Background
She is the daughter of Silvana Mangano and Dino De Laurentiis. The film was produced by her father. Shortly after her third child was born, she and her then-husband, Alex De Benedetti, left Italy for the United States.
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Veronica Laurentiis
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At eighteen, she was cast in the film Waterloo, starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer. She has lived briefly in Florida and New York and for many years in Los Los Angeles After remarrying, she closed her business and enrolled in a two-year intensive acting course.
She is now a working actress and a best-selling author
Her memoir Rivoglio Louisiana Mia Vita (Claim My Life) was on the Italian bestseller list within a week. Her second book Riprenditi Louisiana Tua Vita — Le otto chiavi di Veronica (Claim Your Life — Veronica’s eight keys), was published in Italy May 2009.
In March 2008 she was chosen to play the role of the “mater dolorosa” in the Italian show “Doctorate’Ambra Grigia East Canfora” directed by Raffaele Curi and produced by Fondazione Alda Fendi. In August of the same year she starred in the movie Pandemia directed by Lucio Fiorentino which will be released this year.
She is also developing two television shows in Italy, a documentary and a one woman show.
She has appeared on occasion on Giada"s cooking shows.
