Meet Giovanna Margaret Volpe, Jason Connery’s sister
Giovanna Margaret Volpe is the sister of Jason Connery. Connery, Volpe’s brother, is a British actor and director. Sean Connery and Diane Cilento raised him. He is best known for his appearance in the third series of the ITV drama series Robin of Sherwood in 1986.
Giovanna Margaret Volpe: Profile Summary
| Full Name | Giovanna Margaret Volpe |
| famous as | sister of Jason Connery |
| Date of Birth | December 10, 1957 |
| Birth sign | Sagittarius |
| Place of Birth | England, United Kingdom |
| Age | 64 years old as of 2021 |
| Parents | Mother-Diane Cilento Father- Andrea Volpe |
| husband | Unknown |
Giovanna Margaret Volpe, Jason Connery’s stepsister, was born on December 10, 1957. Giovanna will be 63 years old in 2021. Diane Cilento, Giovanna Margaret Volpe’s mother, and Andrea Volpe, her father, were both Australian actresses and authors. She is best known for her roles in Tom Jones, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, Hombre, and The Wicker Man. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Helen of Troy in the play Tiger at the Gates. Andrea, her father, was an Italian aristocrat.
Her mother died on October 6, 2011, at the age of 79, in Cairns, Australia (Giovanna was 53 years old). Cancer took her life. Giovanna was born when her mother was 25 years old.
What brought her parents together? Much information about how the two met and fell in love is unavailable. Her parents, on the other hand, married in 1956 in a beautiful ceremony in front of their friends, family, and loved ones. Giovanna Margaret Volpe’s parents divorced in 1957, so their marriage did not last forever. The couples had only been married for a year.
Her mother married actor Sean Connery in 1962. Before divorcing in 1973, they had her stepbrother, Jason (born 1963). Cilento’s mother, Giovanna Margaret Volpe, claimed in her autobiography My Nine Lives that Connery was emotionally and physically abusive during their marriage.
Cilento married playwright Anthony Shaffer in 1985, whom she met while working on the film The Wicker Man in 1972. They were married until his death in 2001. Following her death, her estate donated a collection of items to the Queensland University of Technology, which is now housed in the library.
Much information about Giovanna Margaret Volpe’s current life is unavailable. Unlike her mother and brother, she has lived a quiet life away from the cameras.