After obtaining a degree in Philosophy, she starts working in Cinema as a publicist for PEA which, in the late seventies, produces many of Italy’s most important films, including: Federico Fellini’s Casanova, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo, Bernardo Bertolucci’s Novecento and Francesco Rosi’s Cadaveri Eccellenti. She then works for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros as marketing consultant and film publicist, promoting some of the most innovative and interesting American auteurs of the eighties and nineties. In 1992, she teams up with Gianni Romolo to start her career as film producer, founding R&C Produzioni. Their first film is Michele Soavi’s Dellamorte Dellamore, followed by Nitrato d’Argento directed by Marco Ferreri. In 2001, she receives the prestigious Nastro d’Argento award for best producer. In 2003, the film La Finestra di Fronte, by Ferzan Ozpetek, wins five David di Donatello awards (including Best Film), as well as three Nastri d’Argento and three Ciak d’Oro awards, among many others. It also receives the Biglietto d’Oro as third-highest-grossing film of the 2003 film season. In 2004, R&C Produzioni produces Vento di Terra, Vincenzo Marra’s second film, present at the Venice Film Festival of 2004 in the Orizzonti section where it wins the Pasinetti and Fipresci awards. In May 2005, the film is invited to the Cannes Film Festival, receiving the critics’ award for the film revelation of the year. In 2004, she co-produces Lucrecia Martel’s La Nina Santa. The film competes officially in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. In 2007, she produces Ferzan Ozeptek’s new film Saturno Contro as well as Vincenzo Marra’s L’Ora di Punta.