---
name: "Nunzia Schiano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nunzia-schiano"
fi1m_id: "nunzia-schiano"
imdb_id: "nm1288493"
tmdb_id: 132849
wikidata_id: "Q3879475"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:26:28.784093+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nunzia Schiano

## Identity

Nunzia Schiano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nunzia-schiano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nunzia-schiano
- **IMDb ID:** nm1288493
- **TMDB ID:** 132849
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3879475
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3879475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1288493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132849

Actor. Born 16 May 1959 in Napoli, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1959, Napoli, Italy
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3879475, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1288493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132849

## Coming up

- *Bentornati al Sud* (2026-12-25), as Mamma di Mattia

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dogman*](https://film.one/film/dogman.md) (78)

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## Biography

Nunzia Schiano is an Italian actress born on 16 May 1959 in Portici, Campania. She trained in Naples and began her career in popular theatre before moving into film and television.

She is known for her role as Signora Volpe, the mother of Mattia, in *Benvenuti al Sud* (2010) and its sequel *Benvenuti al Nord* (2012). Other credits include *Reality* (2012) as Zia Nunzia, *Dogman* (2018) as Simoncino's mother, the series *Gomorra* (2014) and *Il commissario Ricciardi* (2021–2023) as Rosa Vaglio, and *My Brilliant Friend* (2018) as Nella. She has frequently collaborated with director Luca Miniero and actor Alessandro Siani.

*Sources: imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dogman* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Simoncino's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bentornati al Sud* (2026), as Mamma di Mattia
- *L'Alone* (2026), as Assunta
- *Make a Wish* (2025), as Barbara
- *Hotel Costiera* (2025), series, Actor
- *La Dolce Villa* (2025), as Left (Bossy) Antonia
- *Shangai* (2025), as Agnès
- *Fragili* (2024), series, as Frida
- *The Children's Train* (2024), Actor
- *My Kingdom for a Butterfly* (2024), as Zia Iole
- *I Don't Understand You* (2024), as Zia Luciana
- *Napoli milionaria!* (2023), Actor
- *Il paese dei jeans in agosto* (2023), as Pinuccia Callegari
- *Filumena Marturano* (2022), as Rosalia
- *Quasi orfano* (2022), as Mà
- *Benvenuti in casa Esposito* (2021), as Nonna Assunta
- *La bambina che non voleva cantare* (2021), as Nonna Mora
- *Lolita Lobosco* (2021), series, as Andreina
- *Inspector Ricciardi* (2021), series, as Rosa
- *The Love Europe Project* (2019), as Clelia
- *Beware the Gorilla* (2019), as Mamma di Jimmy (voce)
- *If They're Roses...* (2018), as Signora Coscia
- *My Brilliant Friend* (2018), series, as Nella
- *Romolo + Giuly: La guerra mondiale italiana* (2018), series, as Donna Assunta
- *Dogman* (2018), as Simoncino's Mother — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *Finally Married* (2018), as Teresa
- *Nine and a Half Moons* (2017), as Maria
- *Fausto & Furio* (2017), Actor
- *Nonnas on the Run* (2017), as Franca
- *There's No Religion Anymore* (2016), as Madre di Bilal
- *Rimbocchiamoci le maniche* (2016), series, as Giovanna
- *Too Neapolitan* (2016), as Sig.ra Scognamiglio
- *A Napoli non piove mai* (2015), as Donna Concetta
- *Gomorrah* (2014), series, as Nunzia
- *Lebe lieber italienisch!* (2014), as Angelina
- *Reality* (2012), as Zia Nunzia
- *Welcome to the North* (2012), as Mamma di Mattia
- *Napoletans* (2011), Actor
- *Kryptonite!* (2011), as Spanish aunt
- *Welcome to the South* (2010), as Mamma di Mattia
- *The Story of a Mother* (2010), as Greehouse Keeper
- *Sul mare* (2010), as Madre di Salvatore
- *La valigia sul letto* (2010), as Annarosa
- *Alessandro Siani - Tienimi presente* (2007), as Mamma di Alessandro
- *Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo* (2006), as mamma di Mariano
- *Suddenly Heaven* (2003), as Maga
- *Salvo D'Acquisto* (2003), series, as Madre di Salvo
- *South Kensington* (2001), as madre di Antonio
- *Father Matteo* (2000), series, as Angela
- *Christmas Vacation 2000* (1999), as Giuseppina Esposito
- *Anni '50* (1998), series, as Cameriera albergo

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