Simona Tabasco
{{Short description|Italian actress (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Simona Tabasco
| image = Simona Tabasco on Déluge TV.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Tabasco in 2022
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|4|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Naples, Italy
| alma_mater = Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2013–present
}}
Simona Tabasco (born 5 April 1994) is an Italian actress. Tabasco played the role of Lucia Greco in the second season of the HBO black comedy-drama series The White Lotus, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She also gained recognition for her supporting role in the Italian neo-noir film Perez. (2014) and as Elisa Russo in the Rai 1 medical drama Doc – Nelle tue mani (2020–present).
Early life
Simona Tabasco was born in Naples on 5 April 1994.{{cite magazine|last=Carloni |first=Alessandra|date=March–April 2015|title=Simona Tabasco: Io e Tea|url=http://www.immagazine.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tabasco.pdf|url-status=live|magazine=I'M Magazine|language=it|location=Naples|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201044934/http://www.immagazine.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tabasco.pdf|archive-date=1 December 2022|access-date=30 November 2022}} She is the daughter of an advertising graphic designer and an office worker. She has a twin brother named Marco.{{cite magazine|last=Cecchi|first=Roberta|date=19 November 2020|title=Simona Tabasco, chi è l'attrice che interpreta Elisa nella fiction Doc - Nelle Tue Mani|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/star/a34583706/simona-tabasco-chi-e-doc-nelle-tue-mani/|url-status=live|magazine=Cosmopolitan|type=Italy|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128203941/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/star/a34583706/simona-tabasco-chi-e-doc-nelle-tue-mani/|archive-date=28 November 2020|access-date=1 December 2022}}
Career
In 2013, after shooting two short films at the Giffoni Film Festival, Tabasco was cast in the second season of the Italian teen drama series Fuoriclasse. Broadcast on Rai 1 in March 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/serietv/schede/fuoriclasse/514/|title=Fuoriclasse|website=la Repubblica|date=29 August 2019 |language=it|access-date=3 December 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204032218/https://www.repubblica.it/serietv/schede/fuoriclasse/514/|archive-date=4 December 2022}} Tabasco portrayed Aida Merlissi, a Muslim girl. Filming for Fuoriclasse interrupted her studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, ultimately leading to her expulsion due to repeated absences.{{cite magazine|last=Mazzitelli|first=Isabella|date=11 November 2015|title=Simona Tabasco: "Mai con l'uomo di un'altra"|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/people/italia/15/11/11/simona-tabasco-intervista-stories-foto-gossip/|url-status=live|magazine=Vanity Fair Italia|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525063948/https://www.vanityfair.it/people/italia/15/11/11/simona-tabasco-intervista-stories-foto-gossip/|archive-date=25 May 2022|access-date=1 December 2022}}
In 2014, she made her film debut in Edoardo De Angelis's Perez., which received critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/film/2014/perez/|title=Perez.|author=MYmovies.it|website=MYmovies.it|language=it|access-date=4 October 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831152313/https://www.mymovies.it/film/2014/perez/|archive-date=31 August 2014}} For her role as Tea, daughter of the protagonist Demetrio (portrayed by Luca Zingaretti), Tabasco was awarded the Premio Guglielmo Biraghi at the 2015 Nastro d'Argento awards.{{cite news|date=27 June 2015|title=Tutti i premiati dei Nastri 2015|url=http://www.taxidrivers.it/65411/news/tutti-i-premiati-dei-nastri-2015.html/|url-status=live|work=Taxidrivers.it|language=it-IT|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004005355/http://www.taxidrivers.it/65411/news/tutti-i-premiati-dei-nastri-2015.html/|archive-date=4 October 2015|access-date=21 February 2018}}
Since 2020, Tabasco has starred in the Italian medical drama Doc – Nelle tue mani, playing Elisa Russo, a resident in internal medicine.
In 2022, Tabasco made her international debut in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.{{cite news|last=McHenry|first=Jackson|date=6 November 2022|title=Simona Tabasco Is 'Threatening the Equilibrium' of The White Lotus|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/simona-tabasco-white-lotus-lucia-interview.html|url-status=live|work=Vulture|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107050220/https://www.vulture.com/article/simona-tabasco-white-lotus-lucia-interview.html|archive-date=7 November 2022|access-date=30 November 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Sanchez|first=Chelsey|date=21 November 2022|title=The White Lotus{{'}}s Simona Tabasco Is Peeling Away Lucia's Armor|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a41957218/simona-tabasco-the-white-lotus-interview/|url-status=live|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121181109/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a41957218/simona-tabasco-the-white-lotus-interview/|archive-date=21 November 2022|access-date=30 November 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Losgar|first=Maxwell|date=21 November 2022|title=Simona Tabasco Pushed Through COVID to Study Her 'White Lotus' Character Lucia, and It Paid Off Big Time|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a41979172/simona-tabasco-white-lotus-lucia-interview/|url-status=live|magazine=Cosmopolitan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121180109/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a41979172/simona-tabasco-white-lotus-lucia-interview/|archive-date=21 November 2022|access-date=30 November 2022}}{{cite magazine|last=Wally|first=Maxine|date=21 November 2022|title=Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò on Playing The White Lotus{{'}}s Fieriest Duo|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/white-lotus-season-2-simona-tabasco-beatrice-granno-lucia-mia|url-status=live|magazine=W|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121170523/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/white-lotus-season-2-simona-tabasco-beatrice-granno-lucia-mia|archive-date=21 November 2022|access-date=30 November 2022}} Her performance as Lucia, a sex worker in Sicily,{{cite magazine|last=Lawson|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Lawson (writer)|date=24 October 2022|title=The White Lotus Season 2 Puts Sex at the Center|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/the-white-lotus-season-2-puts-sex-at-the-center|url-status=live|magazine=Vanity Fair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026013915/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/the-white-lotus-season-2-puts-sex-at-the-center|archive-date=26 October 2022|access-date=1 December 2022}} received praise.