Geppi Cucciari

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Geppi Cucciari
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Born
Maria Giuseppina Cucciari

18 August 1973 (1973-08-18) (age 51)
Cagliari, Italy
Alma mater Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • television personality
  • radio personality
  • actress
  • cabaret performer
  • author
  • basketball player

Maria Giuseppina "Geppi" Cucciari (born 18 August 1973) is an Italian stand-up comedian, actress, radio host and television presenter.

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Life and career

Born in Cagliari, Cucciari spent her youth in Macomer, in the province of Nuoro. [1] She studied law at the University of Cagliari, and eventually moved to Milan where she graduated at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. [1] In 2000 she joined the theater workshop "Scaldasole" and later entered the artistic laboratory Zelig. [2]

After working on stage and in several radio programs, Cucciari had her breakout in 2003 with the variety show Zelig Off. Between 2005 and 2009, she was a regular in the sitcom Belli dentro , and in 2006 she debuted as a writer with the humour fiction novel Meglio donna che male accompagnata. [2] As a presenter, she hosted two editions of the Canale 5 show Italia's Got Talent , [2] the show Splendida cornice, and she co-hosted the fourth night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2025, alongside Mahmood and Carlo Conti. [3]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2008 Grande, grosso e... Verdone Tecla
2013 L'arbitro Miranda
A Liberal Passion Martina
2014 A Woman as a Friend Cecilia
Un fidanzato per mia moglie Camilla Ledda
2017 The Lego Batman Movie Barbara Gordon / Batgirl Italian dub; voice role
2018 The Man Who Bought the Moon NoneOnly writer
2023Il cacio con le pereAnca
2024 Romeo Is Juliet Gloria
Diamanti Fausta

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
2003–2008Zelig OffHerself / Cast memberSketch comedy (seasons 1-2; 8-10)
2004–2005Comedy LabSketch comedy
2005–2012 Belli dentro Maria "Gonni" GonariaLead role
2006 Attacco allo Stato Katrina BorattoTwo-parts television film
2007Geppi HourHerself / HostVariety show
2010–2011 Italia's Got Talent Talent show (seasons 1-2)
2010Let's DanceHerself / JudgeDance competition
2011–2012G'DayHerself / HostVariety show
2013 Concerto del Primo Maggio Annual concert event
2013–2016 Premio Campiello Annual awards cerimony
2014–2020Per un pugno di libriGame show (seasons 15-22)
2016 Le Iene Variety show (season 19)
2016–2018Le parole della settimanaHerself / Co-hostTalk show (seasons 1-2)
2019Rai PipolHerself / HostTalk show
2019–2022 Gazzetta Sports Awards Annual awards cerimony
2020 Danza con me Herself / GuestSpecial
2020–2022Che succ3de?Herself / HostTalk show
2021–2024 Strega Prize Annual awards cerimony
2023–presentSplendida corniceVariety show
2025 Sanremo Music Festival 2025 Herself / Co-hostAnnual music festival

Stage

YearTitleRole(s)Venue
2014–2015 The Addams Family Morticia Addams Italian tour

Honours and achievements

Orders

References

  1. 1 2 Sara Chiappori (10 September 2014). "Cucciari: "L'esordio? Ero una sarda sbarcata nella metropoli"". La Repubblica . Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Paolo Sechi (23 December 2012). "E Geppi Cucciari disse il fatidico "Sì"". La Nuova Sardegna . Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. Alicandri, Alessandro (15 January 2025). "Festival di Sanremo 2025: le co-conduttrici e i co-conduttori al fianco di Carlo Conti" [Sanremo Festival 2025: the co-hosts alongside Carlo Conti]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  4. "Cucciari Dott.ssa Maria Giuseppina in arte Geppi - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it (in Italian). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

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