Veronica De Laurentiis

Veronica De Laurentiis born 13 January 1950 is an ItalianAmerican author and actress She is the daughter of Silvana Mangano and Dino De Laurentiis and sister of film producer Raffaella De Laurentiis At the age of eighteen she was cast in the film Waterloo starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer The film was produced by her father She then retired from acting following the birth of her first child Giada De Laurentiis in 1970 Shortly after her third child was born she and her thenhusband Alex De Benedetti left Italy for the United States She has lived briefly in Florida and New York and for many years in Los Angeles Four years after the birth of her fourth child she divorced In order to support herself and her four children she opened a fashion design studio where for 12 years she successfully designed womens clothing under her own label After remarrying she closed her business and enrolled in a twoyear intensive acting course She is now a working actress and a bestselling author Her memoir Rivoglio La Mia Vita Claim My Life was on the Italian bestseller list within a week Veronica now tours Italy speaking openly about rape abuse and the importance of breaking the silence as a tool for healing and change Her second book Riprenditi La Tua Vita Le otto chiavi di Veronica Take Back Your Life Veronicas eight keys was published in Italy May 2009 She is the founder of the Associazione Veronica De Laurentiis a foundation to stop domestic violence In March 2008 she was chosen to play the role of the mater dolorosa in the Italian show DAmbra Grigia E 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 was released in 20122 She is also developing two television shows in Italy a documentary and a onewoman show With her second husband producer Ivan Kavalsky she has homes in Los Angeles and Rome Description above from the Wikipedia article Veronica De Laurentiis licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia