Lunetta Savino (born 2 November 1957) is an Italian theatre and movie actress. She's best known for portraying Concetta Gargiulo in Italian soap opera Un medico in famiglia (1998–2009). She later played lead roles in other Italian television productions such as Il bello delle donne (2001–2002), Raccontami (2006–2008), È arrivata la felicità (2015–2018) and Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco (2021–present). Her film
credits includes comedy Free the Fish (2000), drama Saturn in Opposition (2007), romantic dramedy Loose Cannons (2010), comedy An Almost Ordinary Summer (2019), and drama Diamonds (2024).
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Career
After graduating at Teatro "Alessandra Galante Garrone" in Bologna, Lunetta Savino made her stage debut in 1981 with Macbeth. Savino has enjoyed a successful stage career, performing in several plays including an Italian-language version of The Merchant of Venice (1984), Sorelle Materassi (from a novel by Aldo Palazzeschi, 1988), and Medea (1994). In 1995, she made her stage debut at Teatro dell'Orologio in Rome with Prova orale per membri esterni, a play by Claudio Grimaldi in which she starred as an oral sex instructor. The play proved to be extremely successful, being replicated for six seasons in many Italian cities.
In 1982, Savino made her screen debut, playing a small part in Grog, directed by Francesco Laudadio.
From 1998 to 2010, Savino played her breakthrough role. She starred as flamboyant au-pair girl from Southern Italy Cettina Gargiulo, a leading character in Un medico in famiglia, one of the most famous Italian TV-series of all times.
