Claudia Koll | |
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Born | Claudia Maria Rosaria Colacione 17 May 1965 Rome, Italy |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Claudia Koll (born Claudia Maria Rosaria Colacione; 17 May 1965) is an Italian actress.
Claudia Koll was born in Rome of Italian and Romanian parentage. [1]
Koll made her debut as a cinema actress in 1989, but achieved fame for her part in the erotic movie Così fan tutte (All Ladies Do It, 1992), directed by Tinto Brass. Subsequently she has worked mostly for theater and television. She reached her widest audience in the popular television series Linda e il brigadiere (Linda and the Brigadier, 1997-2000) with Nino Manfredi.
She co-hosted the 1995 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Koll has coeliac disease; [4] and was an honorary president of the Italian Coeliac Association. [5]
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