Sylvia De Fanti

Sylvia De Fanti was born on Aug 11, 1977 in Canada. Sylvia De Fanti's big-screen debut came with Empire - Season 1 directed by Kim Manners in 2005. Sylvia De Fanti is known for The Best Offer directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Geoffrey Rush stars as Virgil Oldman and Jim Sturgess as Robert. The upcoming new tvshow Sylvia De Fanti plays is Warrior Nun - Season 2 which will be released on Jul 02, 2020.

The very definition of "International" talent, the fluently multi-lingual, polyglot Sylvia De Fanti was born into life as a 'citizen of the World'. Her father, an international businessman moved the family to Panama when she was 6 months old, after her birth in Montreal, during a work stay. In Hong Kong at age 5, she attended a British school. By age 12, her northern Italian-born parents decided it was important that Sylvia and her brother Roberto (founder/CEO of RDF Football - a top European football agency) be raised in their native Italy. The family moved to Rome, where Sylvia has called "home", ever since.She attended Rome's Universita La Sapienza, then was accepted to La Sorbonne, where she enrolled in a Human Sciences curriculum (including courses in Cinema, Postmodernism and Women & Gender Studies). In Paris, she stoked her feminism and human rights activism, perfected her French, honed her acting skills and went on stage for the first time.She returned to Rome, continuing her intense comedy and drama acting training. Sylvia graduated Cum Laude with an M.S. in Science of Communication in Cultural Anthropology. She wrote her thesis on Chaos Theory and Complex Identity.In 2004, she co-founded Angelo Mai, a globally recognized, independent creative space and cultural production center, frequented by renowned international performers and creatives from the music, literature, art, film & TV worlds. It's revered as a "must-visit" for the hip and cultured who visit Rome. At Angelo Mai, Sylvia co-launched Bluemotion, a resident theater company, widely credited with the launch of new wave of modern English dramaturgy in Italy. She participates in productions, when her schedule allows, sometimes in roles that also highlight her abilities for singing and playing bass guitar.Another of Sylvia's passions - Teatro Valle Occupato - was a seminal cog in the #occupy movement wheel, lauded by The New York Times and The Guardian as a maverick institution established to empower Italy's workers in the fields of art, entertainment and culture. The organization was bestowed with the European Cultural Foundation's prestigious Princess Margriet Award; one of several humanitarian and cultural awards. Sylvia accepted the prize, on the group's behalf.Her first series regular role was on Italy's hugely popular and longest-running television series, "Incantesimo", Her first English-language series lead role was the tough-exteriored 'Mother Superion' on Netflix U.S. Original series "Warrior Nun".