Miriam Leone (born 14 April 1985) is an Italian actress, presenter and model, winner of the

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beauty contest in 2008.(14 September 2008)
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Biography

Miriam Leone was born in Catania,

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, on April 14, 1985. She lived her youth in

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, the daughter of a literature teacher, Ignazio Leone, and Gabriella Leotta, employed in the municipality of Aci Catena. She has a younger brother named Sergio. She attended the "Gulli e Pennisi" classical high school in Acireale and at the end of her high school studies enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Catania, but did not finish her studies. The young Sicilian participated in the Miss Italy contest in 2008 with the title of "Miss Prima dell'anno". After being initially eliminated during the program, she was subsequently reinstated in the competition and won the "Miss Italia 2008" sash in the final, as well as the title of "Miss Cinema" awarded by Anna Strasberg of the Actors Studio, who also awarded a scholarship. Leone co-presented '' Unomattina Estate'' from 1 June to 11 September on ''Rai Uno''. In 2010 Leone was a judge on ''Ciak! Si Canta''. Since 2010, she has been co-hosting ''Mattina in famiglia'' on

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.(4 March 2010)
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'' (in Italian) She also hosted the ''

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'' award ceremony in 2011. Leone began her acting career with small roles before obtaining the lead role in television series '' Distretto di polizia'' (2011-12), ''

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'' (2015) and '' Non uccidere'' (2015-18). She played the main role of Veronica Castello in the

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trilogy '' 1992'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2018 she starred as the lead in the

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film ''

Put Grandma in the Freezer ''Put Grandma in the Freezer'' ( it, Metti la nonna in freezer) is a 2018 black comedy film directed by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe Stasi. Cast *Fabio De Luigi as Simone Recchia * Miriam Leone as Claudia Maria Lusi *Lucia Ocone as Rossana *Ma ...

''. Leone starred as

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in the 2021 film based on the comics series '' Diabolik''.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leone, Miriam 1985 births Living people Actors from Catania Italian beauty pageant winners Italian television presenters Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian female models Models from Sicily Italian women television presenters Mass media people from Catania