Alessia Merz (born 24 September 1974) is an Italian model, television host and showgirl.

Biography

Merz was born in

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. She debuted in 1992 in the

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show ''Bulli e pupe''. In September she took part in ''

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s second edition, where she remained until 1995. After this experience, she took part to the

show ''

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'', where she acted as dancer within Cristina Quaranta until 1996. In 1995 she played a role in the film '' Ragazzi della notte'' and debuted as television host in the first edition of the show ''Meteore'', with

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and

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, on air on

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. In the last 1990s she also took part at several films for the

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and for television like ''Gli inaffidabili'', ''Mamma per caso'', ''Jolly blu'', ''Vacanze sulla neve'' and ''L'ispettore Giusti''. Later in that year she hosted in

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the program ''Sanremo famosi'', with

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. In 1999 has been released some calendar for magazines ''Boss'' and ''Maxim''. In 2000 she presented the second edition of ''Meteore'' and, with Samantha De Grenet, Filippa Lagerbäck and Marco Balestri, the

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show ''Candid Angels''. In the same year she took part at the b-movie ''Intrigo a Cuba'', with Carolina Marconi. After that, she participated at the show ''Quelli che il calcio'' and, in 2004, she presented the show ''Festival: Gruppo d'ascolto'', on air on

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and

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. In 2004 she entered in the second edition's cast of the Italian version of ''

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'', named ''L'isola dei famosi''.

Personal life

Later she married

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and became the mother of Niccolò (2006) and Martina (2008).

Filmography

*'' Ragazzi della notte'' (1995) *''

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'' (1997) *''Panarea'' (1997) *''Mamma per caso'' (1997) *''Jolly Blu'' (1998) *''Cornetti al miele'' (1999) *''Vacanze sulla neve'' (1999) *''Il commissario Montalbano'' (one episode: ''La voce del violino'') (1999) *''

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'' (1999) *''L'ispettore Giusti'' (1999) *''Intrigo a Cuba'' (2000) *''Turbo'' (2000) *'' Il Bacio di Dracula'' (2002)

References

External links

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