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Alessandra Senatore
Alessandra is a female given name of Italian origin, meaning ''defender of mankind''. It is the Italian form of the female given name Alexandra and the female form of the male given name Alessandro. Alessandra may refer to: * Alessandra Amoroso (born 1986), Italian pop/soul singer, songwriter, producer and TV personality * Alessandra Ambrosio (born 1981), Brazilian supermodel * Alessandra Biaggi (born 1986), American, New York State Senator * Alessandra Cappa (born 1981), Italian swimmer * Alessandra Cappellotto (born 1968), Italian cyclist * Alessandra de Osma (born 1989), Peruvian attorney and model, and Hanoverian princess by marriage * Alessandra De Rossi (born 1984), Filipino actress * Alessandra Ferri (born 1963), Italian ballerina * Alessandra Gasparelli (born 2004), Sammarinese sprinter * Alessandra Januário dos Santos (born 1988), Brazilian volleyballer * Alessandra Lunardi (born 1958), Italian mathematician * Alessandra Mangiacapra (born 1999), Italian karateka * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female
An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and males are results of the anisogamous reproduction system, wherein gametes are of different sizes (unlike isogamy where they are the same size). The exact mechanism of female gamete evolution remains unknown. In species that have males and females, sex-determination may be based on either sex chromosomes, or environmental conditions. Most female mammals, including female humans, have two X chromosomes. Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive system, as with mammary glands in mammals. In humans, the word ''female'' can also be used to refer to gender in the social sense of gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Mele
Alessandra Watle Mele (born 5 September 2002), known mononymously as Alessandra, is an Italian-Norwegian singer. She competed in the seventh season of in 2022, reaching the live shows. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with " Queen of Kings", which finished in 5th place at the grand final with 268 points. Her track peaked at number one in Norway and was a top ten hit in eleven countries. Early life and education Mele was born on 5 September 2002 in Pietra Ligure, Savona to an Italian father from Albenga and a Norwegian mother from Stathelle, and grew up in Cisano sul Neva. At the age of twelve, she won the fifth edition of ''VB Factor'', a local talent show in the Val Bormida region. After graduating from high school in 2019, she relocated to Norway and moved in with her maternal grandparents in Porsgrunn, before moving to Lillehammer to study at the Lillehammer Institute of Music Production and Industries. Career 2022: ''The Voice Norway'' I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Alessandra
Lewis Peter Alessandra (born 8 February 1989) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker or Winger (association football), winger. He has played in the English Football League for Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic, Morecambe F.C., Morecambe, Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle, Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale, York City F.C., York City, Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United and Notts County F.C., Notts County and Carlisle United F.C., Carlisle United. The last full-team that Alessandra played for was South Shields F.C., South Shields who at the time were in the Northern Premier League. After leaving Shields, he played semi-professionally for Hyde United F.C., Hyde United. Career Oldham Athletic Alessandra was born in Heywood, Greater Manchester, Heywood, Greater Manchester. Along with his teammate Deane Smalley, Alessandra graduated from Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic's youth system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flávia Alessandra
Flávia Alessandra Martins da Costa (born 7 June 1974) is a Brazilian actress, best known for roles in both telenovelas, television series and films. Biography Flávia Alessandra is daughter of a teacher, Raquel, and of a navy commander, Hélio. She is the youngest child of her three brothers, next to Keila and Hélio. She was born in Arraial do Cabo, state of Rio de Janeiro. She has two daughters: Giulia Martins, of the marriage with Marcos Paulo, who they divorced in 2002 and Olívia Costa, daughter to Otaviano Costa, who they married in 2006. She also has acquired Portuguese citizenship thanks to her Portuguese paternal grandfather, who was from Ponte de Lima. Career She debuted in the television with the telenovela ''Top Model'' (1989), and in the competition of the '' Domingão do Faustão'' staying in the first place, and leaving Adriana Esteves and Gabriela Duarte, in the second and third places, respectively. In the end, the three participated in the novela. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Torresani
Alessandra Olivia Toreson (born May 29, 1987), known professionally as Alessandra Torresani, is an American actress. She is known for playing Zoe Graystone in the science fiction television series ''Caprica'' and Claire in ''The Big Bang Theory''. Early life Alessandra Olivia Toreson was born on May 29, 1987, in Palo Alto, California. Coming from a wealthy family, she is the daughter of James Sylvester Toreson, overseer of a number of multimillion dollar technology startups at Freedom Motors Inc. and CEO of Toreson Industries, Inc, a company he founded in 1983, and wife Marcia Glow, managing director of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. She began studying dancing and singing when she was two years old. At the age of 8, she landed a job doing interviews between cartoons on The WB Television Network. She holds a black belt in taekwondo. She has stated that she is "half-Jewish." Career Torresani's television debut was at age nine when she hosted the "Kids' WB Club" for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley (born October 3, 1955) is an American journalist. As of 2019, she is the co-founder of a weekly newsletter "for worldly cosmopolitans" called ''Air Mail'', alongside former ''Vanity Fair'' editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. Biography She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Washington, D.C., and Europe. She is the daughter of NATO defense advisor Timothy W. Stanley.''The New York Times'', September 23, 1997"Timothy W. Stanley, 69, Expert On Defense Policy and Strategies"/ref> She studied literature at Harvard University and then became a correspondent for ''Time'', working overseas as well as in Los Angeles and in Washington, D.C., where she covered the White House. Stanley then moved to ''The New York Times'' as a foreign correspondent, first as co-chief of the Moscow bureau, and then Rome bureau chief. In 2003 she became the chief television critic for ''The New York Times'', a position which she occupied until 2015 when she was reassigned to cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Silvestri-Levy
