Alessandra Martines

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

September 19, 1963 (age 62)

Place of Birth

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Alessandra Martines

Biography

Alessandra Martines (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian French dancer and actress mainly working in the English-, French-, and Italian-speaking worlds. She started young in ballet on opera stages in Switzerland, France, the United States and then Italy before becoming a lead on television for RAI captured ballets and entertainment shows (the Italian national public broadcasting) in the eighties. She is primarily known for portraying the main role in the cult Fantaghirò series, consisting of five films (1991–1996) still regularly re-run across Europe as of 2020, and for her work in auteur productions such as nine films by Claude Lelouch to whom she was married until 2009. She was awarded numerous prizes including the Best Actress Telegatto for The Cave of the Golden Rose (1991), the Grolla d'oro for Edda [it] (2005), the Silver Hugo for Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival (1998) for Chance or Coincidence, the Diamanti al Cinema Award in Cannes (2007) or the 2009 European Golden Globe in Rome. In 2008, she was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite awarded by the President of the French Republic. She received the lifetime achievement Kineo Award at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014. Second cousin of Carla Bruni and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, she moved to France with her family at the age of five. As a teenager, she enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris where she studied solfeggio, history and theory of dance and classical music and dance. Martines debuted at a young age as a dancer at the Zurich Opera House in 1972. After some time working in the United States, including the Chicago City Ballet, she moved to Rome where she worked at the Teatro dell'Opera. In 1985 she began her collaboration with RAI, with the lunchtime chat / quiz show Pronto, chi gioca?; she later gained great popularity with the Saturday Night shows Fantastico and Europa Europa, and then for her portrayal of Princess Fantaghirò in the Fantaghirò series. In cinema, she is best known for her interpretations under the direction of her ex-husband, the French director Claude Lelouch, in several film including Les Misérables and And now... Ladies and Gentlemen. She also starred on stage, most notably in L'appartamento by Franca Valeri.

Known For

Filmography

2018FilmBava Puzzleas Herself2017TVIl bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopoas Françoise Leroux2016FilmL'araignée rougeas Sonia Stern2014TVFurore il vento della speranzaas Luciana Belgrano2011FilmMy Name Is Bernadetteas Louise Soubirous2011TVDanse avec les starsas Self - Judge2009FilmPanique!as Clémentine2009TVThe Queen and the Cardinalas Anne of Austria2008FilmIl sangue e la rosaas Ortensia Damiani2008TVIl sangue e la rosaas Contessa Ortensia Damiani2008FilmLove Me No Moreas Marion2007FilmTowards Zeroas Marie-Adeline2006TVL'onore e il rispettoas Giudice Francesca De Santis2005TVCaterina e le sue figlieas Adele Parisi2005FilmThe Courage to Loveas Alessandra2005FilmEddaas Edda Ciano2005FilmI colori della vita2004FilmSaint John Bosco Mission to Loveas Marchesa Barolo2004FilmLe genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiensas Alessandra Martines2003FilmQuelques jours entre nousas Juliette2002FilmAnd Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...as Françoise2002FilmAmnèsiaas Virginie2001FilmJ'ai faim !!!as Anaïs Pommard2001FilmDay Offas Madame Socoa1999FilmOne 4 Allas Maxime1998FilmChance or Coincidenceas Myriam Lini1998TVVivement dimancheas Self1998TVTout le monde en parleas Self1996FilmThe Cave of the Golden Rose 5as Fantaghirò1996FilmMen, Women: A User's Manualas Docteur Nitez1995FilmLes Miserablesas Elise Ziman1994FilmThe Cave of the Golden Rose 4as Fantaghirò1993FilmThe Cave of the Golden Rose 3as Fantaghirò1993FilmAll That... for This?!as Allessandra Barrucq1993TVColpo di codaas Paola1992FilmThe Cave of the Golden Rose 2as Fantaghirò1991FilmThe Cave of the Golden Roseas Fantaghirò1991TVThe Cave of the Golden Roseas Fantaghirò1990FilmLove Stepsas Elisa1989FilmSaremo felicias Jole1989FilmSinbad of the Seven Seasas Alina

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