The Portrait of a Lady
Cervi was born in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of actor Gino Cervi. Her mother is the Italian producer of Austrian-Hungarian origin Marina Gefter. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film "Portami la luna". She also played an English-language role in Jane Campion's 1996 "The Portrait of a Lady".