Maria Giuseppina "Geppi" Cucciari (born 18 August 1973) is an Italian

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

, actress, radio host and television presenter.

Life and career

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

, Cucciari spent her youth in

Macomer Macomer () is a town and ''comune'' of Sardinia (Italy) in the province of Nuoro. It is situated on the southern ascent to the central plateau (the Campeda) of this part of Sardinia, at the junction of narrow-gauge lines branching from the main ra ...

, in the

province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro (; ) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), t ...

. She studied law at the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari () is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old ...

, and eventually moved to

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

where she graduated at the

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan () or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in B ...

. In 2000 she joined the theater workshop "Scaldasole" and later entered the artistic laboratory Zelig. After working on stage and in several radio programs, Cucciari had her breakout in 2003 with the variety show ''Zelig Off''. Between 2005 and 2009, she was a regular in the sitcom '' Belli dentro'', and in 2006 she debuted as a writer with the humour fiction novel ''Meglio donna che male accompagnata''. As a presenter, she hosted two editions of the Canale 5 show ''

Italia's Got Talent ''Italia's Got Talent'' is the Italian version of the international ''Got Talent'' series. The pilot episode was aired on 12 December 2009 on Canale 5 and it was seen by 5.3 million people. After this episode, Mediaset decided to hold on this s ...

'', the show ''Splendida cornice'', and she co-hosted the fourth night of the

Sanremo Music Festival 2025 The Sanremo Music Festival 2025 (), officially the 75th Italian Song Festival (), was the 75th edition of the annual Sanremo Music Festival, a television song contest held at the in Sanremo, organised and broadcast by (RAI). It was held betwe ...

, alongside Mahmood and

Carlo Conti Carlo Natale Marino Conti (born 13 March 1961), simply known as Carlo Conti, is an Italian television presenter. Life and career Born in Florence, Conti graduated in accountancy, then he was a bank teller from 1981 to 1986.. After some exper ...

Filmography

Films

Television

Stage

Honours and achievements

Orders

5th Class / Knight: ''

Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic () is the most senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking honour of the Republic, it is awarded for ...

'': 2015

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cucciari, Geppi 1973 births Living people Actors from Cagliari Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses Italian women comedians 21st-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian comedians Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni University of Cagliari alumni Italian women television presenters Italian stand-up comedians Actresses from Sardinia