Antonella Elia (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress.
Life and career
Born in
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...
, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV-series ''
The Betrothed''.
[Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. .] She became first known as the assistant of
Corrado in the
Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980.
On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a ...
variety show ''La Corrida'', a role she had between 1990 and 1993.
In 1991 she was cast in the successful variety television ''
Non è la Rai'', and between 1993 and 1996 she was sidekick of
Raimondo Vianello
Raimondo Vianello (7 May 1922 – 15 April 2010) was an Italian film actor, comedian, and television host. He was a well-known Italian television personality.
Biography
He was born in Rome, but spent his youth in Pula, where his father, an ...
in the
Italia 1
Italia 1 (Italian pronunciation ) is an Italian free-to-air television channel on the Mediaset network, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It is oriented at both young and adult people.
Italia 1 was launched on 3 January 1982 and, originally, was ...
program ''Pressing''.
[Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. .] She participated to the second edition of the
Raidue reality show ''
L'Isola dei Famosi'' in 2004, and she returned in the edition of 2012, winning the show and donating the 100,000 euro prize to
Amnesty International.
She is also active in films, TV-series and on stage.
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Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
1963 births
Actors from Turin
Living people
Participants in Italian reality television series
Mass media people from Turin