who also became a producer.
Later, she had a relationship with record producer Tullio Mattone; they remain good friends.
From the relationship with the Neapolitan entrepreneur Massimo Mignano, was born her second daughter Mia.
Career highlights
Film
Plagio (1989), dir. Cinzia TH Torrini
Nessuno mi crede (1992), dir. Anna Carlucci
Est (1993) (short), dir. F. Brizzi
Caso Banderbit (1994) (short), dir. N. Nimica
Muccino Muccina (1994) (short), dir. G. Petitto
Peggio di così si muore (1995), dir. Marcello Cesena
Fermo posta Tinto Brass (1995), dir. Tinto Brass
Bits and Pieces (1996), dir. Antonello Grimaldi
Il tocco: la sfida (1997), dir. Enrico Coletti
I volontari (1998), dir. D. Costanzo
Per sempre (2003), dir. Alessandro Di Robilant
Carrozzelle felici (2003) (short), dir. Walter Garibaldi
Rabbia in pugno (2012), dir. Stefano Calvagna
Come un fiore (2023) (short), dir. Benedicta Boccoli
Jerry e Tom (2023), dir. Gianluca Ansanelli
Theater
La crisi del teatro (1994), dir. A. Corsini
Marasade (1996), dir. M. Garroni
Voglia matta - anni 60 (1995 - 1997), dir. A. Corsini
Gente soprattutto matta (1997), dir. D. Formica
Voglia matta - anni 50 (1998), dir. A. Corsini
Voglia matta di Roma (1999), dir. A. Corsini
La bottega del caffè (2000), dir. M. Belli
La giornata d'uno scrutatore (2003), dir. Luca Ronconi
Television
Papà prende moglie (1993) La signora della città (1996), dir. B. Cino Tutti gli uomini sono uguali (1998), dir. A. Capone Turbo (1999), dir. A. Bonifacio La Squadra (2003) Carabinieri (2004-2005), dir. R. Mertes Distretto di Polizia (2005), dir. Monica Vullo Camera Cafè (2005)
Publications
La vicina di Zeffirelli; De Nigris Editori, Napoli, Italy.