Margherita Mazzucco

Margherita Mazzucco (born 26 September 2002) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her role as Elena "Lenù" Greco in the HBO coming-of-age television series My Brilliant Friend. Margherita Mazzucco grew up in Naples, the youngest of three sisters. Her father is a lawyer. She graduated from a liceo classico, and later studied modern literature at the University of Naples Federico II.Her acting career came "by accident"; auditions for My Brilliant Friend were being held in her school, and she participated out of curiosity. She wanted to play Lila initially, however, director Saverio Costanzo eventually convinced her to play Lenù. She had no prior acting experience when she accepted the role.