Alessandra, Princess of Bismarck (née Silvestri, later Silvestri-Lévy, born 1 November 1972) is a Brazilian art writer and curator. As the wife of Carl-Eduard von Bismarck, she became the Princess of Bismarck in 2019. A patron of the arts, she has produced and curated several exhibitions of photography, contemporary art, literature, and film festivals, mainly in Paris, São Paulo, and Havana. She was the International Executive Director for the Brazilian Cinema Foundation (Cinemateca Brasileira). Biography She was married between 1998 and 2014 to French diplomat Jean Levy, with whom she had two children. The godmother to the wedding was Danielle Mitterrand, widow of former French President François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician and statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France. As a former First ..., a friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Rosaldo
Alessandra Rosaldo (born Alejandra Sánchez Barrero; September 11, 1971) is a Mexican actress, singer and dancer. In 2006, she was the winner of the first prize in Televisa Network's, later broadcast in Univision ''Bailando por un Sueño Bailando may refer to: * Bailando (Paradisio song), "Bailando" (Paradisio song), 1996 * Bailando (Enrique Iglesias song), "Bailando" (Enrique Iglesias song), 2014 * Bailando (Rouge song), "Bailando" (Rouge song), 2018 * ''Bailando!'', special prom ...''. She has played main and supporting roles in many telenovelas. She has sold over 4 million records as the lead singer of her pop music band Sentidos Opuestos and as a solo singer, for which she received the Lo Nuestro Award for Rock New Artist of the Year at the 16th Lo Nuestro Awards. Early life She was named Alejandra Sánchez Barrero by her parents Gabriela Barrero and Jaime Sánchez Rosaldo, the first of three sisters, followed by Valeria and Mariana. She studied at Colegio Alemán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Riegler
Alessandra Riegler (born 24 May 1961 in Modena) is an Italian chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster (LGM). She was the sixth ICCF Women's World Champion, a title she held from 2000 to 2005. In 2007, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano (; 29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 2006 to 2015, the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days, he was the longest-serving pre ..., has awarded the title of Knight of the Order of "Merit of the Italian Republic". Riegler is also a four-time winner of the Italian Chess Championship (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). References External links * * * 1961 births Living people Italian chess players World Correspondence Chess Champions Sportspeople from Modena Italian female chess players 20th-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Pucci
Alessandra Alberta Pucci (born June 1942) is an Australian immunologist and entrepreneur who founded and led Australian Monoclonal Development, the first biotechnology company in Australia. Early life and education Pucci was born in Eritrea in June 1942, one of five children of her Italian parents, journalist father and homemaker mother. She was educated at the University of Pisa and the University of Florence. When her husband was given an eight-month appointment in Australia, she accompanied him and they decided to settle permanently in Sydney. She enrolled in a PhD at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Professor Robert Clancy and graduated in 1981 with a thesis titled "Cellular aspects of mucosal immunology in man". Career Pucci founded Australian Monoclonal Development Pty Ltd (AMD) in 1981, and served as chief executive. It was the first biotechnology company in Australia. Listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange in 1986, as Monoclonal Australia Ltd, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Perilli
Alessandra Perilli (born 1 April 1988) is a professional target shooter. Born in Italy, she represents San Marino internationally. She won San Marino's first ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in Women's Trap at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Biography Perilli was born in Rimini. She is the daughter of Claudio Perilli, an Italian who was on the national team in trap, and a Sammarinese mother. She also has a sister, Arianna Perilli, who played for the Italian national team in trap like her father. She took up shooting in 2001 after being introducted to it by her father. In 2009, Alessandra started representing San Marino through her mother. One of her first events representing San Marino was at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, where she won silver in trap. Another one of her first international events was at the ISSF World Cup in 2011, where she won the women's trap competition. She finished 4th after a draw for 2nd place with a French and a Slovakian shooter in the Women's tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Paonessa
Alessandra Paonessa (born July 24, 1989) is a Canadian soprano from Toronto. Her 2014 debut album ''Remembering Heaven'', a collaboration featuring the works of British composer Chris Broom, reached number 25 in the UK Official Classical Artist Album Charts Top 50. Early life Paonessa began to take voice lessons at the young age of 10 and performed her first official recital at the age of 15. She later joined the Bach Children's group, traveling across Canada taking part in festivals, performing regularly at the Toronto Centre for the Arts and performed for Queen Elizabeth II, on her royal tour to Canada in 2004. A former member of the Young Artist Performance Academy and The Royal Conservatory of Music, she was the winner of many performance festivals and awards in her youth. Paonessa is an alumna of OperaWorks Emerging Artist Program and graduate of York University, where she received the Sterling Beckwith Award, a scholarship given to students who demonstrate exceptional pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
