# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alessandra-di-sanzo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:49.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alessandra-di-sanzo"
name: "Alessandra Di Sanzo"
slug: "alessandra-di-sanzo"
description: "Alessandra Di Sanzo, is an Italian actress best known for her portrayal of the teenage trans prostitute Marilyn Libassi, nicknamed Mery in Marco Risi's dramatic film, Mery per sempre, which was released in 1989 and where she made her acting debut. She received a European Film Award nomination in 1989 for Best Supporting Actor for her performance. Di Sanzo played the same role in Risi's sequel, \"Ragazzi fuori\", released the following year. As in Mery per sempre, the film was set in Palermo, Sicily and it starred Sicilian actor Francesco Benigno."
tagline: "Italian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alessandra_Di_Sanzo.png?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.76
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.982546666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0224294/"
    handle:    "nm0224294"
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "آلساندرا دی سانتسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88"
    title: "اليساندرا دى سانزو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_Di_Sanzo"
    title: "Alessandra Di Sanzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_Di_Sanzo"
    title: "Alessandra Di Sanzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandra_Di_Sanzo"
    title: "Alessandra Di Sanzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3609685"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/126974"
    title: "Alessandra Di Sanzo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump