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Silvana
Silvana or Sylvana, meaning "one who lives in the forest" in Latin, is a female given name. Notable people with the name include: * Silvana Arbia (born 1952), Italian judge and prosecutor * Silvana Arias (born 1982), Peruvian actress * Silvana Armenulić (1938–1976), Yugoslav singer and songwriter * Silvana De Mari (born 1953), Italian writer, psychotherapist, and doctor * Silvana Franco (born 1968), British chef * Silvana Gallardo (1953–2012), American actress * Silvana Ibarra (born 1959), Ecuadorian singer, actress, and politician * Silvana Imam (born 1986), Swedish rapper of Lithuanian origin * Silvana Jachino (1916–2004), Italian actress * Silvana Koch-Mehrin (born 1970), German politician * Silvana Mangano (1930–1989), Italian actress * Silvana Pampanini (born 1925), Italian actress * Silvana Paternostro, Colombian journalist * Silvana Santaella (born 1983), Venezuelan beauty pageant * Silvana Sciarra (born 1948), Italian judge * Silvana Suárez (born 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Armenulić
Silvana Bajraktarević (born Zilha Bajraktarević; 18 February 1939 – 10 October 1976), known professionally as Silvana Armenulić (), was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia. She is called the "Queen of Sevdalinka". Her life was cut short when she died in a car crash at the age of 37, but she continues to be well regarded in the region and she is recognized for her unique singing style and voice. Armenulić's song "Šta će mi život" (''What Do I Need a Life for''), written by her friend and contemporary Toma Zdravković, is one of the best-selling singles from the former Yugoslavia. Two of her sisters were also professional singers: Mirsada "Mirjana" Bajraktarević and Hajrudina "Dina" Bajraktarević. Life 1939–55: Early life, family and interest in music An ethnic Bosniak, born Zilha Bajraktarević in Doboj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, she was the third of thirteen ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Imam
Silvana Imam (pronounced , born Plungė, Lithuania 19 September 1986) is a Swedish rapper. She is known for her political songs protesting racism, homophobia, and the Sweden Democrats. Biography Early life Imam's mother is from Lithuania and of Samogitian descent, while her father is of Syrian descent. She grew up in Plungė, Lithuania, and Stockholm. Imam has an academic background and has studied English and psychology at the University of Stockholm. Imam is openly lesbian and in a relationship with singer Beatrice Eli. She is a member of the hiphop collective RMH. RMH consists of rappers Erik "Eboi" Lundin and Cherrie. Career In 2012, she was nominated for Newcomer of the Year at Kingsizegalan, and in May 2013, she released her debut album called ''Rekviem'' for the record label Playground Music. In May 2014, she released the EP ''När du ser mig • Se dig'', and, after that went on her ''Jag ser dig'' tour in Sweden during the summer of 2014. In January 2015, Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana De Mari
Silvana De Mari (born 5 July 1953) is an Italian writer of children's fiction, Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorist and former medic and Psychotherapy, psychotherapist, now suspended due to her support to various theses contrary to any consolidated scientific position. She's also known as the author of ''L'ultimo Elfo'' (2004), an award-winning fantasy novel published in English and 18 other languages (UK ''The Last Elf'', US ''The Last Dragon (novel), The Last Dragon''). The book won the Italian prizes Premio Bancarellino and Premio Andersen. In France, it won the Prix Imaginales in 2005. In Italy, she is better known for her Homophobia, homophobic, Racism, racist, Antiscience, anti-scientific, Anti-vaccination, no-vax and Sexism, sexist positions. Biography De Mari was born in 1953 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta, Italy). She formerly worked as a surgeon in both Italy and Ethiopia, before setting up a private psychotherapy practice in Turin."Silvana De Mari." Contem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics, after winning the 2017 Swiss Olympic Curling Trials. Career In 1997, Tirinzoni was the Swiss alternate for Bianca Röthlisberger at the World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished seventh. The following year, Tirinzoni was the Swiss skip at the World Juniors, and she and her team of Michèle Knobel, Brigitte Schori and Martina von Arx finished sixth. In 1999, the same team returned to the Juniors and won the whole tournament for Switzerland. After finishing the round robin in second place with a 7–2 record, Tirinzoni led Switzerland to a semi-final win over Sweden's Matilda Mattsson and a final win against Japan (skipped by Akiko Katoh) to win the gold medal. In 2005 Tirinzoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Ibarra
Silvana Marjorie Ibarra Castillo (born 1959) is an Ecuadorian singer, actress, and politician. Biography Silvana Ibarra was born in Bucay in 1959. She began singing as a child, making her first radio appearance at age 5, and recording her first single at 15. She has appeared in several television series, beginning with the telenovela ' in 1991. Her 2014 album, ''Silvana entre cuerdas'' was produced by her husband, musician Gustavo Pacheco, and contains covers of 12 boleros. Her 2019 album ''Silvana de bohemia'' pays tribute to musicians of the 1960s and 70s, such as Julio Jaramillo and Olimpo Cárdenas. Ibarra and Pacheco were married in 1990. They had one daughter together, sculptor Ámar Pacheco, who won the Queen of Guayaquil talent competition in 2015. President Abdalá Bucaram and Lorena Gallo (formerly Bobbitt, whom Ibarra would portray in an episode of the TV series ''De la Vida Real'') acted as Ámar's godparents at her baptism in October 1996. Ibarra also has two ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Pampanini
