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Eritrean actress very popular during the '70s in Italy, she resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her Italian husband. She works as a volunteer for the poor and the homeless in L.A.

Pellegrini became a minor starlet in Italian films including Eyeball (1975), La madama (1976), Blue Belle (1976), Una bella governante di colore (1978) and War of the Robots (1978), appearing in 16 films between 1974 and 1981.

Ines Pellegrini made her film debut in 1973 in "Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia" but her career was launched by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who chose her for the role of Zumurrud in "Arabian Nights" (1974); she also appeared in Pasolini's last film, "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom" (1975).

In the mid-1980s, she left show business and moved to Los Angeles, where she opened a downtown antiques shop and promoted volunteering.

Though born in Milan, Italy, Pelligrini spent her childhood in the former Italian colony of Eritrea during the Ethiopia occupation and colonization of the territory, attending Italian schools, before returning to Italy with her adoptive father in the 1970s.