Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor and producer, who has starred in feature films such as FaceOff, American Hustle and A Most Violent Year.

Nivola was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother, Virginia , is an artist, and his father, Pietro Salvatore Nivola, is a professor of political science. Nivolas paternal grandfather was the Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola, and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Guggenheim, was a Jewish refugee from Germany. Nivola has described his mother as a WASP, from the South, and has stated that she is a relative of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He has a brother, Adrian, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University. Alessandros family also lived in Burlington, Vermont where he attended Mater Christi School, a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy.

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