Dorotea Mercuri

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Dorotea Mercuri,an actress, model, singer.Born in Italy, of an Italian father and a Greek mother.She speaks five languages:English,Greek,Italian,French and Spanish.Having studied dance as a child,her life since has been dedicated to the art of performing.Whether dancing flamenco or singing opera,whatever she performs,she does it with grace and flair.Asa singer in 1996,she recorded Mila Mou Erota,Polygram Records Greece.At age17she started working as a model around Europe. Atage 19 she moved to New York Citywhere she studieda t the Fashion Institute of Technology and laterat the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.In the 1990s, Dorotea made her international film debut in the Greek cult film, The Attack of the Giant Moussaka,directed by Panos H.Koutras.Soonafter,she wasthelead actressin the American Independentfilm And She Was with Burt Young and directed by Frank Rainone.She later co-starredin theromanticcomedy, Lisa and All the Others,directed by Nikos Perrakis. In 2004,she appearedin the Italian film, Che ne Sara’ di Noi by Giovanni Veronesi. In 2006, in Athens,she made her theatrical debutin the Greek version of Eve Ensler’sThe Vagina Monologues.She also appeared in the Athens stage production of A Woman Alone by Franca Rame.She has had multiple television roles,including starringin the British comedy,Fish tales,with Billy Zane.She also appeared in the American and Greek co-production of Without Bordersby Nicos Gaitatjis with George Corraface and Yorgo Voyagis.Since relocating from Athens to Romein 2010,she has appeared as the Italian 60s singer Dalidai n a Russian television production entitled Anna German,directed by Waldemar Krzystek.She will soon be seen in the Italian cinematic thriller Taglionetto,directed by Federico Rizzo.It will be released in Italy in 2012.She has also done a number of commercials including spots for Buondi Espresso and Pantene in Greece. In Italy she is featuredin thetelevision spot Martini Gold by Dolce&Gabbana with Monica Bellucci.Dorotea has been featured in Italian Vogue,shot by Ellen Von Unwerthand and on the cover of several top Greek publications including Vogue, In Style and Marie Claire.

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