Melissa Pignataro

Melissa is a 12 year-old girl who loves studying, sketching, acting, and writing. Her work has been featured on magazines aimed at a younger audience. She had her debuting role in "Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter". The director was reading a comic book on Artemisia when he saw a picture of Artemisia as a young girl and immediately noticed the likeness between her and Melissia, whom he casted for the part of the painter as a child.