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Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

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Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for ''Seven Beauties' ...

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Claudio Cecchetto Claudio Cecchetto (born 19 April 1952) is an Italian record producer and talent scout. Life and career Cecchetto was born in Ceggia, (metropolitan city of Venice). He has hosted several Italian music festivals, from Festival di Sanremo to ...

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Alessandro Benvenuti Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes o ...

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Giorgio Faletti Giorgio Faletti (; 25 November 1950 – 4 July 2014) was an Italian writer, musician, actor and comedian. Born in Asti, Piedmont, he lived on Elba Island. His books have been translated into 25 languages and published with great success in Euro ...

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Enrico Brignano Enrico Brignano (born 18 May 1966) is an Italian actor, playwright, comedian, presenter and writer. Life and career Born in Rome, Brignano graduated in 1990 at the Laboratory of Performing Exercises under Gigi Proietti, who later chose him for ...

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Diego Abatantuono Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento. Biography and career Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. T ...

Enrico Mentana Enrico Mentana (born 15 January 1955) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He founded the Italian news program ''TG5'' and directed it from 1992 to 2004. In 2005, as Canale 5's editorial director, he conceived and curated the talk ...

Leo Gullotta Salvatore Leopoldo "Leo" Gullotta (born 9 January 1946) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. Biography Born in Catania and the last of six children, Gullotta started his career as an extra in Teatro Massimo Bellini. In his long ...

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Moana Pozzi Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi (; 27 April 1961 – 15 September 1994), also known mononymously as Moana, was an Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician. Early life Pozzi was born in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, the daughter of Alf ...

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Valeria Marini Valeria Marini (born 14 May 1967) is an Italian actress, showgirl and entrepreneur. Biography Born in Rome, to a Sardinian mother and a father from Rome, but raised in Cagliari, Valeria's first cinematographic appearance was in 1987 in the fi ...

Katia Ricciarelli Catiuscia Maria Stella Ricciarelli (born 16 January 1946), known as Katia Ricciarelli (), is an Italian soprano and actress. Biography Born in Rovigo, Veneto, to a very poor family, she struggled during her younger years when she studied music. ...

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Roberto Vecchioni Roberto Vecchioni (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian singer-songwriter, singer-lyricist, lyricist, teacher and writer. Biography Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, Province of Monza and Brianza, to a Neapolitan family . In 1968 he graduated i ...

Ottaviano Del Turco Ottaviano Del Turco (born 7 November 1944) is an Italian politician. Early life Del Turco was born in Collelongo on 7 November 1944. Career After a career in trade unionism in the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL), Del Turco rose ...

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Maurizio Fondriest Maurizio Fondriest (born 15 January 1965) is a retired Italy, Italian professional road racing cyclist. Career Born in Cles, Trentino, Fondriest turned professional in 1987 with the Ecoflam team. He subsequently rode for Alfa Lum cycling team, ...

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Carol Alt Carol Ann Alt (born December 1, 1960) is an American model and actress. Early life Alt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Muriel, an airline employee and model, and Anthony Alt, a fire chief in the Bronx. She was noticed w ...

George Weah George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (; born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer who is the incumbent president of Liberia, in office since 2018. Prior to his election to the presidency, Weah served a ...

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Maria Grazia Cucinotta Maria Grazia Cucinotta (; born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. She has also worked as a film producer, screenwriter and model. Internationally she is best known for her roles in ' ...

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and filmmaker. He was one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for h ...

Emilio Fede Emilio Fede (born 24 June 1931) is an Italian anchorman, journalist and writer. He has been the director of ''TG1'' (from 1981 to 1982), a news programme on Raiuno, '' Studio Aperto'' (from 1991 to 1992), a news programme on Italia 1, and ''TG4'' ...

Gene Gnocchi Eugenio Ghiozzi (born 1 March 1955), best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi, is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer. Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working-class family. He was an aspiring vocalist in a roc ...

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Carlo Verdone Carlo Gregorio Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he also wrote and directed. His career was jumpstarted by his first thre ...

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Bud Spencer Carlo Pedersoli (31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016), known professionally as Bud Spencer, was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and Spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partn ...

