- Born
- Birth nameSerena Faggioli
- Serena Grandi was born on March 23, 1958 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an actress, known for The Great Beauty (2013), Miranda (1985) and Donne sottotetto (Centro storico) (1992). She was previously married to Beppe Ercole.
- SpouseBeppe Ercole(March 7, 1987 - 2003) (divorced, 1 child)
- Has one son, Edoardo (b.1990), with her ex husband.
- She graduated in computer programming and was first employed in a scientific analysis laboratory. She started her acting career in 1980, playing a supporting role in the comedy film La Compagna di viaggio by Ferdinando Baldi.
- In 2006, Grandi was a candidate in the list of Social Action, a right-leaning party led by Alessandra Mussolini, but she was not elected. The same year she published her first novel, L'amante del federale. In 2008, after a break of ten years, she returned to acting.
- In 1991 Serena married the antiquarian Beppe Ercole, 20 years her senior, with whom she had a son Edoardo; the couple divorced in 1998.
- After several minor roles, Serena took the title role in Tinto Brass' Miranda, which gave her the status of sex symbol in her native Italy and set the path for her stardom.
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