Career
Born in Rome, Russo started acting at the university, then she joined the stage company "Teatro insieme Emilia Romagna". In the second half of the 1970s she entered the cabaret company "Il Bagaglino" and had her first film roles, notably appearing in Ettore Scola"s Down and Dirty. After working on stage with Vittorio Gassman, her career was launched by the Radiotelevisione Italiana variety show Louisiana Sberla.
Russo then appeared in several dozens of films, stage works and television-series.
She was also playmate in the Italian edition of Playboy. She had a several years long relation with the television presenter Pippo Baudo.