Fabrizio Ravanelli Fabrizio Ravanelli (; born 11 December 1968) is an Italian football manager and former international player. A former striker, Ravanelli started and ended his playing career at hometown club Perugia Calcio, and also played for Middlesbrough, J ...

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Raz Degan Raz Degan is an actor, director, and cinematographer, born in a Kibbutz of Sde Nehemia in Israel to Ilan and Adina Degan; he has two brothers who also live and work abroad. At the age of 21, and after three years military service in the Israeli Ar ...

Wendy Windham Wendy Windham (born January 13, 1967) is an American actress, working primarily in Italy. Biography The niece of comedian / actor Stan Laurel, Wendy moved to Italy to work in television in 1988, taking part in ''Il gioco dei nove'' ("The game o ...

Raoul Bova Raoul Bova (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian actor. Bova's European film breakthrough was in the 1993 film ''Piccolo grande amore'', and he's played romantic male leads the following years. His American film credits include '' Under the Tusc ...

Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...

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Eddie Irvine Edmund Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He b ...

Claudio Bisio Claudio Bisio (; born 19 March 1957) is an Italian actor, presenter, voice actor, comedian, and writer. Early life Bisio was born in Novi Ligure, Piedmont, and raised in Milan, Lombardy. He attended '' scientific lyceum Luigi Cremona'' of Mil ...

Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (, ; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (, ), is a Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer. Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, at the a ...

Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of club Benevento. A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napo ...

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Natasha Stefanenko Natalya Dmitrievna "Natasha" Stefanenko (russian: Наталья Дмитриевна "Наташа" Стефаненко; born 18 April 1969) is a Russian and Italian actress, model, and television presenter who lives and works in both Italy and ...

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Barbara De Rossi Barbara De Rossi (born 9 August 1960) is an Italian actress who has combined a career in international cinema with longstanding popularity in Italian television. Biography Barbara De Rossi was born in 1960 in Rome to an Italian wine importer and ...

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Pippo Franco Pippo Franco (pseudonym of Franco Pippo) was born 2 September 1940 and is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, and singer. He made his name first as a musician in the early 1960s, and in the late 1960s began a career in film, starrin ...

Laura Pausini Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with her debut single "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an internat ...

Elena Sofia Ricci Elena Sofia Barucchieri (born 29 March 1962), known by the stage name Elena Sofia Ricci (), is an Italian actress. She is known, among other things, for playing Sister Angela in the Italian television series . Biography Born in Florence, afte ...

Walter Zenga Walter Zenga (; born 28 April 1960) is an Italian manager (association football), football manager and former player who last managed Serie A club Cagliari Calcio, Cagliari. He was a long-time Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for In ...

Nancy Brilli Nancy Brilli (; born 10 April 1964 as Nicoletta Brilli) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Career Born in Rome, of partial Ukrainian origin, Nancy Brilli was introduced in cinema by Pasquale Squitieri, making her debut in a rol ...

Fiona May Fiona May Iapichino (born 12 December 1969 in Slough, England) is a retired track and field athlete who competed for the United Kingdom and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals. Her perso ...

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Kristian Ghedina Kristian Ghedina (; born 20 November 1969) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former competitive racer. His 13 victories are the second most by an Italian downhill specialist in World Cup history: the first is Dominik Paris with 21 victori ...

Gabriel Garko Dario Oliviero (born 12 July 1972), better known by his stage name Gabriel Garko, is an Italian actor and former fashion model. Actor in both film and television, he has appeared mainly on the small screen. He started his career at the end of 19 ...

Paola Barale Paola Barale (born 28 April 1967 in Fossano, Italy) is an Italian TV hostess and actress. She was married to Gianni Sperti. Her television career began by chance, in fact, she desired to become a gymnastics teacher and she had graduated from ...

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Ivana Trump Ivana Marie Trump (, ; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a Czech-American businesswoman, media personality, socialite, fashion designer, author, and model. Ivana lived in Canada in the 1970s before relocating to the United States and m ...

