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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

35

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-09-10 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

San José, Costa Rica

Also Known As

Giannina Facio Franco

Джианнина Фасио

جیانینا فسیو

Giannina Facio-Scott

Giannina Facio

Biography

Giannina Facio (born September 10, 1955) is a Costa Rican actress, who has appeared in a number of films by British film director and producer Ridley Scott. She first worked with Scott in White Squall (1996); since the filming of Gladiator (2000), she has been Scott's partner. The film marked the first of two collaborations with Russell Crowe in which she plays wife to his character (the other being Body of Lies, 2008). Overall, she has acted to date in a total of ten films by Ridley Scott, all of them minor roles/cameo appearances.

Known For

Acting

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

Kingdom of Heaven

as

Saladin's Sister

Robin Hood

2010

Robin Hood

as

Lady-in-Waiting

Matchstick Men

2003

Matchstick Men

as

Bank Teller

Body of Lies

2008

Body of Lies

as

Hoffman's Wife

A Good Year

2006

A Good Year

as

Maitre D'

Prometheus

2012

Prometheus

as

Shaw's Mother

Black Hawk Down

2001

Black Hawk Down

as

Stephanie Shughart (uncredited)

The Counselor

2013

The Counselor

as

Woman with Mobile Phone

Spanish Fly

1998

Spanish Fly

as

Antonio's Date #2

Poppers

1984

Poppers

as

Lola

Gladiator

2000

Gladiator

as

Maximus' Wife

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

Exodus: Gods and Kings

as

Jethro's Sister

Hannibal

2001

Hannibal

as

Verger's Fingerprint Technician

The Odyssey

1991

The Odyssey

as

Elena di Troia

The Three Musketeers

1991

The Three Musketeers

as

La suora

All the Money in the World

2017

All the Money in the World

as

Otto Lam's Assistant

The Hunger

The Hunger

as

Vivica Linders

Production

Crew

Directing