Pamela Prati (born Paola Pireddu, 26 November 1958)Pamela Prati at the Internet Movie Database is an Italian television personality, actress, and former model. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes for Mediaset's Canale 5, including Scherzi a Parte and La sai l'ultima?. She is also credited as Pamela Field in some of her pictures.
Career Little is known about Prati's early life. She maintains that she was born from a Spanish flamenco dancer that later abandoned her Italian mother in Ozieri in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia; however the Italian tabloid Chi has alleged that her father was in fact an Italian womanizer known as "Piscittu Murtu" (dead fish).
She moved to Rome in her late teens where she worked as a model and made a brief appearance on television in the variety show La Sberla in 1976. Prati attracted much publicity when she appeared on the cover of singer Adriano Celentano's album Un po' artista un po' no in 1980. That same year she debuted in her first film, La moglie in bianco... L'amante al pepe, an erotic comedy in which she had the starring role.Pamela Prati at the Internet Movie Database This was followed by other films, and in the meanwhile Prati began to study dance, singing and diction. She soon joined the Bagaglino Company, which was directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore and produced variety shows; Prati began making regular appearances on television as a showgirl and hostess, while she continued to act in films and television fiction. She has also performed on stage in theatrical productions.
Prati participated in three beauty contests in 1983, which included Mora più bella d'Italia, Miss Sardinia and Miss Universe.
In 1996, she released an album entitled Il tango delle 11. She also collaborated with Sandro Giacobbe on a single, "Mi innamoro di te" in 1999, and eight years later, in 2007, she released her most recent single, "Papelon".
In 1992, Prati hosted the Canale 5 variety programme Scherzi a Parte, and from 1992 to 1994, she presented La sai l'ultima?. She has also appeared on reality shows such as L'Isola dei Famosi 6 in 2008, which is the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu, and Grande Fratello VIP in 2016. In both reality shows she walked away before finishing the planned television schedule.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes1981La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepeSoniaFeature film debut1982MonsignorRoman girlCameo appearanceMoraNight club girlUncredited1983IronmasterLithCredited as Pamela Field1984Carmen nueCarmen1985The Adventures of HerculesArachneÈ arrivato mio fratelloMrs. PiranesiMiseramente folleClarissa1988ViolettaCheeeeseLoredanaRiflessi di luceMartaTransformationsWomen Succubs1989Io GildaGildaSukkubus1990Una donna da guardarePamela1992Gole ruggentiAida Spada
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1983–1984Il cappello sulle ventitréHerself - DancerVariety show (season 1)1985EmbassyRitaTelevision movie1986Le volpi della notteMiriam PieracciniTelevision movie1987Provare per credereSilviaTelevision movie1989Tutti in palestraIngridMiniseriesLuna di sangueDr. Mirella AlfonsiTelevision movieGioco di societàElisaTelevision movie1991I tre moschettieriCostanzaTelevision film1993–1994Scherzi a parteHerself - GuestPrank program1995Re per una notteHerself - Co-hostVariety show1997Quei due sopra il varanoHerselfEpisode: "Arriva la madama"2003La palestraLjuba BonettiTelevision film2004Il ristoranteHerself - ContestantReality show (season 1)2005–2006Amici di Maria De FilippiHerself - TeacherTalent show (season 6)2007Di che peccato sei?MargheritaTelevision film2008L'Isola dei FamosiHerself - Regular guestReality show (season 6)2009PilotiPamelaGuest role (season 3)Non smettere di sognareLuisa ContiniTelevision film2011Non smettere di sognareDeliaRecurring role; 5 episodesL'amore non bastaPatty Di MaioMiniseries2016Grande Fratello VIPHerself - ContestantReality show (season 1)2022Grande Fratello VIPHerself - Contestant Reality show (season 7)
Theatre Beautiful Thing (2007)
Discography Il Tango delle 11 (1996, album CD) "Mi innamoro di te" (1999, with Sandro Giacobbo, single) "Papelon" (2007, single)
References
External links
Official website