Al Bano Albano Antonio Carrisi (; born 20 May 1943), better known as Al Bano, is an Italian tenor, actor, and winemaker. He is one of the most recognisable Italian singers in the world whose career spans 7 decades. He has gained notability due to his vo ...

Max Biaggi Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi (; born 26 June 1971) is an Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who achieved six World Championships. With four 250 cc road race titles and two in World Superbikes, he is one of only two ri ...

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Flavio Briatore Flavio Briatore (; born 12 April 1950) is an Italian businessman. He started his career as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman in Italy. Briatore was convicted in Italy on several fraud charges in the 1980s, receiving two prison senten ...

Manuela Arcuri Manuela Arcuri (born 8 January 1977, in Anagni) is an Italian actress, model and soubrette. She was the protagonist of two successful TV series, '' L'onore e il rispetto'' and '' Il peccato e la vergogna''. Biography Arcuri was born in Anagni, ...

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Giovanni Rana Giovanni Rana (born 15 October 1937) is an Italian pasta maker and founder of the Giovanni Rana brand of Italian food products including refrigerated pasta, sauces, and ready-made dishes. The brand started in 1962 with homemade tortellini and ha ...

Alba Parietti Alba Parietti (born 2 July 1961) is an Italian television presenter, television personality, showgirl, actress and former singer. Early life Parietti was born on 2 July 1961 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, daughter of Francesco, a Piedmontese pa ...

Massimo Boldi Massimo Antonio Boldi (born 23 July 1945) is an Italian stand-up comedian and actor. Biography Boldi was born in Luino on 23 July 1945. In 1955 his family moved to Milan, where he joined evening classes and began working as a window-dresser an ...

Carlton Myers Carlton Ettore Francesco Myers (born 30 March 1971) is an Italian former professional basketball player that played in the Lega Basket Serie A, Italian league and the EuroLeague. Myers was initially raised in the United Kingdom. One of the best ...

Irene Grandi Irene Grandi (born 6 December 1969) is an Italian singer and songwriter. During her career she has sung in Spanish and has performed duets in German, French, Indian and in African languages, selling around 5 million records and earning 9 top-ten ...

Flavia Vento Flavia (Latin for "blonde") may refer to: Places * Flavia Caesariensis, a 4th-century Roman province in the Diocese of the Britains * Flaviac, a commune in southern France People * Flavia (gens), the Roman clan and imperial dynasty * Flavia (name ...

Pino Insegno Giuseppe "Pino" Insegno (born 30 August 1959) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian and television presenter. Since 1986, Insegno has been a member of the comedy quartet Premiata Ditta and he also found success dubbing characters into the ...

Natalia Estrada Natalia Estrada (born Gijón, Asturias, Spain, September 3, 1972) is an actress, model and television presenter on Spanish television. Biography When she was 15 she moved to Madrid where she did music and acting classes and became a flamenco an ...

Vincenzo Salemme Vincenzo Salemme (born 24 July 1957) is an Italian actor, playwright, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Bacoli, Province of Naples, Salemme began his career in 1976, with the stage company of Tato Russo. The following year h ...

Tosca D'Aquino Tosca D'Aquino (born 10 June 1966) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Life and career Born in Naples, Tosca D'Aquino started her career at 15 years old, appearing in several local television shows. At nineteen years old ...

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Simona Ventura Simona Ventura (born 1 April 1965) is an Italian television presenter. Television career Ventura was born in Bentivoglio. She started in TV on "Domani Sposi" with Giancarlo Magalli on Rai Uno. Her love for sport took her into sports reporting ...

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Amanda Lear Amanda Lear (; born 1939) is a French singer, songwriter, painter, television presenter, actress, and former model. She began her professional career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s, and went on to model for Paco Rabanne, Ossie Clark, and ...

Arrigo Sacchi Arrigo Sacchi (born 1 April 1946) is an Italian former professional football coach. He has twice managed AC Milan (1987–1991, 1996–1997), with great success. He won the Serie A title in his 1987–88 debut season and then dominated European ...

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Francesca Rettondini Francesca Rettondini (born 7 March 1968) is an Italian people, Italian actress and television presenter. She is internationally known for the role of a songstress by the name of Francesca in the 2002 film Ghost Ship (2002 film), ''Ghost Ship''. ...

