Simona Tabasco

Simona Tabasco was born in Naples on 5 April 1994.^[1] Tabasco is the daughter of an advertising graphic designer and an office worker. She has a twin brother named Marco.^[2]

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.^[2] Broadcast on Rai 1 in March 2014,^[3] Tabasco portrayed Aida Merlissi, a Muslim girl.^[2] Filming for Fuoriclasse interrupted her studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, ultimately leading to her expulsion due to repeated absences.^[4]

In 2014, she made her film debut in Edoardo De Angelis's Perez., which received critical acclaim.^[5] 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.^[6]

Since 2020, Tabasco has starred in the Italian medical drama Doc – Nelle tue mani, playing Elisa Russo, a resident in internal medicine.^[2]

In 2022, Tabasco made her international debut in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.^{[7][8][9][10]} Her performance as Lucia, a sex worker in Sicily,^[11] received praise.^[12] CNN's Brian Lowry wrote that it "feels like a breakout role".^[13] Nylon magazine deemed her the "lifeblood" of the show, writing, "Lucia's energy is so infectious, thanks to the frenzied, effortless performance from Tabasco".^[14] 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.^[15] She also received an Emmy nomination in 2023 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal.^[16]

In February 2023, Tabasco was cast opposite Sydney Sweeney in the psychological horror film Immaculate.^[17]

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.^[18]

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