Lorenza Izzo is a Chilean-born television and film actress and model. As an actress, Izzo really cut her teeth in the horror movie genre. She is well known for her role as Kylie in the disastrous Chilean-American horror film Aftershock. She also had a starring role as Justine in the cannibalistic horror film, The Green Hell and also starred in the erotic horror thriller Knock Knock alongside Keanu Reeves. She has also recorded a number of credits in other non-horror related genres.
Biography of Lorenza Izzo
She was born Lorenza Francesca Izzo Parsons on September 19, 1989 in Las Condes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. As a teenager, Lorenza moved to the United States with her family. She then returned to Chile at the age of 16, where she completed her secondary education.
At the age of 18, Lorenza Izzo enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York City where she studied acting for a brief period. She then enrolled in journalism at the University of the Andes in her home country of Chile. In 2010, she starred in a Chilean independent film as part of her senior year project. Thanks to her love for fashion, Lorenza then enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study design.
In 2011, at the peak of her modeling career, Lorenza Izzo attended São Paulo Fashion Week alongside her mother, Rosita Parsons. The model actress then starred as Lucia Edwards in the 2011 Chilean romantic comedy film Qué pena tu boda which was the highest-grossing Chilean film of the year . The following year, she resumed her role in the sequel to the film Qué pena tu familia.
Aftershock (2012) and The Green Hell (2013) were her next film projects, after which she completely settled in Los Angeles. In 2013, she landed a spot on the Netflix horror series. Hemlock Grove and she also appeared in the TV movie I Am Victor. In 2014, the multi-talented actress took a break from the horror genre by starring in the romantic comedy film Sex Ed.
Lorenza Izzo also played the female lead character Genesis in the 2015 erotic horror film Knock Knock, a remake of the 1977 horror thriller Game of Death. Initially, she got a small role in Knock Knock because the producers assumed she couldn’t speak English. However, she was later given the female lead after realizing she could also speak English without an accent.
In 2016, she was cast as the lead role of Pilar Herrera in the crime drama series. Feed the beast. She also starred in the horror film Vacation (2016). In 2018, Lorenza Izzo was cast in the fantasy horror comedy The House With A Clock In Its Walls alongside Jack Black and Cate Blanchett.
Family life of the actress and film model
Lorenza Izzo is the daughter of Rosita Parsons who was a well-known former model in Chile. At the age of two weeks, Lorenza made her first magazine article by appearing on the cover of a Chilean magazine with her mother. When he was 12, the family moved to Atlanta where his father was studying for his doctorate at Georgia Tech. However, her parents later divorced when she was 16 years old. She was raised next to a brother, a younger sister named Clara Lyon. She is also the niece of international Chilean actress and model Carolina Parsons.
Lorenza Izzo is married to American actor, director and producer Eli Roth. The duo have worked together on several films since 2012, including Aftershock and The Green Hell. However, they grew very close in 2014 while filming the horror film Knock Knock, which had Roth as the director. According to the actress, they bonded during the filming period of the film and tied the knot on November 8, 2014 in a ceremony held on Zapallar beach in the Valparaíso region of Chile. followed by a reception at the Cachagua polo club.
Facts about Sound
At 15, Lorenzo Izzo made his runway debut with award-winning Chilean designer Ruben Campos.
After meeting international model Gisele Bündchen at São Paulo Fashion Week 2011, Lorenza Izzo was booked for an advertising campaign for the Brazilian fashion company. Colcc.
Lorenza Izzo had a near-death experience while filming the 2013 horror film The Green Hell. Things took an almost tragic turn as the actress nearly drowned while filming a scene in the Amazon River. Luckily, she was saved by the stunt supervisor who realized she was no longer acting, but screaming for her life.
In May 2018, Lorenza Izzo graced the cover of Harper’s Magazine (Chile) alongside her gorgeous mother Rosita Parsons, sister Clara Lyon and niece Carolina Parsons.
As expected, the beautiful model-turned-actress has a stunning physique. She is 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 59 kg (59 lb)