Lavinia Longhi

Lavinia Longhi — Biography

Lavinia Longhi is an actress of Italian and Montenegrin descent, best known in Turkey for the film Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak and the series Uçurum. Active on screen since 2005, she has appeared in more than twenty films and series. Her mother is Montenegrin and her father Italian; born in Mariano Comense in Lombardy, she knows six languages: she speaks Italian, Serbian, Croatian and English fluently and knows French and Turkish well.

Her first notable step was Wild Blood (Sanguepazzo, known in Turkey as Vahşi Kan), made in Italy by Marco Tullio Giordana, in which she was noticed for bold scenes shared with Monica Bellucci. Her next big role came in Turkey: in Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak (2010) she played Valentina and took the lead opposite İsmail Hacıoğlu, working on set with Claudia Cardinale as well.

She then turned to Turkish television, playing Eva Matei, one of the leads of the series Uçurum (2012). Later credits include Ghost Track and Kommissar Rex. Outside work she is sporty: she cycles, swims, plays basketball and surfs.