Rebecca Anna de Ruvo (born 6 December 1969 in
Stockholm
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), is a
Swedish
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TV presenter, actress, artist and model who is best known as host of the then new
MTV Europe
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during the early 1990s. De Ruvo became known as the first Swedish
VJ on MTV.
Career
Rebecca De Ruvo started in 1981 as a voice-over artist in the Swedish Christmas series ''
Stjärnhuset
''Stjärnhuset'' (''"The Star House"'') was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1981.
Plot
Mytha, played by Sif Ruud, tells for Astro (Johannes Brost) about the constellations. Astronomy talk is mixed with stories from the Greek my ...
''. In 1986 she appeared in an episode of the family series ''
Julpussar och Stjärnsmällar
''Julpussar och stjärnsmällar'' (''"Christmas Kisses and Loud Bangs"'') was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 1986.
Plot
Based on Hans-Eric Hellberg's children's books, the story is set in and around the fictional Dalarna village ...
''.
De Ruvo began her television career at age nineteen as a reporter in the youth program ''Druvan'' in 1988, as her mother Annika de Ruvo was a producer for Swedish Television
SVT. De Ruvo then started on MTV in 1990 and presented the chart show ''
MTV's Braun European Top 20''. In 1991 she hosted ''
MTV Prime''. Beginning on 6 April 1992, she led the daily MTV Europe morning show ''
Awake on the Wilde Side'' as well as the daily viewers voted charts ''
Dial MTV
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''. She also appeared as a guest hostess and cook on ''
MTV's Most Wanted
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''.
In addition, she founded the music group Breaker in
London
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who published a few single discs on Coalition Records. In 1992 she hosted together with
Staffan Ling
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's program ''Ringling'' where among other celebrities took part in various competitions. After leaving MTV, in 1995-1996, she was the host of the daily music competition Music match on
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with
Max Lorentz
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He has also worked as a session-musician with artists including Ulf Lundell, Sanne Salomonsen, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Skifs, E-Type, Eldkvarn, ...
as a judge but has since not been active in the Swedish media again.
In 1999 she had a guest appearance in the TV series ''
Fråga Olle''.
Personal life
Ruvo is the daughter of TV producer
Annika de Ruvo
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, who for many years worked as a TV producer at SVT's children editorial. De Ruvo has five children and describes herself as a full-time parent.
In 1994, De Ruvo had a relationship with
Oasis
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guitarist
Noel Gallagher.
Paolo Hewitt: ''Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis''
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References
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1969 births
Living people
Swedish television hosts
Swedish women television presenters
Swedish female models