Martina Colombari

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

Martina Colombari
A photograph of Martina Colombari.
Colombari at the fotografica10 event in 2010
Born (1975-07-10) 10 July 1975
Riccione, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Modeling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Hair colorBrown[1]
Eye colorBlue[1]
Websitewww.martinacolombari.it

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
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1991 Abbronzatissimi Martina
1998 Paparazzi Herself Cameo
2000 What Girls Never Say Francesca
2001 She Ustane
2015 Barbara e io Barbara
2019 Martina sa nuotare Serena Short film

Television
Year Title Role(s) Notes
1991 Miss Italia Contestant – Winner Annual beauty contest
1992 Donna sotto le stelle Model Fashion show
1994 Un disco per l'estate Co-host Annual music festival
1996–98 Galagol Host Talk show
1998–99 Centrocampo Co-host Sports talk show
2002–07 Carabinieri Gioia Capello 26 episodes
2003 Un medico in famiglia Carlotta Episode: "Il tarlo del sospetto"
2004 Diritto di difesa Chiara Barbieri 2 episodes
2006 Radio Sex Mary Television film
2006–08 I Cesaroni Rachele 11 episodes
2008 Fidati di me Sofia Television film
VIP Sabrina Television film
2009 Così fan tutte Martina Episode: "Five"
Don Matteo Paola Miceli Episode: "Sai chi viene a cena?"
2010–11 Al di là del lago Patrizia Angeloni 8 episodes
2011 Baila! Contestant Dance talent show
2012 Il restauratore Maddalena Fabbri 12 episodes
2013 Donne in gioco Isabella Gualtieri 2 episodes
2016 Untraditional Herself Episode: "Pinocchio Rock"
2019 Miss Italia Judge Annual beauty contest
2021 Identity Contestant Game show
2023 Pechino Express Contestant Reality show

References
  1. "Martina Colombari". Fashion Model Directory. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. "Martina Colombari, 1991". Miss Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. Sibor, Doug (3 January 2013). "25. Martina Colombari". Complex.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. "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
  • Colombari, Martina; with Luca Serafini (2011). La vita è una (in Italian). Milan: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-17-04313-7.
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