D ajana Roncione is an italian actress borned in Palermo.

She started acting in a T. S. Eliot’s play directed by Pietro Carriglio “Assassinio nella Cattedrale” at 18 years old at the Teatro stabile Biondo.

After that, she decided to move to Rome in order to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Art “Silvio D’Amico”, one of the most prestigious acting Academies in Italy, where she graduated in 2007. She had the honor to work with  Luca Ronconi, Armando Pugliese, Giancarlo Sepe, Giorgio Albertazzi, Gabriele Lavia, Gabor Stefan, Jhon Axelrod, Katia e Marielle Labeque and also with the very known Italian filmmaker Michele Placido in “Il Grande Sogno” where she plays Isabella.

She acted in different television and cinema movies like “L’Ultimo re” directed by Aurelio Grimaldi, “La Croce e La Stella” by Salvatore Lo Piano and for the theatre projects she acted in “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, “Otello” directed by Paolo Zuccari.

She was one of the lady lead characters in the episode “Una lama di luce” of Montalbano series directed by Alberto Sironi written by Andrea Camilleri in 2013.

Also she took part in many of the mini Rai series as “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), “The Mafia Kill Only In Summer”, Season Two, directed by Luca Ribuoli.

In 2014 she worked with a french video artist Natalie Joffre in order to realize a video about Tina Modotti called “At the age of the double” supported by KML foundation. Recently she participated in the Tina Modotti documentary commissioned by History Rai and directed by Federico Cataldi with who she’s working for a cinematographic project.

Recently she worked for the second time with Michele Placido in a Pirandello’s play “Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore” where she plays the role of the stepdaughter.

In 2019, she made a successful return with two projects. First, she portrayed Loredana Bertè in “Io Sono Mia”, a film inspired by the life of Mia Martini, directed by R. Donna. She also worked on “Il Prezzo del Coraggio”, directed by Alessandro Celli. This collective project is dedicated to Giorgio Ambrosoli and stars Alessio Boni, in which Dajana plays the role of Anna Lori, his wife. She was awarded the “Efesto d’Oro” for Best Emerging Actress by Napoli Cultural Classic. She collaborated with French video artist Natalie Joffre on a project about Tina Modotti titled “At the Age of the Double”, supported by the KML Foundation.
She appeared in a documentary about Tina Modotti commissioned by Rai (RAI History), directed by Federico Cataldi, with whom she has been developing a film project about the photographer and revolutionary Tina Modotti.

She was featured as the lead in a musical short film made exclusively for Netflix, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson alongside Thom Yorke, released in June 2019.

In 2019, she returned to work with Michele Placido in Luigi Pirandello’s play “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, playing the role of the Stepdaughter. The production toured major Italian theaters and was broadcast in prime time on Rai5 in May 2020. It was produced by GoldenArt in collaboration with Teatro di Catania.

Her last works are: “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’s the co-star; “Giorgio Ambrosoli – Il prezzo del coraggio” by Alessandro Celli (as Anna Iori Ambrosoli, co-star, 2019); “Io sono Mia”, directed by Riccardo Donna, as the famous singer Loredana Bertè.

In 2024, she returns as co-star in Davide Marengo’s new series “Vanina Guarrasi” alongside Giusy Buscemi and Giorgio Marchesi. She was seen on stage as one of the protagonists of “Addormentateon” on June 28 at the Arsenale, a staged reading part of the Biennale Teatro, directed by Stefano Ricci and Gianni Forte.
In theaters starting November 7, Dajana stars in “Eterno Visionario”, directed by Michele Placido. In this film, she reprises her role as the Stepdaughter from “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, and it is dedicated to Pirandello’s life. In this role, Dajana performs her original song, titled “Stepdaughter.”

She has been nominated best up and coming actress with the “Efesto D’Oro” award at the Napoli Cultural Classic.