Martina Colombari (born 10 July 1975) is an Italian film and television actress and model.
Biography Colombari was born on 10 July 1975 in Riccione in Romagna, northern Italy.
In October 1991, at the age of 16, Colombari won the Miss Italia beauty pageant, becoming the competition's youngest winner at the time. Later, she hosted or co-hosted several Italian television programmes, including Un disco per l'estate, Vota la voce, Super, Goleada (originally titled Galagoal) and Controcampo. She played a lead role in What Girls Never Say (2000), directed by Carlo Vanzina, and appeared in other films such as Paparazzi (1998) and She (2001), directed by Neri Parenti and Timothy Bond, respectively. She also held a recurring role in the television series Carabinieri.
Colombari has featured on the covers of multiple magazines, including the Italian editions of Cosmopolitan (May 1997) and GQ (December 2000), the Italian men's magazine Max (July 1999, April 2003, and October 2008), and others such as Diva (2007), Intimità (2007), and Confidenze (2008).
In 2011, Colombari published an autobiography titled La vita è una.
Personal life In 2004, Colombari married long-time A.C. Milan player Alessandro Costacurta, and the couple have a son, Achille. Notwithstanding her husband's lengthy career with Milan, she supports Juventus.
Filmography Film YearTitleRole(s) Notes1991AbbronzatissimiMartina1998PaparazziHerselfCameo2000What Girls Never SayFrancesca2001SheUstane2015Barbara e ioBarbara2019Martina sa nuotareSerenaShort film2025Buen caminoLinda
Television YearTitleRole(s) Notes1991Miss ItaliaContestant – WinnerAnnual beauty contest1992Donna sotto le stelleModelFashion show1994Un disco per l'estateCo-hostAnnual music festival1996–98GalagolHostTalk show1998–99CentrocampoCo-hostSports talk show2002–07CarabinieriGioia Capello26 episodes2003Un medico in famigliaCarlottaEpisode: "Il tarlo del sospetto"2004Diritto di difesaChiara Barbieri2 episodes2006Radio SexMaryTelevision film2006–08I CesaroniRachele11 episodes2008Fidati di meSofiaTelevision filmVIPSabrinaTelevision film2009Così fan tutteMartinaEpisode: "Five"Don MatteoPaola MiceliEpisode: "Sai chi viene a cena?"2010–11Al di là del lagoPatrizia Angeloni8 episodes2011Baila!ContestantDance talent show2012Il restauratoreMaddalena Fabbri12 episodes2013Donne in giocoIsabella Gualtieri2 episodes2016UntraditionalHerselfEpisode: "Pinocchio Rock"2019Miss ItaliaJudgeAnnual beauty contest2021IdentityContestantGame show2023Pechino ExpressContestantReality show
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