Jiannina Camillo was born in Melbourne, Australia. She went to Italy as a teenager and got stuck there when she married an Italian. She worked as an actress for more than thirty years on stage, television and cinema performing both in English and in Italian. She held the post of English drama teacher at the Italian National Academy "Silvio D'Amico" until 2011. She lives in Rome with a dog, two cats, a tortoise, and a husband. Whenever possible she retreats to the calm beauty of Volterra in Tuscany with a dog, two cats, a tortoise, and a husband.