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Born Scilla Gabellini in Rimini on the Adriatic coast, she was one of five siblings. She initially pursued law at Oxford University, earning a doctorate, but quickly lost interest in a legal career. Instead, she returned to Italy to study acting at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. At seventeen, the striking, blue-eyed Scilla, who bore a strong resemblance to Sophia Loren, worked as Loren's body double, notably in the 1957 film Boy on a Dolphin. Two years later, she underwent cosmetic surgery to differentiate her appearance and establish her own identity in the film industry.
In 1963, Scilla appeared on the covers of several magazines, including Playboy, the Milanese magazine Le Ore, and Parade, then the most widely circulated weekly in the U.S. Throughout the 1960s, she secured leading roles but was often typecast in parts highlighting her physical allure rather than her acting skills. She frequently appeared in genre films ranging from lighthearted sex comedies like Genitori in blue-jeans (1960) and How to Seduce a Playboy (1966), to swashbuckling costume dramas such as The Queen of the Pirates (1960), spaghetti westerns like Djurado (1966), and peplum epics including Colossus of the Arena (1962) and Revenge of the Gladiators (1964). After 1971, she took on more demanding and critically praised roles as a lead in Italian television miniseries.
Eleven years after retiring from acting, Scilla made headlines when her 87-year-old landlord and father, Giuseppe, was murdered by a disturbed tenant at his villa on via Campi di Torre Flavia in Ladispoli.
