Francesca Cipriani D'Altorio (born July 3, 1984) is an Italian television host and celebrity.

Biography

Cipriani grew up in

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, her debut in Italian television dates back to 2005, when she worked as an anchorwoman and correspondent for Onda TV, a local TV station of

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. In 2006 she gained notoriety by participating as a contestant in the

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of the reality show ''

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''. Between 2006 and 2007 she was a host of the weekly column '' Show television'' on

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, she also took part in several satirical programs aired on Sky Show and

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. In 2008 she was co-host of ''

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'', a sports program by the broadcaster

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, she then took part in the

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'' Finalmente a casa'', in the

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'' and in the sitcom by

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''. In the fall of 2009 she took part as a correspondent in the program by Canale 5 '' Domenica Cinque'' hosted by

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. In the spring of 2010, shortly after making her debut in

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with the film ''Un neomelodico presidente'', Cipriani won paired with Federico Bianco the reality show by Italy 1 ''La pupa e il secchione - Il ritorno''. In autumn of 2010 she then took part, along with other competitors of the aforementioned reality show, in the comedy program ''

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'' by the same issuer. In the first half of 2011 Cipriani joined

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as a host of the

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'' Trasformat''; in December of the same year she moved to

and participated as correspondent, assisted by Marco Ceriani, in the program '' Kalispéra!'' by

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On the same channel, in 2014 she worked as among the senders of '' Mattino Cinque'', between 2015 and 2016 she was hosted among the regular guests of Piero Chiambretti's '' Grand Hotel Chiambretti''. In the 2017–2018 television season, Cipriani took part in the cast of Colorado, this time as a comic sidekick; in 2018 she participated as one of the contestants of the thirteenth edition of the reality show ''

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,'' on Canale 5, where she finishes in fourth place overall. Since 2020 she is part of the cast of '' La pupa e il secchione e viceversa'', alongside the conductors Paolo Ruffini in the third edition and Andrea Pucci in the fourth edition. In 2021 she participated as a contestant in the reality show ''

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'' on Canale 5. Cipriani has made three

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s, the first in 2007 for Show Television, the second in 2010 for the Italia 1 program '' Mitici '80'' and the third in 2015 for '' Eva Tremila'' magazine.

Filmography

* Finalmente a casa, directed by

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– TV movie (2008) * Piloti – TV series (2008) * Medici miei – TV series (2008) * Un neomelodico presidente, directed by Alfonso Ciccarelli (2010) * Fratelli Benvenuti – TV series (2010)

TV Series

* ''

'' (2006) * ''Show television'' (2006–2007) * ''Tg Show'' (2007) * ''Quasi TG'' (2007) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Domenica Cinque'' (2009) * ''La pupa e il secchione - Il ritorno'' (2010) * ''Colorado'' (2010–2019) * ''Trasformat'' (2011) * ''Kalispéra!'' (2011) * '' Mattino Cinque'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2014–present) * ''Grand Hotel Chiambretti'' (2015–2016) * ''Domenica Live'' (2017–2021) * ''

'' (2018–2019) * ''La pupa e il secchione e viceversa'' (2020–present) * ''

'' (2021)

Videoclips

* ''Il bagnino Gino'', by Marco Milano (2013) * ''Milonga nueva'', by Alex Di Maggio feat. Francesca Cipriani (2015) * ''Ncopp'a na stella'', by Antonio Ambrosino (2015) * ''Spaghetti a colazione'', by Dr. Lemme (2017)

Discography

Singles

* ''Milonga nueva'' (Alex Di Maggio feat. Francesca Cipriani)

References

Other projects

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