Martina Colombari

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Martina Colombari
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Colombari at the fotografica10 event in 2010
Born (1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 48)
NationalityItalian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Spouse
(m. 2004)
Modeling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Hair colorBrown [1]
Eye colorBlue [1]
Website www.martinacolombari.it

Martina Colombari (born 10 July 1975) is an Italian film and television actress and model.

Contents

Biography

Colombari was born on 10 July 1975 in Riccione in northern Italy. [1] [2]

In October 1991, [3] at the age of 16, Colombari won the Miss Italia beauty pageant, [1] [2] becoming the competition's youngest winner at the time. [4] Later, she hosted or co-hosted several Italian television programmes, including Un disco per l'estate , Vota la voce, Super, Goleada (originally titled Galagoal) and Controcampo. [1] [2] She played a lead role in What Girls Never Say (2000), directed by Carlo Vanzina, and appeared in other films such as Paparazzi (1998) and She (2001), [2] directed by Neri Parenti and Timothy Bond, respectively. She also held a recurring role in the television series Carabinieri . [1]

Colombari has featured on the covers of multiple magazines, including the Italian editions of Cosmopolitan (May 1997) and GQ (December 2000), the Italian men's magazine Max (July 1999, April 2003, and October 2008), and others such as Diva (2007), Intimità (2007), and Confidenze (2008). [1]

In 2011, Colombari published an autobiography titled La vita è una. [4]

Personal life

In 2004, Colombari married long-time A.C. Milan player Alessandro Costacurta, and the couple have a son, Achilles. [3] Notwithstanding her husband's lengthy career with Milan, she supports Juventus. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1991AbbronzatissimiMartina
1998 Paparazzi HerselfCameo
2000 What Girls Never Say Francesca
2001SheUstane
2015Barbara e ioBarbara
2019Martina sa nuotareSerenaShort film

Television

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1991 Miss Italia Contestant – WinnerAnnual beauty contest
1992Donna sotto le stelleModelFashion show
1994 Un disco per l'estate Co-hostAnnual music festival
1996–98GalagolHostTalk show
1998–99CentrocampoCo-hostSports talk show
2002–07 Carabinieri Gioia Capello26 episodes
2003 Un medico in famiglia CarlottaEpisode: "Il tarlo del sospetto"
2004Diritto di difesaChiara Barbieri2 episodes
2006Radio SexMaryTelevision film
2006–08 I Cesaroni Rachele11 episodes
2008Fidati di meSofiaTelevision film
VIPSabrinaTelevision film
2009 Così fan tutte MartinaEpisode: "Five"
Don Matteo Paola MiceliEpisode: "Sai chi viene a cena?"
2010–11 Al di là del lago Patrizia Angeloni8 episodes
2011Baila!ContestantDance talent show
2012Il restauratoreMaddalena Fabbri12 episodes
2013Donne in giocoIsabella Gualtieri2 episodes
2016 Untraditional HerselfEpisode: "Pinocchio Rock"
2019 Miss Italia JudgeAnnual beauty contest
2021 Identity ContestantGame show
2023 Pechino Express ContestantReality show

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Martina Colombari". Fashion Model Directory . Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Martina Colombari, 1991". Miss Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 Sibor, Doug (3 January 2013). "25. Martina Colombari". Complex.com . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 "La Vita è una" (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. "Martina Colombari a sorpresa: "Costacurta non ha mai tifato Milan"". Goal (in Italian). 24 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

Further reading

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Italia
1991
Succeeded by