Alice Pagani

{{Short description|Italian actress (born 1998)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Alice Pagani

| image = Alice Pagani, April 2021.jpg

| caption = Pagani in April 2021

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|02|19}}

| birth_place = Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy

| education = London School of Dramatic Art

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|author}}

| years_active = 2017–present

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}}

Alice Pagani (born 19 February 1998) is an Italian actress, model, and author, best known for playing Ludovica Storti in the Netflix series Baby, and Stella in the Paolo Sorrentino film Loro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/show/tv/2018/11/30/baby-serie-tv-netflix-alice-pagani-loro-sorrentino-intervista|title=Alice Pagani, da "Loro" a "Baby": "Sto lottando per diventare donna"|date=November 30, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/760651189/loro-sorrentino-s-portrait-of-berlusconi-as-a-once-powerful-lion-in-winter|title='Loro': Sorrentino's Portrait Of Berlusconi As A Once-Powerful Lion In Winter|work=NPR|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=2019-09-19|accessdate=2021-02-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/loro-review/|title=Loro Review|work=Empire|first=Ian|last=Freer|date=2019-04-18|accessdate=2021-02-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/loro-review-1140618|title='Loro' ('Them'): Film Review - TIFF 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Deborah|last=Young|date=2018-09-07|accessdate=2021-02-20}}

In 2020, she fronted Emporio Armani's Together Stronger campaign with Nicholas Hoult.{{cite web|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/exclusive-nicholas-hoult-alice-pagani-front-emporio-armani-scent-masterbrand-1203413145/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Hoult, Alice Pagani Front Emporio Armani Scent Masterbrand|work=Women's Wear Daily|first=Jennifer|last=Weil|date=2020-01-07|accessdate=2020-01-10}} In 2021, her first novel, the autobiographical coming-of-age story Ophelia, was published by Mondadori Electa.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/storie-news/2021/04/13/alice-pagani-omosessualita-bisessualita-tabu-ddl-zan-diamoci-una-mano|title=Alice Pagani: #diamociunamano, basta tabù|work=Vanity Fair|first=Silvia|last=Bombino|date=2021-04-13|accessdate=2021-04-13}}{{cite book|title=Ophelia (Italiano) Copertina flessibile – 4 maggio 2021|id={{ASIN|8891827878|country=it}}}}

Personal life

Pagani is from Piattoni, a town in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche.{{cite web |last=Bombino |first=Silvia |date=2021-04-13 |title=Alice Pagani: "La verità è rivoluzione" |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/storie-news/2021/04/13/alice-pagani-bisessualita-ddlzan-diamociunamano-intervista |accessdate=2023-07-09 |work=Vanity Fair Italia}} Her parents were factory workers, and are divorced.{{cite web|url=https://www.iodonna.it/personaggi/star-italiane/2021/02/20/alice-pagani-baby-sorrentino-armani-intervista/|title=Alice Pagani: "Non ho paura dei miei lati oscuri"|work=IO Donna|first=Paola|last=Casella|date=2021-02-20|accessdate=2021-02-20}} As a child, she was hospitalized for Henoch–Schönlein purpura, and temporarily used a wheelchair due to immobility.{{Cite web |last=Bombino |first=Silvia |date=2021-04-13 |title=Alice Pagani: "La verità è rivoluzione" |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/storie-news/2021/04/13/alice-pagani-bisessualita-ddlzan-diamociunamano-intervista |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Vanity Fair Italia}} She became interested in modeling after taking pictures of her freckles with a camera that her father gave her to pass the time while recovering.{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.it/moda/article/alice-pagani-intervista-video-furla|title=Alice Pagani, il coraggio di raggiungere la luna|work=Vogue Italia|first=Elena|last=Bara|date=2020-12-21|accessdate=2021-02-20}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lofficielitalia.com/interviste/alice-pagan-attrice-baby-intervista-vita-privata-film|title=The Now Icon: Alice Pagani|work=L'Officiel Italia Italia|first=Fabia|last=Di Drusco|date=2020-12-08|accessdate=2021-02-20}} Pagani also posed for photographers after being approached in public.

Pagani has dyslexia.

From 2018 to 2021, she was in a relationship with rapper Pyrex, a member of Dark Polo Gang. The two also bought a house in Milan.{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/it/attualita/gossip/a30238725/alice-pagani-intervista/|title=L'istinto di Alice Pagani non mente|work=Marie Claire Italia|first=Antonella|last=Bussi|date=2019-12-16|accessdate=2021-02-20}}

In 2021, she appeared on the cover of the Italian edition of Vanity Fair to help express support for the banning of discrimination and hate crimes against women, gay and transgender people.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/approfondimenti/2021/04/13/diamociunamano-col-nuovo-numero-vanity-fair-scende-campo-favore-del-ddl-zan|title=#diamociunamano: con il nuovo numero, Vanity Fair scende in campo a favore del Ddl Zan|work=Vanity Fair|date=2021-04-13|accessdate=2021-04-13}}

She graduated from the London School of Dramatic Art with an Advanced Diploma in Acting in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://lsda-acting.com/alumni/gradprofiles/2023-graduates/|title= Advanced Diploma in Acting Graduates – 2023|publisher=London School of Dramatic Art|accessdate=2024-02-23}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan="3"|2017

|Il permesso - 48 ore fuori

|Ludmila

|

Siamo la fine del mondo

|Giulia

|Short film

Classe Z

|Viola Chiaretti

|

rowspan="2"|2018

|Loro

|Stella

|

Ricordi?

|Benedetta

|

2019

|The Poison Rose

|Violet Gregory

|Scenes deleted

2020

|The Croods: A New Age

|Eep

|Italian dub

2021

|Don't Kill Me

|Mirta

|

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2018–2020

|Baby

|Ludovica Storti

|Main role

References

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