Martina Colombari (born 10 July 1975) is an
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
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film and television actress,
model
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Models c ...
and
television presenter
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.
Biography
Colombari was born on 10 July 1975 in
Riccione
Riccione (; rgn, Arciôn ) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. As of 2018, Riccione had an estimated population of 35,003.
History
The oldest archaeological findings in Riccione's area date to the 2nd cen ...
in northern
Italy
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.
In October 1991,
at the age of 16, Colombari won the
Miss Italia
Miss Italia is a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.
History
The forer ...
beauty pageant,
becoming the competition's youngest winner at the time.
Later, she hosted or co-hosted several Italian television programmes, including ''
Un disco per l'estate
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'', ''Vota la voce'', ''Super'', ''Goleada'' (originally titled ''Galagoal'') and ''Controcampo''.
She played a lead role in ''
What Girls Never Say'' (2000), directed by
Carlo Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina.
In English-speakin ...
, and appeared in other films such as ''Paparazzi'' (1998) and ''She'' (2001),
directed by
Neri Parenti
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and Timothy Bond, respectively. She also held a recurring role in the television series ''
Carabinieri
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''.
Colombari has featured on the covers of multiple magazines, including the Italian editions of ''
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
'' (May 1997) and ''
GQ'' (December 2000), the Italian men's magazine ''
Max'' (July 1999, April 2003, and October 2008), and others such as ''Diva'' (2007), ''Intimità'' (2007), and ''Confidenze'' (2008).
In 2011, Colombari published an
autobiography
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life.
It is a form of biography.
Definition
The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...
titled ''La vita è una''.
Personal life
In 2004, Colombari married long-time
A.C. Milan
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player
Alessandro Costacurta
Alessandro Costacurta (born 24 April 1966) is an Italian football pundit, manager and a former professional defender, who usually played as a centre back.
Throughout his club career, Costacurta spent over twenty years with AC Milan between 19 ...
, and the couple have a son, Achilles.
Notwithstanding her husband's lengthy career with Milan, she supports
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
.
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1975 births
Living people
Italian beauty pageant winners
Italian female models
Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian television presenters
Italian women television presenters
Association footballers' wives and girlfriends