Pamela Prati

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Pamela Prati
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Prati at the Festa del Cinema di Roma 2015
Born (1958-11-26) 26 November 1958 (age 66)
Other namesPaola Pireddu, Pamela Field
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • actress
  • singer

Pamela Prati (until 2016 as Paola Pireddu; born 26 November 1958) [1] is an Italian actress, showgirl, model, singer, and television hostess. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes for Mediaset's Canale 5, including Scherzi a Parte and La sai l'ultima?. She is also credited as Pamela Field in some of her pictures.

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Career

Little is known about Prati's early life. She maintains that she was born from a Spanish flamenco dancer that later abandoned her Italian mother in Ozieri in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia; however the Italian tabloid Chi has alleged that her father was in fact an Italian womanizer known as "Piscittu Murtu" (dead fish). [2]

She moved to Rome in her late teens where she worked as a model and made a brief appearance on television in the variety show La Sberla in 1976. Prati attracted much publicity when she appeared on the cover of singer Adriano Celentano's album Un po' artista un po' no in 1980. That same year she debuted in her first film, La moglie in bianco... L'amante al pepe, an erotic comedy in which she had the starring role. [3] This was followed by other films, and in the meanwhile Prati began to study dance, singing and diction. She soon joined the Bagaglino Company, which was directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore and produced variety shows; Prati began making regular appearances on television as a showgirl and hostess, while she continued to act in films and television fiction. She has also performed on stage in theatrical productions.

Prati participated in three beauty contests in 1983, which included Mora più bella d'Italia, Miss Sardinia and Miss Universe.

In 1996, she released an album entitled Il tango delle 11. She also collaborated with Sandro Giacobbe on a single, "Mi innamoro di te" in 1999, and eight years later, in 2007, she released her most recent single, "Papelon".

In 1992, Prati hosted the Canale 5 variety programme Scherzi a Parte, and from 1992 to 1994, she presented La sai l'ultima?. She has also appeared on reality shows such as L'Isola dei Famosi 6 in 2008, which is the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu , and Grande Fratello VIP in 2016. In both reality shows she walked away before finishing the planned television schedule.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe SoniaFeature film debut
1982 Monsignor Roman girlCameo appearance
MoraNight club girlUncredited
1983 Ironmaster LithCredited as Pamela Field
1984Carmen nueCarmen
1985 The Adventures of Hercules Arachne
È arrivato mio fratello Mrs. Piranesi
Miseramente folleClarissa
1988 Man spricht deutsh  [ de ]Violetta
CheeeeseLoredana
Riflessi di luce Marta
TransformationsWomen Succubs
1989Io GildaGilda
Sukkubus  [ de ]Sukkubus
1990 Una donna da guardare Pamela
1992Gole ruggentiAida Spada

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983–1984Il cappello sulle ventitréHerself - DancerVariety show (season 1)
1985EmbassyRitaTelevision movie
1986Le volpi della notteMiriam PieracciniTelevision movie
1987Provare per credereSilviaTelevision movie
1989Tutti in palestraIngridMiniseries
Luna di sangueDr. Mirella AlfonsiTelevision movie
Gioco di societàElisaTelevision movie
1991I tre moschettieriCostanzaTelevision film
1993–1994 Scherzi a parte Herself - GuestPrank program
1995Re per una notteHerself - Co-hostVariety show
1997 Quei due sopra il varano HerselfEpisode: "Arriva la madama"
2003La palestraLjuba BonettiTelevision film
2004Il ristoranteHerself - ContestantReality show (season 1)
2005–2006 Amici di Maria De Filippi Herself - TeacherTalent show (season 6)
2007Di che peccato sei?MargheritaTelevision film
2008 L'Isola dei Famosi Herself - Regular guestReality show (season 6)
2009 Piloti PamelaGuest role (season 3)
Non smettere di sognareLuisa ContiniTelevision film
2011 Non smettere di sognare DeliaRecurring role; 5 episodes
L'amore non bastaPatty Di MaioMiniseries
2016 Grande Fratello VIP Herself - ContestantReality show (season 1)
2022 Grande Fratello VIP Herself - ContestantReality show (season 7)

Theatre

Discography

References

  1. Pamela Prati at the Internet Movie Database
  2. Bibire, Andrea (5 June 2019). "Pamela Prati inchiodata da Alfonso Signorini: la sconcertante menzogna". Bigodino.it. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. Pamela Prati at the Internet Movie Database