Alexandra DiNovi is an American

United States

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 actress. She won Best Actress in the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival

New York International Independent Film and Video Festival

New York International Independent Film and Video Festival is a film screening event in various American cities. It was founded in 1993, and its website claims it has been recognized by the film and entertainment industry as one of the leading film events on the independent festival circuit...

 for The Perfect Girl and Purity.

Early life

DiNovi was born and raised in Hinsdale, Illinois

Hinsdale, Illinois

Hinsdale is a suburb of Chicago, Illinois; it is located partly in Cook County and mainly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 17,349 at the 2000 census. The town's ZIP code is 60521. The town has a rolling, wooded topography, with a quaint downtown and is a 30-minute...

, the daughter of Domenica Piragine, a former drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 teacher, and Vincent Louis DiTommaso, a class action lawyer. DiNovi was discovered in high school, and played the Featured Dancer role in the motion picture, The Break-Up

The Break-Up

The Break-Up is a 2006 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Peyton Reed, starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. It was written by Jay Lavender and Jeremy Garelick and produced by Universal Pictures.-Plot:...

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