Francesca De Sapio

Francesca De Sapio is an Italian actress and acting coach, best-known as the young Carmela Corleone in The [Godfather Part II].
The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome, Italy. After her father's work took him to the United States, she started studying acting in Texas.
A life-member of the Actors Studio, having studied there under Lee Strasberg, De Sapio began teaching there as well In the early 1980s.
In 1985, she co-founded with Giuseppe Perruccio the Duse Studio in New [York City], an international centre for training in acting, film production and theater. In 1987, the Duse Studio moved to Montecatini Terme, Italy, and then to its current base in Rome.