Loredana "Lory" Del Santo (born 28 September 1958) is an Italian actress, model and television celebrity.
Lory Del Santo was born in Povegliano Veronese, near Verona, into an indigent family. She is the eldest daughter of then 22-year-old Antonio Dal Santo and Clorinda. Because of low temperatures and other factors, Del Santo was born in a stable. When she was three, her father died in a car accident. She grew up with her mother and her sister, three years younger. They lived in the countryside and then moved to Verona.
Del Santo started her TV career at sixteen as a valletta in the 1975 edition of Festivalbar, the first edition that took place at the Verona Arena, which became the permanent venue for the final evening of the music festival and for the most important live concerts. After graduating from high school she left Verona for Rome and Milan alone, without her mother's consent, to attempt a career in film and fashion. She worked as a model, fashion photographer, and entrepreneur and studied acting. In the late 1970s she obtained her first film roles, mainly in sexy comedy films. She took part in 20 films over 6 years, and was directed, among others, by Dino Risi, Adriano Celentano, and Massimo Troisi.