Dajana Roncione is an Italian actress born in Palermo. At the age of 18, she started her acting career in a T. S. Eliot's play directed by Pietro Carriglio "Assassinio nella Cattedrale" at the Teatro stabile Biondo.
She then moved to Rome to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Art "Silvio D'Amico", where she graduated in 2007. During her time at the academy, she had the opportunity to work with renowned directors and actors, including Luca Ronconi, Armando Pugliese, Giancarlo Sepe, Giorgio Albertazzi, Gabriele Lavia, Gabor Stefan, Jhon Axelrod, Katia e Marielle Labeque, and Michele Placido.
After graduating, Roncione continued to work in various television and cinema productions, including "L'Ultimo re" directed by Aurelio Grimaldi, "La Croce e La Stella" by Salvatore Lo Piano, and "Il Grande Sogno" where she played the role of Isabella, directed by Michele Placido.
In addition to her work in film and television, Roncione has also acted in numerous theatre productions, including "Il Sogno del principe di Salina, l'ultimo Gattopardo" directed by Andrea Battistini and Luca Barbareschi, "La rosa tatuata" of Tennesse Williams directed by Francesco Tavassi, "The Misantropo" of Moliere directed by Paolo Zuccari, "Reason To Be Pretty" of Neil Labute directed by Fabrizio Arcuri, "Il Vero Amico" of Carlo Goldoni directed by Lorenzo Lavia, "Tutto per bene" a Pirandello's play directed by Gabriele Lavia, "Amadeus" of Peter Shaffer directed by John Axelrod, and "Otello" directed by Paolo Zuccari.
In 2013, Roncione played one of the lead characters in the episode "Una lama di luce" of the Montalbano series, directed by Alberto Sironi and written by Andrea Camilleri. She has also appeared in several mini Rai series, including "Il Sogno del Maratoneta" regia di Leone Pompucci (2012),"Edda Ciano e il comunista" Graziano Diana (2011),"Il Nostro Amico Walter Chiari" E. Monteleone (2011),"Ben tornato Nero Wolfe" R. donna (2012),"Il segreto dell'acqua" R. De Maria (2010),and "The Mafia Kill Only In Summer", Season Two, directed by Luca Ribuoli.
In 2014, Roncione collaborated with French video artist Natalie Joffre to create a video about Tina Modotti called "At the age of the double", supported by KML foundation. She has also worked on a cinematographic project with Federico Cataldi, who directed the Tina Modotti documentary commissioned by History Rai.
Recently, Roncione has worked with Michele Placido again in Pirandello's play "Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore", where she plays the role of the stepdaughter. Her latest works include "La Concessione del Telefono", written by Andrea Camilleri and directed by Roan Johnson (2020),where she plays the role of "Lillina"; "Anima" by Paul Thomas Anderson (2019),where she is the co-star; "Giorgio Ambrosoli - Il prezzo del coraggio" by Alessandro Celli (as Anna Iori Ambrosoli, co-star, 2019); and "Io sono Mia", directed by Riccardo Donna, as the famous singer Loredana Bertè.
Roncione has been nominated for the "Efesto D'Oro" award as best up and coming actress at the Napoli Cultural Classic.
