Who is Rossella Ambrosini?
Rossella Ambrosini is an actress who works with intensity and transformation. She is an eternal dreamer, yet determined and ambitious.
Half Florentine, half Romagnola, Roman by adoption, she moves between cinema, television, and theatre. Alongside her acting work, she is also active as a voice-over artist, dubbing actress, model, and host.
When did you first realize that acting was your path?
From an early age, I was drawn to disguise and change. I loved transforming myself, inventing characters, and inhabiting different identities. Even a box of diapers could become a fashionable hat. My maternal grandfather, joking when I cried over childhood dramas, used to call me “a great actress.” Perhaps those words stayed with me and worked within me toward this goal more than I ever imagined.
As I grew up, I understood that this drive was not a game, but a vocation, a necessity.
What role did theatre play in your personal and artistic growth?
As an adult, I went through a very intense and painful emotional experience. Theatre became a true form of therapy for me, a way to return to life. That is where I realized I could no longer do without it: being on a stage or on a set makes me feel alive.
How would you describe your approach to acting?
Since 2008, I have continued to study and work between Florence and Rome, driven by what I perceive as an inner fire, a great tangle of emotions that I seek to understand and give back through my characters.
For me, acting is a vital act: a hymn to life, a way to be useful, to place myself at the service of the audience, to explore the human being between light and shadow.
What does cinema represent for you?
Cinema is pure magic: living many lives in one, crossing stories, eras, and identities, immersed in a sea of shared emotions.
Your name and identity are deeply connected to cinema history. Can you tell us more about that?
On the back of my neck, hidden beneath my hair, I have my name tattooed in English: Scarlett. Before I was born, my mother said, “I will have a daughter, she will have red hair, and I will call her Rossella,” inspired by Scarlett O’Hara from Via col vento and by the legendary actress Vivien Leigh.
Do you also explore comedy in your work?
My work is rooted in listening and emotional truth, but I also love exploring the comic register, a territory I find extremely complex and stimulating. I believe that comedy, when sincere, is one of the deepest and most powerful ways of portraying the human experience.
Over time, I have received very positive feedback precisely for my ability to combine intensity and lightness, moving seamlessly from drama to irony.
What other artistic disciplines are part of your journey today?
My work also includes singing and dancing, disciplines I consider an integral part of emotional expression. I am currently completing a master’s degree in dubbing at the CSC in Rome. I enjoy improving, learning, and continuously adding new skills.
