Paola Perego (, born 17 April 1966) is an Italian television host and actress.

Biography

Perego was born in

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. She spent her first twenty years in

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where her grandparents lived. She made her debut in 1982 as a model after visiting a friend in Milan. In 1983 she started working in TV in the local station

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with comedians

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and

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in ''Ric e Gian graffiti''. She was noticed by the

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television network and signed a contract with it in 1984. She started working on

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with

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in the primetime show ''Autostop'', and during the 1980s worked in several entertainment and sports shows including ''Record'', ''Superecord'', ''American Ball'', ''Cadillac'', ''Grand Prix'', ''Azzurro'' and ''Calciomania''. In 1991 she moved to

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where she presented ''Settimo squillo'' with

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, and the primetime medicine show ''Quando c'è la salute'', with Tiberio Timperi during the 1991/1992 season. The next year she signed a contract with

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and, from 1992 to 1996, hosted the daily shows ''Mattina due'', ''In famiglia'', ''Pomeriggio in famiglia'' and ''Mattina in famiglia'', initially with

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and then

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. She returned to

, which had become

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, in 1996, and after hosting the short show ''Aspettando Beautiful'' replaced Rita Dalla Chiesa in the historical transmission ''Forum'', aired by

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. She presented ''Forum'' for six years, until 2003. In 2002 she hosted a primetime show on

, named ''I sette vizi capitali''. In 2003 she returned to

and remained until 2005. In that year she replaced Alda D'Eusanio in

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's ''Al posto tuo'' show, In February 2004 she presented the Italian version of '' The Mole'', named ''La talpa'', replacing

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who left after the first episode. After conducting ''

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'' and ''Sanremo estate'' with

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, she returned to

in September 2005 hosting the second season of ''La talpa'' on

. In January 2006 she replaced the journalists Benedetta Corbi and Giuseppe Brindisi in the

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show '' Verissimo'', aired by

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; the decision, taken by

leaders, was criticized by the transmission's journalist staff. In September 2006 she stopped hosting '' Verissimo'' and replaced Maurizio Costanzo in the Sunday show ''Buona domenica'', giving rise to several criticisms of the quality of the content of the transmission. In June 2008 she also hosted the pilot ''Il momento della verità'', the Italian version of '' Nada más que la verdad'', aired by

. In the 2008/2009 season ''Buona domenica'' was cancelled and she hosted a new Sunday show, ''Questa domenica''. In autumn 2008 she also hosted the third of series ''La talpa'', on

, and from march to April 2009 Perego presented the fourth edition of the Italian version of '' The Farm'', named ''La fattoria'', on

. After a period of absence from the screen, she returned to TV in March 2010 replacing

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in the primetime show ''Lo show dei record'', aired by

. In May and June of the same year she hosted the

primetime show ''Wind Music Awards'', recorded at the

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. She came back to

in September 2010 hosting the afternoon show ''Se... a casa di Paola'', aired from Monday to Friday by

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: the program finished in June 2011. From 13 January to 2 March 2012 she hosted the prime time show ''Attenti a quei due - la sfida'', aired on Friday by

. From November 2012 she hosted the prime time show ''Superbrain'', aired on Saturday by

Television

*''Ric e Gian graffiti'' (Antenna 3 Lombardia, 1983) *''Autostop'' (Italia 1, 1984) *''Zodiaco'' (1985) *''Azzurro'' (Italia 1, 1986) *''Tuttinfamiglia'' (Canale 5, 1988) *''Calciomania'' (Italia 1, 1990) *''Settimo squillo'' (Telemontecarlo, 1991) *''Quando c'è salute'' (Telemontecarlo, 1991–92) *''Mattina due/In famiglia'' (Rai 2, 1992–96) *''

Zecchino d'Oro Zecchino d'Oro (; meaning "Golden Sequin") is an annual international children's song competition established in 1959 by Niny Comolli. It is broadcast by Rai 1. The first two contests were held in Milan. In 1961, the contest was taken up by th ...

'' (Rai 1, 1996) *''Aspettando beautiful'' (Canale 5, 1996) *''Forum'' (Rete 4, 1997–2003) *''Forum di sera'' (Rete 4, 1997) *''Canzoni sotto l'albero'' (Canale 5, 1997) *''Salto nel buio'' (Rete 4, 2001, 2004) *''I sette vizi'' (Rete 4, 2002) *'' Festival di Castrocaro'' (Rai 1, 2003–04) *''Al posto tuo'' (Rai 2, 2003–05) *''Sanremo estate'' (Rai 1, 2004) *'' La talpa'' (Rai 2, Italia1, 2004–2005, 2008) *'' Verissimo'' (Canale 5, 2006) *''

Buona Domenica ''Buona domenica'' is a music album by the Italian singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti, released in 1979. Track list *All songs written by Antonello Venditti. #"Buona domenica" (5:39) #"Stai con me" (4:37) #"Robin" (4:38) #"Scusa, devo andare v ...

'' (Canale 5, 2006–08) *''Il momento della verità'' (Italia 1, 2008) *'' Questa domenica'' (Canale 5, 2008–09) *''Questo capodanno'' (Canale 5, 2008) *'' La fattoria'' (Canale 5, 2009) *'' Lo show dei record'' (Canale 5, 2010) *''Wind Music Awards'' (Italia 1, 2010) *''Se... a casa di Paola'' (Rai 1, 2010–11) *''Attenti a quei due - la sfida'' (Rai 1, 2012) *''Superbrain'' (Rai 1, 2012) *'' Domenica in'' (Rai 1, since 2014)

Filmography

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perego, Paola Italian television presenters Italian women television presenters Italian television actresses Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses People from Monza People from Brugherio 1966 births Living people People from Brianza