Alexandra martinez biography

Alessandra Martines

Italian-French dancer and actress

Alessandra Martines (born 19 September 1963) is an Italian French dancer and actress mainly working in the English-, French-, and Italian-speaking worlds.[1][2][3][4] She started young in ballet on opera stages in Switzerland, France, the United States and then Italy before becoming a lead on television for RAI captured ballets and entertainment shows (the Italian national public broadcasting) in the eighties.[5]

She is primarily known for portraying the main role in the cult Fantaghirò series, consisting of five films (1991–1996) still regularly re-run across Europe as of 2020, and for her work in auteur productions such as nine films by Claude Lelouch to whom she was married until 2009.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

She was awarded numerous prizes including the Best Actress Telegatto for The Cave of the Golden Rose (1991),[17] the Grolla d'oro for Edda [it] (2005),[18][19] the Silver Hugo for Best Actress at the Chicago International Film Festival (1998) for Chance or Coincidence, the Diamanti al Cinema Award in Cannes (2007)[20] or the 2009 European Golden Globe in Rome.[21] In 2008, she was made Knight of the Ordre national du Mérite awarded by the President of the French Republic.[22] She received the lifetime achievement Kineo Award at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014.[23]

Early life

Second cousin of Carla Bruni and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,[24][25][26] she moved to France with her family at the age of five. As a teenager, she enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris where she studied solfeggio, history and theory of dance and classical music and dance.[27]

Career

Martines debuted at a young age as a dancer at the Zurich Opera House in 1972.[28] After some time working in the United States, including the Chicago City Ballet, she moved to Rome where she worked at the Teatro dell'Opera.[28] In 1985 she began her collaboration with RAI, with the lunchtime chat / quiz show Pronto, chi gioca?; she later gained great popularity with the Saturday Night shows Fantastico and Europa Europa, and then for her portrayal of Princess Fantaghirò in the Fantaghirò series.[28]

In cinema, she is best known for her interpretations under the direction of her ex-husband, the French director Claude Lelouch, in several film including Les Misérables and And now... Ladies and Gentlemen. She also starred on stage, most notably in L'appartamento by Franca Valeri.[28]

Personal life

Martines has a daughter with Claude Lelouch to whom she was married between 1995 and 2009. In 2012, at the age of 49, she had a son with her partner Cyril Descours.[29]

Stage

Dancer

Theatre

Filmography

Cinema

Television

Presenter or Jury member

References

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  13. ^Peluso, Francesca (27 February 2020). Das Mal der Götter 2: Erwacht: Götter-Fantasy voller Romantik um eine Heldin, die noch nicht bereit für ihr Schicksal ist (in German). Impress. ISBN .
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  21. ^JACOB, Gilles (10 March 2011). La Vie passera comme un rêve (in French). Groupe Robert Laffont. ISBN .
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  23. ^Telestar.fr (19 September 2016). "Alessandra Martines a 53 ans : que devient l'ex jurée de D... – Télé Star". www.telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  24. ^Média, Prisma (19 September 2021). "Le saviez-vous ? Alessandra Martines est la cousine de Carla Bruni – Gala". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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  26. ^Redazione (31 January 2021). "Alessandra Martines: chi è, età, carriera, curiosità e vita privata". Il Corriere della Città (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  27. ^Bourdon, Laurent (15 November 2017). Définitivement Belmondo (in French). Larousse. ISBN .
  28. ^ abcdEnrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (23 March 2024). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN .
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