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Jury Chechi Jury Dimitri Chechi (; born 11 October 1969) is a retired Italian gymnast. Biography Chechi was named after cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He won the Olympics title in the rings at Atlanta 1996 and was third at Athens 2004. Chechi's bronze was the r ...

Pietro Taricone Pietro Taricone (4 February 1975 – 29 June 2010) was an Italian actor, television personality, and reality show contestant on '' Grande Fratello''. An avid athlete and extreme sport enthusiast, he was nicknamed "O’ guerriero" ('The Warrior') ...

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Maddalena Corvaglia Maddalena is an Italian female given name derived from Saint Mary Magdalene. It may refer to: Churches *Santa Maria Maddalena in Rome * La Maddalena, Venice Localities * La Maddalena, a commune in Sardinia, Italy * Maddalena (Genoa), a neighborh ...

Gigi D'Alessio Luigi "Gigi" D'Alessio (born 24 February 1967) is an Italian popular singer and Neapolitan singer-songwriter. In his career, he has sold over 26 million records. Career D'Alessio was born in Naples. He was well known in Naples in the early 1990s ...

Alessandro Preziosi Alessandro Preziosi (born 19 April 1973) is an Italian actor. Biography Son of lawyers, Preziosi was born and raised in Avellino, Italy, later moving to nearby Vomero, Naples. He completed his classical studies at the Liceo Umberto I of Naples ...

Isolde Kostner Isolde Kostner (born 20 March 1975) is an Italian former Alpine skier who won two bronze medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Olym ...

Gennaro Gattuso Gennaro Ivan Gattuso (; born 9 January 1978) is an Italian professional football coach and former player, who currently serves as manager of La Liga club Valencia. He was born in Corigliano (Calabria). As a player, he mainly played in the cent ...

Cristina Parodi Cristina Parodi (born 3 November 1964) is an Italian journalist and television host. Biography She debuted in the 80's in the small TV channels TelePiccolo and Telereporter and after in Odeon TV, hosting some sports shows like ''Caccia al 13'' and ...

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Serse Cosmi Serse Cosmi (born 5 May 1958) is an Italian football coach, most recently in charge of Rijeka. Career Early career Cosmi was born in 1958 in Ponte San Giovanni, a Perugia ''frazione''. His father, a cycling fan, called him Serse after Faust ...

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Randi Ingerman Randi is both a given name, and a nickname in the English language, popular in North America and Norway. It is primarily a feminine name, although there is recorded usage of the name by men. It may have originated as a pet form of '' Miranda'' ...

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Martina Stella Martina Stella (born 28 November 1984) is an Italian actress and screenwriter. Acting career Stella made her cinematic debut at the age of 16 in 2001 in '' L'ultimo bacio''. The film was a success in Italy, and was nominated for multiple David ...

Maria De Filippi Maria De Filippi (born 5 December 1961) is an Italian television host and the owner of the television production company ''Fascino PGT''. She is one of the most popular presenters. Biography De Filippi was born in Milan, Lombardy, but grew up in ...

Luca Barbareschi Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish. He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed ha ...

Anna Valle Anna Valle (born 19 June 1975) is an Italian actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Life and career Born in Rome, Anna Valle lived in Ladispoli up to thirteen years; after the separation of her parents she moved to Sicily, in Lentini, the ci ...

Adriana Volpe Adriana Volpe (31 May 1973, Trento, Italy) is an Italian television presenter, model and actress.Rossi, Roberto (9 October 2003)La Volpe ...e un assaggio d'uva, ''Panorama (Italian magazine)'' (in Italian) (2003 profile of Volpe) Biography After ...

Rocco Siffredi Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Antonio Tano; 4 May 1964) is an Italian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, director and producer. He took his stage name from the character Roch Siffredi played by Alain Delon in the French gangster film '' ...

Giuliana De Sio Giuliana De Sio (born 2 April 1956) is an Italian actress, the younger sister of pop-folk singer Teresa De Sio. She won two David di Donatello for Best Actress and different Silver Ribbons for Best Actress. Biography and career Giuliana De Si ...

