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Thaila Lucia Zucchi (; born 19 January 1981) is a British singer and actress of English and Italian descent. She began her career as a member of the British band allSTARS* before transitioning into nude acting, appearing in '' Big Brother 8'' in the UK, where she played the part of fake Australian housemate Pauline. She has also appeared in '' Balls of Steel'' and '' Star Stories'', as well as the TV series '' Blandings''.


Music career

Zucchi was a member of allSTARS*, a band that started out on the children's television show ''STARStreet'' (shown on
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). She performed in more than twenty arenas around the UK, and on ''
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'', '' CD:UK'', and '' SMTV'' numerous times. The band was contracted to
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and enjoyed four top 20 hits and released an album, with tracks that were featured in the movies ''
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'' and '' Scooby Doo''. Zucchi remains close friends with the other band members.


Television career

Zucchi appeared in
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's '' Balls of Steel''. Her role on the show is known as the Bunny Boiler. She would find a man in a public place with his partner, and outrageously flirt with him to antagonise his partner. Her other television credits include ''
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'', '' Massive Balls of Steel'', '' Popworld'', '' Hyperdrive'', and as a presenter for ''
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'' and ''
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''. In 2006 and 2007, she had several roles in the Channel 4 comedy series '' Star Stories'', including Courteney Cox,
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, and also
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in ''
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– My Honesty, My Genius''. In 2007, Zucchi entered the ''
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'' house, pretending to be Pauline, a housemate from Australian ''Big Brother''. She was working secretly for Big Brother as a
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, going to and from the house to appear on ''
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''. She presented ''
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'', another spin-off show from 17–20 July 2007, as part of the lineup replacing ex-'Big Mouth' presenter,
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. Zucchi also appeared in a DOE advertisement about the dangers of
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, and in adverts for Hula Hoops,
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and Brunchettas. In 2007, Zucchi appeared in an episode of sitcom ''
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'' as lap-dancer Rosie. She appears in season 2 of '' Strutter'' on
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. She has presented a show on Virgin 1 called "Boob Envy" about how women see their breasts, during which she revealed she has 'permanently erect nipples', and is also part of the presenting team of
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's '' Brainiac'' and the cast of the second series of '' Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor'' for
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. In 2009, she played a small role in one episode of '' Skins'' and an episode of '' Law & Order: UK'' broadcast on ITV on 23 September 2010. She is also in '' Richard Hammond's Blast Lab'' and presents the "How Hard is Your Thing?" segment in '' Brainiac: Science Abuse''. Zucchi acted in ''
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'' in one episode as a French teacher which was first shown on 26 January 2010, has appeared in the series '' Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights'', which started airing on 30 November 2010 and has starred in adverts for
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. Most recently, she acted in several sketches in
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's '' How TV Ruined Your Life''. She appears in
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reality TV series '' World Series of Dating'' as fictional host Poppy Weathers, which started airing on 26 March 2012. In January 2013 she played Paquita Manganara in
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's comedy series '' Blandings''. She appeared as Police Sergeant Randall in the Channel 4 show '' Shameless''.


Filmography


Film

* '' The Hippopotamus'' (2017)


Television


References


External links

*
Thaila Zucchi
at RDF Management
''World Series of Dating''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zucchi, Thaila 1981 births Living people Actresses from Wiltshire Allstars (band) members English people of Italian descent English television actresses Italian British musicians Musicians from Wiltshire Actors from Swindon 21st-century English actresses 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers