Alessandra de Rossi

Alessandra de Rossi was born Alessandra Tiotangco Schiavone on July 19, 1984, in London, England. Her father, Luigi Schiavone, is Italian from Martano, and her mother, Nenita Schiavone, is Filipina. She has an older sister, Assunta, and a younger sister, Margarita. Her family moved back to Italy when she was young, and she grew up in Italy with her parents. Both Alessandra and Assunta appeared together on Philippine television during their childhood, as their mother brought them into television shows while they were growing up. == Career ==

'' at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival parade of stars In 2017, De Rossi co-starred in the romantic comedy film Kita Kita, starring alongside comedian Empoy Marquez. The film eventually became the highest-grossing Filipino independent film of all time, earning ₱300 million (approximately US$5.88 million) within three weeks of its release. Due to the movie's popularity, Philippine entertainment media sources dubbed their pairing as "AlEmpoy". After her successful portrayal in Kita Kita, De Rossi pledged not to accept antagonist roles anymore in either television and feature films. De Rossi returned to Viva when she signed exclusive contract with Viva Artists Agency and made her film production business co-ventured by Viva Films named AWOO, acronym of "A World of Our Own"; her first movie Magic Kingdom was produced & released by Viva Films in 1997. She and Marquez returned as a love team in the 2023 film, Walang KaParis, produced by Viva Films. ==Other ventures==

Director De Rossi directed, co-produced, and starred her first feature film, My Amanda, a romantic drama co-starring Piolo Pascual which was released in 2021. The film was released in Netflix. She directed her second film, Everyone knows, Every Juan, a family film which was released in October 2025. Business De Rossi founded her own company known as A World of Our Own (AWOO Production) where she serves as the CEO since 2021 AWOO Production has a film outfit production and a music record label known as AWOO Music Records, which is a sublabel of Lilly Star Records. Artists Hya and Alfa were the first two artists to join AWOO Records in 2021. ==Filmography==

Film Television/digital series ==Awards and nominations==