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Dario Vergassola Dario Vergassola (born 3 May 1957) is an Italian comedian, actor, author, singer-songwriter, television and radio presenter. Career He has worked with all the main Italian television broadcasters and is known for his participation as a comedia ...

Federica Panicucci Federica Panicucci (born 27 October 1967 in Cecina) is an Italian television host and radio personality. Biography She debuted in 1987 in ''Portobello'', with Enzo Tortora, as one of the "telephonists". The year after she was in the cast of th ...

Marcus Schenkenberg Marcus Lodewijk Schenkenberg van Mierop (born 4 August 1968), known professionally as Marcus Schenkenberg, is a Swedish people, Swedish model, actor, singer, writer, and television personality. Early life Schenkenberg was born in Stockholm to ...

Stefano Bettarini Stefano Bettarini (; born 6 February 1972) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender, and a television personality. He played once for the Italy national team. He was a contestant on Grande Fratello VIP, 2016 and ...

Elisabetta Canalis Elisabetta Canalis (; born 12 September 1978) is an Italian actress and showgirl. Early life Canalis was born in Sassari, Sardinia in Italy. Her father, Cesare, is a radiologist in University of Sassari's clinic, and her mother, Bruna, was a te ...

Megan Gale Megan Kate Gale (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Gale won a model contest when she was 18 in her home town. In 1999 she was cast in a series of commercials for the Italian telecommunicat ...

Kevin Costner Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actor ...

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Dustin Hoffman Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. As one of the key actors in the formation of New Hollywood, Hoffman is known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and emotionally vulnerable characters. He is th ...

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Jane Alexander Jane Alexander (née Quigley; born October 28, 1939) is an American actress and author. She is the recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and nominations for four Academy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. From 1993 to 1997 ...

Daniel Ducruet Daniel Ducruet (; born 27 November 1964) is a former husband of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, to whom he was married in 1995 and divorced from a year later in 1996. Two of his children, Louis and Pauline, are 15th and 16th in the line of succe ...

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Katherine Kelly Lang Katherine Kelly Lang (born Katherine Kelly Wegeman; July 25, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Brooke Logan in the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' of the CBS Daytime programming block. Personal life Lang ...

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Ilary Blasi Ilary Blasi (; born 28 April 1981) is an Italian showgirl, model, television personality, and former child actress. Early life Ilary was born in Rome, daughter of Roberto and Daniela. Her mother named her after one of her favourite Western movi ...

Federica Fontana Federica Fontana (born April 30, 1977) is an Italian television sports announcer (especially for soccer games) and TV program hostess, who also does various kinds of modeling on the side. Biography Federica started to appear in TV and public ...

Aida Yespica ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 Decembe ...

Alessia Marcuzzi Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host and actress. Career Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia, she has debuted in Telemontecarlo ...

Alena Seredova Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia. People Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include: * Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640 * Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplo ...

Anna Tatangelo Anna Tatangelo (born 9 January 1987) is an Italian pop singer and television personality. At the age of 15, she became the youngest person to win the Newcomer's Award at the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival singing contest. Her repertoire con ...

Monica Vanali Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...

Roberta Capua Roberta Capua (born 5 December 1968 in Naples) is an Italian television host, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1986 and placed 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1987 in Singapore. Biography She became known ...

Ainett Stephens Ainett Stephens (born 28 January 1982) is a Venezuelan model (person), model, and television personality. Biography In 2000, she was among the ten semi-finalists of the Miss Venezuela beauty contest and subsequently posed for a calendar and the ...

Alessandra Mussolini Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of men''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro. Alessandra may refer to: * Alessandra Ambrosio (bo ...

Victoria Silvstedt Karin Victoria Silvstedt (born 19 September 1974)''Expressen'', 29 October 2004. is a Swedish model, actress, singer, and television personality.Victoria Silvstedt Official Homepage, victoriasilvstedt.com, 8 May 2010. Early life Born in Skellef ...

Sabrina Ferilli Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theater and film actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in ''Me, Myself and ...

