Lorenza Izzo


Lorenza Francesca Izzo Parsons is a Chilean actress and model. She has appeared in films, including Aftershock, The Green Inferno, Knock, Knock, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Early life

Izzo was born in Santiago, Chile, to Chilean model. She is of Italian descent on her father's side. She has a younger sister, Clara Lyons Parsons, who is a model as well. When she was twelve years old, she moved to Atlanta with her father, then working towards a Ph.D. at Georgia Institute of Technology. She was bullied over her strong Chilean accent as a child, but stated she "got over accent pretty fast" after watching the 2002 sports film Blue Crush several times. Izzo recalls becoming "obsessed with Kate Bosworth."

Career

In 2007, Izzo was modeling and studying journalism at the University of the Andes when she moved to New York City to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
In 2010, she made her debut as an actress in Instrucciones para mi funeral, an independent film made by Sebastián Radic as a graduation project.
Izzo's modeling career reached its peak in 2011 when Izzo and her mother were invited to São Paulo Fashion Week where they met Gisele Bundchen. The meeting resulted in Izzo becoming the new face of Colcci, a Brazilian fashion company. The same year, Izzo appeared in a comedy by Chilean director Nicolás López.
In 2012, with one commercial feature movie to her name and three more then-about to be released Que pena tu familia, Aftershock, and The Green Inferno, Izzo moved to Los Angeles, when she soon secured small roles in Hemlock Grove and the failed television pilot I Am Victor.
In 2015, Izzo starred alongside Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas in Knock Knock, filmed in Santiago's Chicureo neighbourhood.

Personal life

On November 8, 2014, Izzo married American actor and director Eli Roth on the beach of Zapallar, Chile. The pair were introduced through mutual friend and director Nicolás López during production of 2013's The Green Inferno. López was unaware Izzo could speak English and she was originally to play a small role in the film. After Izzo revealed she could speak English fluently, Roth ended up casting her in the lead, where they "spent the whole shooting process together". She attributes the start of their relationship to "the randomness of the world". In July 2018, the couple filed for divorce, and settled their divorce in August 2019.
Izzo publicly came out as pansexual in an online interview with actress Emily Hampshire

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations