Assunta Tiotangco Schiavone-Ledesma, (born February 19, 1983) better known by her stage nameAssunta de Rossi, is a Filipino actress. Her sister Alessandra De Rossi is also an actress. Both sisters have won the Best Actress award at the Metro Manila Film Festival.
As a young actress she was well known for the films Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2 (1997), Hubog (2001), Azucena' (2001), Red Diaries (2001), and Bahid (2002). She also starred in ensemble comedies such as Jologs (2002), Pinay Pie (2003). She returned to television in 2011 with roles in the remakes of Mula sa Puso and Maria la del Barrio.
De Rossi was born in Lecce, Italy, to Nenita Schiavone, a Filipina, and Italian Luigi Schiavone. Her siblings include Alessandra De Rossi, Margherita and Isabel.[1]
In 2002, she married in a civil wedding Congreesman Julio A. Ledesma IV in San Carlos, Negros Occidental. On March 2014, their Catholic marriage was solemnized at the Sanctuario de San Antonio in Forbes Park, Makati. Ledesma is the son of Conchita Arenas Ledesma. His children from previous marriage include Cristina Julieta Victoria and Julio Carlos Tomas.[2]
On October 24, 2020, after suffering from myoma and endometriosis, she gave birth to Giulia Fiorentina 'Fiore' Alessandra Schiavone Ledesma.[3]
