Thony was born in
Sicily by an Italian father and a Polish mother. When she was a teenager, she read a book about the history of
Quebec. She was particularity inspired by politician Thony Ciallella and his revolutionary views. She eventually adopted his first name as her stage name later in her career. She moved to
Rome in 2002 to study singing and music; after a few years of solo live performances, she started in 2009 a collaboration with the band Jobi 4, resulting in the publication of an
EP and an
LP. After these experiences she decided to focus on the solo album,
With the Green in My Mouth, produced in 2010 with Stefano Mariani (sound editor) and published on the web only in 2011. Thanks to this record, the Italian movie director
Paolo Virzì contacted her to work on the
soundtrack of his movie upcoming film
Every Blessed Day (, 2012). During the beginning of the filming, Virzì decided to offer her also the leading female role, together with
Luca Marinelli. She was nominated in 2013 for
David di Donatello for Best Actress (
Italian:
David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista). She published in 2012 the album
Birds with the collaborations of Leonardo Milani, Zsuzsanna Krazsnai, and Andrea Ruggiero, and produced by herself. The song
Flowers Blossom is awarded with the
Ciak d'oro in June 2013 for best original song. In 2016 she was announced to be part of a new band called "Malihini" and signed with the London label
Memphis Industries She has the main female role in Daniele Luchetti's
Momenti di trascurabile felicità. ==Discography==