Antonella Elia (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress.

Life and career

Born in

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, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV-series '' The Betrothed''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . She became first known as the assistant of Corrado in the

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variety show ''La Corrida'', a role she had between 1990 and 1993. In 1991 she was cast in the successful variety television ''

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'', and between 1993 and 1996 she was sidekick of

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in the

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program ''Pressing''.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She participated to the second edition of the

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reality show '' L'Isola dei Famosi'' in 2004, and she returned in the edition of 2012, winning the show and donating the 100,000 euro prize to

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. She is also active in films, TV-series and on stage.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elia, Antonella Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses 1963 births Actors from Turin Living people Participants in Italian reality television series Mass media people from Turin