| Zeudi Araya | |
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Zeudi Araya in La ragazza dalla pelle di luna (1972). |
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| Born | 10 February 1951 Dekemhare, Eritrea |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970s-1980s |
Zeudi Araya (born 10 February 1951 in Dekemhare, Eritrea) is an Eritrean-Italian actress.
Daughter of an Eritrean politician and niece of a diplomat in Rome, Araya became Miss Ethiopia in 1969. On a journey to Italy, she recorded a commercial for coffee, and was discovered by the director Luigi Scattini, who cast her in his movie La ragazza dalla pelle di luna in 1972. Several roles in erotic-themed movies followed, most of them directed by Scattini. She also appeared in the Italian version of Playboy magazine in February 1977. From the early 1980s, Araya withdrew from acting, and has since then been producing movies.
She was married to film producer Franco Cristaldi until his death in 1992. Araya now lives with the director Massimo Spano, with whom she has a son.