Gaia Girace (born 21 October 2003) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her role as Raffaella "Lila" Cerullo in the
HBOcoming-of-age television series My Brilliant Friend.[1]
Biography
Gaia Girace grew up in
Vico Equense,
Naples.[2] Her father is a lawyer and her mother works in insurance.[3] She attended the Liceo Classico Publio Virgilio in
Meta,[4] and was cast in My Brilliant Friend in her first year.[5]
At the age of 13, Girace began attending acting classes, citing a need to express herself. Soon after, she auditioned for My Brilliant Friend, which had been casting actresses from Naples.[6] She underwent 7 months of auditions[3] before being chosen to play Lila Cerullo out of 10,000 girls.[5]