Alena Šeredová (; born 21 March 1978) is a

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model and actress who lives and works in Italy.

Career

Šeredová was born

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. Her modeling career began at the age of 15. Five years later, she was first runner-up of

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1998 and her country's representative at

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where she placed fourth equal in the finals. She started her career as a model in 2002. She was chosen by the Italian comedian Giorgio Panariello to co-host his own prime-time TV show ''Torno Sabato''. She has been featured on the covers of several magazines including ''

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Europe'', ''

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Europe'', ''

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'', '' Extreme'' and ''Quo''. In 2005, she was chosen to star in Max Calendar.

Personal life

Šeredová married Italian goalkeeper

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. They have two sons, Louis Thomas Buffon, who was born on December 28, 2007, and David Lee who was born on 1 November 2009. They married in June 2011, and separated in May 2014. She has a sister named Eliška, who is also a model. Alena co-owns the Italian clothing-line (Baci e Abbracci) together with Buffon's former national teammate,

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. As of 2014 Šeredová has been in a relationship with Italian businessman Alessandro Nasi. They have a daughter together who was born in 2020.

Filmography

* ''Ho visto le stelle ''(I Have Seen the Stars) (2003; ''Viděl jsem hvězdy''); comedy, running time: 91 minutes,
director: Vincenzo Salemme * ''

Christmas in Love ''Christmas in Love'' is a 2004 cinepanettone film starring Christian De Sica, Danny DeVito, Massimo Boldi, Cristiana Capotondi and Ronn Moss. The film was directed by Neri Parenti. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Origin ...

'' (2004; ''Zamilované Vánoce''); comedy, running time: 118 minutes,
director:

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References

External links

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Profile at CzechModels.cz
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