Giannina Facio Biography

Giannina Facio is an actress and producer who originally hails from Costa Rica. She is most remembered for playing the role of Russell Crowe’s wife in the famous movie ‘Gladiator’. She kick-started her career in the mid-1980s and acted in a number of Italian productions along with American and Spanish movies and television series. Over the period of next three decades, she starred in a number of movies, with a majority of them being directed by her husband Ridley Scott. The two first worked in 1996 movie ‘White Squall’ and ever since then, Giannina Facio has featured in, with a few exceptions, all movies directed by him. Apart from acting, she is also a producer who has produced films like ‘Concussion’ and ‘Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House’ along with Ridley Scott. Their next production together is the film ‘Gucci’ starring Lady Gaga