Silvana Pampanini (25 September 1925 – 6 January 2016) was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She was also the niece of the well-known soprano of the golden era of opera, Dame Rosetta Pampanini. Silvana Pampanini caused a sensation when she took part in the 1946 Miss Italy contest and the following year she started her movie career. Madame Pampanini was born into a well-off family, she was educated, and studied opera and ballet since her childhood. According to interviews, Pampanini was a contralto with notable voice extension. However, she also said many times over the years that she preferred to pursue a career in cinema as it required less training and it was much less demanding than a career as an opera singer. Beauty pageant It was her singing teacher's idea to make her participate in the Miss Italy contest which had been cancelled during the war. Tall, attractive and self-confident, she was riotously appreciated by the audience, not by the panelists who had to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana (other)
Silvana is a female given name. Silvana may also refer to: Places * Silvana, Iran * Silvana, Washington Plants * ''Aspasia silvana'' * ''Bifrenaria silvana'' * ''Wittmackia silvana'' Entertainment * ''Silvana'' (opera), by Carl Maria von Weber * ''Silvana'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack for the Mexican television series ''Cómplices Al Rescate'' * ''Silvana'', a battleship from the Japanese animated television series ''Last Exile'' Other uses * Silvana (food) Silvanas, alternatively spelled as sylvanas or sylvannas, is a Filipino frozen cookie consisting of a layer of buttercream sandwiched between two cashew- meringue wafers coated with cookie crumbs. Silvanas are the cookie versions of the San ..., a Filipino cookie * Silvana*HDC, Dutch Warmblood show jumping mare * , merchant ship built in Scotland in 1944 as ''Empire Captain'' See also * * Sylvanas Windrunner, a fictional character in the ''Warcraft'' franchise and ''Heroes of the Storm'' * Sylvana (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Gallardo
Sandra Silvana Gallardo (January 13, 1953 – January 2, 2012) was an American film and television actress. Born in New York City, Gallardo's television credits include episodes of ''Starsky & Hutch'', '' Lou Grant'', '' Quincy'', '' Hill Street Blues'', '' Cagney & Lacey'', '' Kojak'', ''Falcon Crest'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Knots Landing'', '' MacGyver'', '' L.A. Law'', '' Babylon 5'', '' ER'' and ''NYPD Blue''. She also appeared in films including '' Windwalker'', '' Death Wish II'', and ''Silence of the Heart''. She was also an acting coach and writer. Personal life Sandra Silvana Gallardo was the creator of the "Gallardo Method," a method of acting where "there are no boundaries, there are no limits, there simply is The Art of the Infinite Possibility." Gallardo was told at an early age, "You can't change the world". 'Perhaps not," She said. "But I sure can try." This message was carried throughout her life in her teachings. Silvana grew up on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano (; 21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol for the 1950s and '60s. She won the David di Donatello for Best Actress three times - for '' The Verona Trial'' (1963), ''The Witches'' (1967), and '' The Scientific Cardplayer'' (1973) - and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress twice. Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a Miss Rome beauty pageant in 1946. This led to work in films; she achieved success in '' Bitter Rice'' (1949) and went on to forge a successful career in films, working with many notable directors like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Alberto Lattuada, and Vittorio De Sica. Her career continued well into her 50s, with supporting roles in David Lynch's ''Dune'' (1984) and Nikita Mikhalkov ''Dark Eye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Tenreyro
Silvana Tenreyro (born 6 September 1973) is a British-Argentine economist who is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and External Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee since July 2017. She currently serves as the president of the European Economic Association for 2021. She graduated with a BA (summa cum laude) from the National University of Tucumán, Argentina in 1997, followed by an MA and PhD in economics at Harvard University where she was supervised by Robert Barro, Alberto Alesina and Kenneth Rogoff. She was appointed to a three-year term on the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee from July 2017, and was reappointed for a second term from July 2020. She has been a professor of economics at the London School of Economics. She worked at the US Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2002 to 2004 and at the Bank of Mauritius from 2012 to 2014. Tenreyro was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in July 2018. In 2021 she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Sciarra
Silvana Sciarra (born 24 July 1948) is an Italian jurist and academic. She has been a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy since 11 November 2014 and serves as its president since 20 September 2022. Career Sciarra was born in Trani. She taught European Labour and Social Law at the European University Institute between 1994 and 2003. She was a professor of labour law at the University of Florence and the University of Siena before being appointed to the Constitutional Court by the Italian Parliament on 6 November 2014. In the parliamentary election she obtained 630 out of a necessary 570 votes. She was sworn in on 11 November 2014. She is the first woman elected by the Italian Parliament as a Judge of the Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvana Jachino
Silvana Jachino (2 February 1916 – 28 August 2004) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 65 films between 1936 and 1970. She was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rimini, Italy. Partial filmography * ''Cuor di vagabondo'' (1936) * ''Nozze vagabonde'' (1936) * '' Cavalry'' (1936) - Carlotta di Frasseneto * ''Fiordalisi d'oro'' (1936) - Agnese di Fitz-James * ''Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno'' (1937) - Principessa Fiorella * ''It Was I!'' (1937) * ''Gatta ci cova'' (1937) - Iole - la figlia di Antonia * ''The Black Corsair'' (1938) - Honorata * ''Ballerine'' (1938) * '' Departure'' (1938) - Mimì * ''Lotte nell'ombra'' (1938) - Dora * ''L'ultimo scugnizzo'' (1938) - Antonio's girfriend * ''Crispino e la comare'' (1938) - La marchesina * ''Lancieri di Savoia'' (1939) * ''Fascino'' (1939) - Liliana * ''Il ladro'' (1939) - Nelly * ''We Were Seven Widows'' (1939) - Barbara * ''L'aria del continente'' (1939) * ''Le educande di Saint-Cyr'' (1939) - Gemmina Merian * ''Diari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
