Lunetta Savino

Acting

Born November 2, 1957, Bari, Italy

Lunetta Savino (born 2 November 1957 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian theatre, film, and television actress. She trained at the Scuola di Teatro Alessandra Galante Garrone in Bologna and made her stage debut in 1981 before transitioning to screen roles. Savino gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Concetta “Cettina” Gargiulo in the long-running TV series Un medico in famiglia (1998–2009) and has since appeared in notable television dramas including È arrivata la felicità, Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco and Libera (2024). Her film work includes roles in Free the Fish (2000), Saturn in Opposition (2007), Loose Cannons (2010), and Diamanti (2024). Savino has received major recognition for her work, including a Nastro d’Argento and a Globo d’Oro, and has been nominated for the David di Donatello Awards.

Filmography

• 2026Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO — Sé stesso
• 2024Diamonds — Eleonora / Lunetta
• 2023My Brother and I
• 2022My Soul Summer — Daria
• Studio Battaglia
• Lolita Lobosco — Nunzia
• 2019An Almost Ordinary Summer — Ida
• 2019Rosa — Rosa
• 2018Amici Come Prima — Carla
• Belve — Sé stessa
• 2018Il fulgore di Dony — Madre di Marco
• 2016A Woman of Courage — Felicia Impastato
• 2015Io, Arlecchino
• Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud — Vincenzina Mennea
• 2015Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud
• È arrivata la felicità — Giovanna Fabri in Camilli
• 2014Do You See Me? — Michela
• Il candidato - Zucca presidente — Bianca De Mojana
• 2013Fiabeschi torna a casa — Zia Maria
• 2012Everything Everything Nothing Nothing — Mamma di Frengo
• 2011Bar Sport — vecchietta
• Fuoriclasse — Beatrice Passamaglia
• L'amore non basta (quasi mai...)
• Due mamme di troppo
• 2010Loose Cannons — Stefania
• 2009Due mamme di troppo — Lellè Pelliconi
• 2009Just Married — Violetta Impanato
• 2008Il coraggio di Angela — Angela Latella
• 2007Il figlio della luna — Lucia Frisone
• 2007Saturn in Opposition — Minnie Marchetti
• 2005L'isola degli smemorati — Racna (voice)
• 2005Never Again as Before — Madre di Fava
• 2002Amore con la S maiuscola — Carmela
• 2001If I Were You — Veronica
• 2000Liberate i pesci! — Lunetta
• A Doctor in the Family — Concetta "Cettina" Gargiulo
• 1998Cucciolo — Marisa
• 1996Land in Between
• 1984Chi mi aiuta? — Francesca
• 1984Where's Picone?
• 1982Grog — Elena