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Nancy Dell'Olio (born 23 August 1961) is an Italian-American lawyer and media personality. She first came to public notice as the girlfriend of football manager
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.


Early life

Annunziata Dell'Olio was born in
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as the eldest of four children; when she was five her family moved back to Italy, to the town of
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in the
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and region of
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Education and early career

Dell'Olio studied law at the
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. She later gained a master's degree from
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. In 1990, Dell'Olio married Giancarlo Mazza and established her own legal practice, specialising in
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.


Projects

In June 2005, Dell'Olio hosted the show ''Footballers' Cribs'' on MTV. She gave viewers tours of the luxury homes of English football players. "Nancy is a dream signing for us," said series executive producer Sean Murphy. "She's the first lady of football, so is in the perfect position to give us a real insider's view." In June 2007, Dell'Olio had an autobiography published titled ''My Beautiful Game''. In December 2008, Dell'Olio was interviewed on the BBC news analysis programme ''
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'' to talk about a new range of lingerie she was launching but, according to interviewer
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, "I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about". In September 2011, Dell'Olio took part in the ninth series of BBC1 show ''
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''. On 30 October, she and partner
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were eliminated. The ''
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'' reported that Dell'Olio clod hopped around the show. Dell'Olio reported it as "The best season Strictly ever had; everyone say so". Dell'Olio presented her own one woman show, co scripted by comedian Diane Spencer, called ''Rainbows from Diamonds'' at the
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in 2014. In 2016 she competed in the seventeenth series of ''Celebrity Big Brother''. She became the second housemate to be evicted on Day 11. In a January 2016 interview with the ''Daily Telegraph'' she stated that she was starting her own brand of
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. Dell'Olio aimed to start her new company through crowd funding investment, though only €1,865 of the required €70,000 was raised. The project went ahead. Dell'Olio's aim was not to be involved in the day-to-day running of the company, but only to act as ambassador for it. in January 2022 she appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity Coach Trip partnered with singer Chesney Hawkes. In August 2022, she appeared on
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, becoming the first contestant to be eliminated in her heat.


Charity works

Dell'Olio has visited
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projects in the United Kingdom and in Kenya. She stated, "I have always been a great admirer of the principles and values behind the work of the Red Cross. The thing that really impressed me is that the Red Cross seems to go everywhere, more than any other charity." Dell'Olio is the chairwoman of Truce International, the British-based charity she founded with Eriksson, which aims to use football as a means of uniting people in areas affected by war. Dell'Olio is a member of the Accademia Apulia UK.


Personal life

In May 1998, Dell'Olio was introduced to
Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player. After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...
, the manager of the Lazio football team, and they began a relationship six months later. In January 2001, Eriksson became manager of the England team, and he and Dell'Olio relocated to
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. In the beginning of 2002, Eriksson had a short-lived affair with television presenter
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, but he returned to Dell'Olio. In August 2004, Eriksson had an affair with
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secretary
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. As Alam had also had an affair with FA CEO,
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, when the media got hold of the story, it became high profile and made leading headlines in newspapers and on television. Dell'Olio was upset, but chose to stay with Eriksson. The couple eventually split up in August 2007. , Dell'Olio was in a relationship with
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, but by the end of the year, it was reported the relationship had ended. In December 2011, she lost a High Court libel action against
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, publishers of the newspaper ''
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'', over an article that referred to her as a "man eater".


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