Eugenia Gragnaniello

 (born August 19, 1965) is an Italian voice actress, actress and puppeteer. She performs Abla on Strada Sesamo since 1992, having originally dubbed the character in Italian-dubbed Iftah Ya Simsim segments used in Strada Sesamo.

Biography
Eugenia was born in. She began acting in 1980 when she was 14 under her father, Dino Gragnaniello, mostly by dubbing foreign cartoons into Italian at the SPDDF studios in Bologna. Right out of the gate, she had begun working on Strada Sesamo. Her work caught the attention of Henson Associates, who brought her to to voice Red Fraggle in I Fraggle, the Italian co-production of Fraggle Rock. When she was cast, she was the youngest of the I Fraggle dub actors at 18.

Once Strada Sesamo began using Iftah Ya Simsim footage, she was cast as Abla. She invented the signature Italian giggle and catchphrases of Abla, and when it was decided to transfer the character to Strada Sesamo in 1992, she decided to become a full-on puppeteer as well. To perform Abla, Eugenia was trained by and  in.

In addition to Abla, Eugenia dubbed over characters in the Italian dubs of Redwall, Mega Man, Tweenies and Mole Miner. She commutes between Bologna and for the majority of her work.