Background
Littizzetto grew up in the San Donato District in Turin, where her family owned a milk and cheese shop.
Littizzetto grew up in the San Donato District in Turin, where her family owned a milk and cheese shop.
Luciana graduated in 1984 at the Turin music school with a piano playing degree. She later obtained a Bachelor"s degree from the University of Turin, at the Faculty of Humanities, and also attended an acting school in Moncalieri, a suburb of Turin.
Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike. She relies heavily on toilet humor as well as dick jokes. Nicknamed "Lucianina" (Little Luciana in Italian), she is a prominent personality on Italian television, notably appearing weekly as guest on Rai 3"s primetime show Che tempo che fa.
Besides more trivial topics, she notably advocated a stricter policy in Italy dealing with sexual harassment.
She briefly worked as a school teacher, but kept her stand-up comedy and acting skills in check by performing at local theaters in Turin and its province. Littizzetto subsequently worked as a voice actress, dubbing foreign soaps in Italian.
Television appearances on The Maurizio Costanzo Show allowed her to eventually give up her teaching career and focus on her entertainer talents. In 1993, she was part of the cast of Italian television show Cielito Lindo, playing sketch character Sabrina.
As such, she had her first catch phrase: "Minchia Sabbry!" (The Hell, Sabbry!).
Subsequently, Littizzetto debuted on Radio Due"s Hit Parade. During the 1990s, she worked mainly for Mediaset, debuting on the cabaret show Zelig. Since then, Littizzetto has created several famous characters and has entertained the Italian public with her fertile and varied television, film, theater and literary work.
Up to 2014, Littizzetto authored 14 successful comic books
In some of them, she notoriously refers to male and female genitals as Walter and Iolanda, respectively. In recent years, together with television personality Fabio Fazio on his television show Che tempo che fa, she has entertained Italian audiences on prime time with her humorous remarks about social trends.
She has also shed a light onto cultural, social and political topics, notably calling for a bill in Italy to protect women against sexual harassment. These appearances have established her as a prominent television personality of contemporary Italy.
Littizzetto teamed up with Fazio several times.
More recently, they voiced two characters for the Italian version of the movie Minions in 2015. In both 2013 and 2014, Littizzetto was awarded Best Female on the Italian television Both hosts signed also for 2014, but that year the show proved to be unsuccessful, with an average audience share of 39%.
Littizzetto was criticised for being paid €700.000 for co-hosting the Sanremo Festival.
In 2007, Luciana Littizzetto was honored by the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, with the prestigious De Sica Award, given for cultural and entertainment achievements. In 2013, Littizzetto co-hosted the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival alongside long-time colleague Fabio Fazio, the show gaining high audience shares.
Beginning in March 2015, Litizzetto is a member of Italia"s Got Talent jury for its sixth series, broadcast in Italy by the pay-television Sky Uno.
