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Raffaello Degruttola is an English Italian actor, writer and director. A film he wrote, directed, produced and acted in, Transference: A Bipolar Love Story, went viral on YouTube, with over 13 million views (as of August 2022). He has also had acting roles in a number of major films including In Love and War (1996) and The Hustle (2019) and was part of the West End’s recent production of Force Majeure (2021/22) at the Donmar Warehouse.

Transference: A Bipolar Love Story

In 2019, Degruttola wrote, directed, and featured in his second feature film, Transference: A Bipolar Love Story, which went viral on YouTube with over 13 million views. Featuring Lotte Verbeek (Outlander, The Borgias), Christina Chong (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Black Mirror) newcomer Emilie Sofie Johannesen and Degruttola, the film follows Norwegian nurse Katarina (Johannesen) as she starts a new job in palliative care in London. There she meets and falls for older male nurse Nik (Degruttola), who struggles with bi-polar and refuses to medicate.

Personal life

Raffaello Degruttola married Scottish actress Simone Lahbib (Eastenders, Bad Girls) in 2003 after they met on the set of Thief Takers. They have one daughter together, Sky Lucia Degruttola, who was born in 2005. Skye is an actress known for her recurring role as Esme Keating in ITV's Grantchester.