{{cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Robert|date=28 October 2022|title='The White Lotus' returns for Season 2, slowed down and sexed up|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-10-28/the-white-lotus-hbo-season-2-review|url-status=live|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028142723/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-10-28/the-white-lotus-hbo-season-2-review|archive-date=28 October 2022|access-date=1 December 2022}} CNN's Brian Lowry wrote that it "feels like a breakout role".{{cite news|last=Lowry|first=Brian|date=28 October 2022|title='The White Lotus' relocates to Sicily and delivers another five-star experience|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/entertainment/the-white-lotus-season-2-review/index.html|url-status=live|work=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030090545/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/entertainment/the-white-lotus-season-2-review/index.html|archive-date=30 October 2022|access-date=1 December 2022}} Nylon magazine deemed her the "lifeblood" of the show, writing, "Lucia's energy is so infectious, thanks to the frenzied, effortless performance from Tabasco".{{cite magazine|last=June|first=Sophia|date=1 December 2022|title=Simona Tabasco Is the Lifeblood of The White Lotus|url=https://www.nylon.com/life/simona-tabasco-the-white-lotus-lucia-season-2|url-status=live|magazine=Nylon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202051215/https://www.nylon.com/life/simona-tabasco-the-white-lotus-lucia-season-2|archive-date=2 December 2022|access-date=2 December 2022}} Tabasco won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series along with the cast of The White Lotus.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/sag-award-winners-2023-full-list/|title='Everything Everywhere All at Once' Breaks Records at 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|last=McPherson|first=Christopher|date=27 February 2023|website=Collider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228074305/https://collider.com/sag-award-winners-2023-full-list/|archive-date=28 February 2023|access-date=27 February 2023|url-status=live}} She also received an Emmy nomination in 2023 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/entertainment/emmy-awards-2023-nominations/index.html|title='Succession' and 'The Last of Us' lead Emmy nominations|date=12 July 2023|website=CNN|first=Lisa Respers|last=France|url-status=live|access-date=15 September 2023|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913022727/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/entertainment/emmy-awards-2023-nominations/index.html}}
In February 2023, Tabasco was cast opposite Sydney Sweeney in the psychological horror film Immaculate.{{cite news|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=17 February 2023|title=Simona Tabasco Joins Sydney Sweeney In Psychological Horror Film 'Immaculate'|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/simona-tabasco-cast-psychological-horror-film-immaculate-1235263849/|url-status=live|work=Deadline|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230226214113/https://deadline.com/2023/02/simona-tabasco-cast-psychological-horror-film-immaculate-1235263849/|archive-date=26 February 2023|access-date=26 February 2023}}
In March 2023, Tabasco was included in Forbes magazine's annual 30 Under 30 list, which recognises the 30 most influential people in Europe under the age of 30.{{cite web|title=Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List 2023|url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2023/europe/|url-status=live|website=Forbes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307103239/https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2023/europe/|archive-date=7 March 2023|access-date=7 March 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Perez. | Tea Perez | |
| 2016
| Sonia | |
| 2018
| Bob & Marys | Ursula | |
| 2020
| The Ties | Delivery girl | |
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| Sister Mary | |
| Il segreto di Liberato
|Lucia | Voice |
| Ma chi ti conosce
| Silvia{{cite web|url=https://www.comune.imola.bo.it/novita/comunicati/2023/10/la-rocca-sforzesca-diventa-il-set-per-il-film-ma-chi-ti-conosce|title=La Rocca sforzesca diventa il set per il film "Ma chi ti conosce"|date=19 October 2023|publisher=Comune di Imola|language=it|access-date=2 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231205070728/https://www.comune.imola.bo.it/novita/comunicati/2023/10/la-rocca-sforzesca-diventa-il-set-per-il-film-ma-chi-ti-conosce|archive-date=5 December 2023}} | |
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=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014–2015
| Aida Merlissi | 16 episodes |
| 2015–2018
| Nunzia | 48 episodes |
| 2017–2023
| The Bastards of Pizzofalcone | Alex Di Nardo | 20 episodes |
| 2019
| 1994 | Gabriella | Episode: Season 3, Episode 8 |
| 2020–2024
| Elisa Russo | 33 episodes (Regular in season 1 and 2, plus a cameo in episode 3x06) |
| 2021
| Nora | 6 episodes |
| 2022
| Lucia Greco | 7 episodes (Regular in season 2) |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Artist ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}} |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 2019
| "Rose viola" | Ghemon | | |
| "Scusate se non piango"
| | |
| "Vento del Sud"
| | |
| 2023
| "Furore" | | style="text-align:center;" | {{cite magazine|last=Aricò|first=Giacomo|date=9 February 2023|title=Paola & Chiara nel video di Furore scelgono come guest star Simona Tabasco di The White Lotus|url=https://www.vogue.it/news/article/paola-e-chiara-furore-video-simona-tabasco|url-status=live|magazine=Vogue Italia|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209212547/https://www.vogue.it/news/article/paola-e-chiara-furore-video-simona-tabasco|archive-date=9 February 2023|access-date=15 July 2023}} |
Awards and nominations
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