 Born in Portogruaro in north-eastern Italy, Brazzo grew up in Venice.After training at the La Scala Ballet School, she spent two years with the ballet company of Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.She then returned to Milan to dance with La Scala Ballet where she was promoted to prima ballerina in 2001 after her performance in Sylvie Guillem's version of "Giselle".