Margherita Mazzucco
Margherita Mazzucco (born 26 September 2002) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her role as Elena "Lenù" Greco in the HBO coming-of-age television series My Brilliant Friend. Biography 
Margherita Mazzucco grew up in Naples, the youngest of three sisters. Her father is a lawyer. She graduated from a liceo classico, and later studied modern literature at the University of Naples Federico II. Her acting career came "by accident"; auditions for My Brilliant Friend were being held in her school, and she participated out of curiosity. She wanted to play Lila initially, however, director Saverio Costanzo eventually convinced her to play Lenù. She had no prior acting experience when she accepted the role. Filmography

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Television

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2002 births
Living people
Italian actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
Actresses from Naples
Italian television actresses
Italian film actresses