Daphne Di Cinto is a Black Italian screenwriter, director, actor and producer. She began her film and theatre studies in Rome, where she focused on acting at Scuola di Cinema, while getting her degree in Communication Science from Roma Tre University. She attended the faculty of cinema at Sorbonne University in Paris before moving to New York for her Master in Fine Arts at The Actors Studio Drama School. At the moment she is based in London. Daphne is the writer/director/producer of the award-winning short film Il Moro – The Moor, her directorial debut. As a screenwriter, she is developing both features and series within various genres, from comedy to sci-fi, although she has a soft spot for history. Daphne is interested in topics such as migration, ethnic identity and the female gaze. She was a finalist of the 2020 Phil Fox Award for Playwriting and of Screencraft Film Fund 2021 and a quarter-finalist of Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition 2021. Daphne received the Cultured Focus Visionary in Film Award during the 79th Venice Film Festival and she was awarded Best Director of a Foreign Language Short at the Madrid International Film Festival. Daphne played the Duchess of Hastings in the Netflix series Bridgerton.