| Elisabetta Fantone | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elisabetta Fantone August 12, 1982 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress, Model, Painter and Author |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Partner | Patrice Cohen (2009–present) |
Elisabetta Fantone (born August 12, 1982) is a Canadian artist, model, author, singer and actress. Elisabetta is best known for her appearances on Quebec's 2006 reality television series Loft Story. She has also appeared in short films and wrote an autobiography entitled Journal Intime d'une lofteuse. Her first single Feel was featured on McMario’s Mixdown 2007 compilation. She also modeled for the Yellow Shoes Co. and Joshua Perets. Two of her acrylic on canvas collections entitled Various Faces and Blonde Icons have been publicly exhibited.
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Born in Montreal, Canada, she is the youngest of four children of Gino and Maria Fantone. She has three brothers, Pasquale, Roberto and Eliseo. Elisabetta is of Italian origins. Her parents are Italians who immigrated to Canada. Elisabetta moved between several exclusive homes in her youth, including a house in her parents hometown in Italy and Montreal.
In her early school years, Elisabetta transferred from St-Gertrude Elementary School in Montreal to Jean-Nicolet elementary due to a lack of communicating in French. A year later, fluent in French, she was back at St-Gertrude Elementary. She then attended Calixa-Lavallee High School where she was part of the theatre group and graduated in 1999. For the following year, Elisabetta took a year off from school and decided to dedicate her time to several part-time jobs. In 2000 she briefly attended Dawson College to study Creative Arts. In 2001 she transferred to Lasalle College in downtown Montreal where she obtained and ACS (Attestation of Collegial Studies) in Interior Design. She then took several other evening classes such as jewelry design, furniture design and language classes such as Spanish and German at various institutes. She worked as an interior designer creating residential and commercial spaces until 2006.
Elisabetta has worked as a model, actress, singer, painter and author.
Elisabetta began modeling as a child, initially participating into beauty pageants, school fashion shows, charity events and local events. When she was 19, she was one of the contestans in the Miss Italia. She then appeared several times in a campaign for Historia, a Quebec-based chain store. She was also a hair model for brands such has Wella, Redken, Bed Head and L’Oreal. She also modeled for Sebastian Professional live shows. In 2008 she was the celebrity spoke-model of Yellow Shoes Fall Campaign with advertisements in all stores locations and radio. In 2009 she was the face of Joshua Perets' new collection with the campaign featured on billboards, buses, subways, store locations and radio across the Quebec province. She has appeared in several magazines.
Elisabetta gained recognition in 2006 with her appearance on the reality television series Loft Story, a Big Brother-inspired show based in Montreal. The season aired from January 2006 until April 2006. Elisabetta appeared in 57 episodes.
Elisabetta then appeared on several talks shows. She also had several cameos on shows such as 9.5 by Angelo Cadet and Lucien Didier.
Recently Elisabetta filmed an episode of Blue Mountain State for SPIKE TV playing The Pothead girl next to Darin Brooks.
Elisabetta played supporting roles in several short films such has Dhamphyr by T.Anthony Gharzouzi, My Secrect Garden by Marco Iammatteo and Cheuveux de feu by Mélodie Bibeau . Her work on My Secrect Garden with director and producer Marco Iammatteo will later land her her first major role in a feature length film. She also played Daisy the lead in Bruno-Pierre Houle's short Daisy,a film about a young teenager that makes an incredible discovery about a robot named Daisy.
In the short film "Attachment" directed by Kim Barr Elisabetta plays the beautiful girl, one of the victims of a businessman who's addiction to his wireless turns him into a monster and only a wake up call can stop him. The film was in the official selection of the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival.
My name is Sandy is Elisabetta's first major lead in a feature-length film. The film is inspired by a variety of interviews conducted with local sex-workers. The film stars Elisabetta Fantone as Sandy, an illegal immigrant from France who has been working Manhattan's streets for three years. After a long day's work, she is asked by a client if he can document her for a report he's doing on sex-workers. The tale of a young woman’s descent and experiences in the world of prostitution are heard and seen threw the reportage of her latest client, Francis. My name is Sandy, directed by Marco Iammatteo and photographed by T.Anthony Gharzouzi, will be hitting film festivals in 2010.
Recently Elisabetta played Carolyn Thacker on The Mountain a movie for NBC directed by Douglas Barr which is also being used as a pilot for a possible series. The Mountain is due to air in 2010.
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Lathe of heaven | Patient's relative | (non-credited) |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Club girl | (non-credited) | |
| 2008 | Damphyr (short film) | Supporting role | |
| My secrect garden (short film) | Princess | Lead role | |
| 2009 | Attachment (short film)* | The beautiful girl | Co-star |
| Daisy (short film) | Daisy | Lead role | |
| 2010 | My Name is Sandy | Sandy | Lead role |
| The Mountain | Carolyn Thacker | Actor | |
| Cheuveux de feu | Maman | Supporting role | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Loft Story 2 | Herself | Reality show |
| 9.5 | Herself | Cameo | |
| 2010 | Blue Mountain State | The pothead girl | Actor role |
| Other | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Viens (music video) | Herself | Dancer |
| 2008 | Lost (music video) | Girlfriend | Lead role |
| L'Amour a Beyrouth(music video) | Girlfriend | Lead role | |
| 2009 | Elisabetta: Mission Hollywood | Herself | Pilot |
* Official Selection 2009 Montreal World Film Festival
In January 2007, Elisabetta released her first single Feel a remix of the song by Robbie Williams. The song was partly translated in Italian and has a house-trance style. The song featured on Tycoon Records' Mc Mario's Mixdown 2007.
Feel hit no.2 on the Club Mix on Mix 96 (now Virgin Radio). The song was played on the Quebec television show Minuit, le soir.
Based on her reality television appearances, Elisabetta was approached with a book deal by Les Publications Charron & cie. The book talks about her experience on the hit show Loft Story 2, and her sudden success. Journal Intime d'une lofteuse was published in May 2008.
Elisabetta's first painting was sold for $8000 on eBay during her time on Loft Story. Elisabetta gave all the proceeds of the painting to the MIRA Foundation. Her second painting was also created in means to raise money for the RHYTHM FM Radio Foundation. Her first completed collection has 23 acrylic on canvas paintings. The collection, called Various Faces, was presented in Montreal in November 2006 and was featured in the Pangee Gallery in the Fine Art district of Montreal. In October 2009, Elisabetta created and presented a second art collection of acrylic on canvas called Blonde Icons. The collection has 30 paintings featuring famous blonde icons that marked history over the fifty last years. The exhibition took place at the Marche Bonsecours, in Old Montreal. Elisabetta recently signed with Mensi & Rioux, who represent her art work. Several paintings of the Blonde Icons collection are being transported in South Beach Miami at the DejaVu Gallery and Fort Lauredale.
2. "Elisabetta's fine art talent spans across several artistic endeavours"
3. Feel by Elisabetta (Ivan Xsentrix VS. MC Mario Remix)
4."One canvas was sold for $8,000, which was donated to the Mira Foundation"
5. Mensi & Rioux: Artist Elisabetta