Vladimir Luxuria Vladimir Luxuria (), born 24 June 1965, is an Italian activist, television personality and actress. Luxuria was a Communist Refoundation Party MP, belonging to The Union coalition led by Romano Prodi. She was the first openly transgender memb ...

Ilaria D'Amico Ilaria D'Amico (born 30 August 1973) is an Italian television host and commentator. She is most known for her work on shows related to football in fact in June 2018 she left Italian Sky Sport. Personal life As of 2014, D'Amico has been in a re ...

Vanessa Incontrada Vanessa Incontrada (born 24 November 1978) is a Spanish-Italian actress and model. She has appeared in more than 25 films and television shows since 2003. She starred in the film '' Il cuore altrove'', which was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film ...

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

Mickey Rourke Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (; born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. During the star of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles i ...

Gerard Depardieu Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

Clemente Russo Clemente Russo (born 27 July 1982) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning gold at the 2007 and 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships at heavyweight (201 lbs limit). He currently boxes for the Italia Thunder team in the Worl ...

Andrew Howe Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985) is an American-born Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprinting. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young ...

Barbara D'Urso Barbara D'Urso (born Maria Carmela D'Urso; 7 May 1957) is an Italian television personality, television host, actress and writer. Career D'Urso was born in Naples, Campania. Her father was from Laurenzana (died in 1996), and her mother, who ...

Gioele Dix Gioele Dix, a pseudonym of his name David Ottolenghi (born 3 January 1956) is an Italian actor and comedian of Jewish descent. Life Gioele Dix began his theatrical career at the end of the 1970s, promoting and animating the Milan stage compa ...

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Kaspar Capparoni Gaspare "Kaspar" Capparoni (born 1 August 1964) is an Italian actor. Biography A native of Rome, Capparoni became a theater actor when he was 18, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1984 he also appeared in the film ''Phenomena'', directe ...

Laura Torrisi Laura Torrisi (born 7 December 1979) is an Italian actress. Born in Sicily, she has participated in the Italian version of the reality show Big Brother and was a finalist in the Miss Italia 1998 beauty pageant. She had her first acting role in ...

Ezequiel Lavezzi Ezequiel Iván Lavezzi (; born 3 May 1985) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, his most important attributes were his pace, hardworking style of play, technique, creativity, and dribbling abi ...

Edwige Fenech Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is an Algerian-born Maltese-Sicilian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released in the 1970s, which turned her ...

Rupert Everett Rupert James Hector Everett (; born 29 May 1959) is an English actor, director and producer. Everett first came to public attention in 1981 when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film '' Another Country'' (1984) as a gay pupil ...

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Sergio Assisi Sergio Assisi (born 13 May 1972) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * * 1972 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian male television ...

Juliana Moreira Juliana (variants Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus. Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, wh ...

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Ronn Moss Ronald Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952) is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera ''The Bold and the B ...

Lory Del Santo Loredana "Lory" Del Santo (born 28 September 1958) is an Italian television personality and actress, now retired. Early life Lory Del Santo was born Loredana Del Santo on 28 September 1958, in Povegliano Veronese, a ''comune'' in the Itali ...

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Francesca Cipriani Francesca Cipriani D'Altorio (born July 3, 1984) is an Italian television host and celebrity. Biography Cipriani grew up in Sulmona, her debut in Italian television dates back to 2005, when she worked as an anchorwoman and correspondent for ...

Mario Giordano Mario Giordano (born 19 June 1966) is an Italian journalist and writer. He is known to be one of the most contentious journalists in the Italian right-wing politics sector, and for various disciplinary sanctions against him in the context of hi ...

Dayane Mello Dayane Cristina Mello (born 27 February 1989 in Joinville, Brazil) is a Brazilian naturalized Italian model and television personality. Biography Model Born in Joinville in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, she began her career as a model ...

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Elettra Lamborghini Elettra Miura Lamborghini (; born 17 May 1994) is an Italian television personality, singer, social media influencer, and socialite. A granddaughter of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of Lamborghini, she began her career in reality televisi ...

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Giorgio Mastrota Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy * Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname * Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (song), ...

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