Maria Del Rio (born 25 March 1973) is a Belgian comedian, radio and television presenter of Spanish descent.

Biography

She born and raised in Brussels. She started her career in theatre in 1994, arrived at

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(Radio et Télévision de Belgique Francophone) in 1997, then moved to RTL-TVI in April 2005. She has presented television programmes such as ''Aimez-nous'' and ''MDR''. At the

, she co-presents the entertainment show ''Bingovision'' with

Thomas Van Hamme Thomas Van Hamme (born 10 February 1969) is a radio and TV moderator of the Walloon Broadcaster RTBF. He is currently in the prime time broadcast on the scientific ''GpiG A'', but with Barbara Louys, ''It's Belgian'' magazine devoted to the Belg ...

, who will join her later at RTL-TVI. In 1997, Maria Del Rio appeared briefly, as a waitress, in the film ''Des gens si bien élevés'' produced by Alain Nahum. The principal actress was

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. In 2003, she released a single, ''Luz de la Luna'', under the label Ars-Universal. It got the 16th place in the Belgian charts in Flanders. She co-presents ''Good Morning'' on

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(weekdays 6 to 10 a.m.), with Pascal Degrez from September 2009 until September 2014, and since then with Olivier Arnould. She performed on stage in ''La Revue'' for fifteen years, and in ''L'Amuse-gueule'' (Théâtre royal des Galeries), ''Silence en coulisse'' (Théâtre Le Public, 2003), ''Rain Man'' (Théatre Le Public, 2009). On 23 November 2007, she gave birth to her son Diego, from her relationship with the comedian Damien Gillard. In 2008 and 2009, Maria del Rio took part in an action against violence called ''Dessine-moi en soleil''.

References

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