Belén Rodríguez
| Belén Rodríguez | |
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Belén Rodríguez | |
| Born |
Maria Belén Rodríguez Cozzani 20 September 1984 Buenos Aires,[1] Argentina |
| Occupation | personality, actress, model, singer, dancer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (maˈɾi.a βeˈlen roðˈɾiɣes koˈsani) (born 20 September 1984) is an Italian television personality, actress and model who lives and works in Italy. She is known by the name of Belén Rodríguez or as Belén and has presented many variety shows.
In 2009 and 2010, she has appeared in television commercials alongside actor Christian De Sica advertising a popular mobile phone network operating company. She made her acting debut as the female protagonist in the Italian film Natale in Sudafrica in December 2010. In 2011, she was a co-presenter of the annual televised Italian singing contest, the Sanremo Music Festival. The following year, she substituted as co-presenter for the first two nights of the festival.
Early life
Belén was born in Buenos Aires,[1] Argentina, to Gustavo Rodríguez and Veronica Cozzani de Rodríguez. Her mother is of Italian origin Veronica Cozzani, the daughter of immigrants from La Spezia, Liguria.[1]
Career
Career beginnings
2001–2006
Belén began a modeling career at the age of 17 while still attending high school. Besides Argentina, she also worked in Miami, United States and Mexico, before Belén moved to Italy in 2005; where she has worked as a fashion model and presenting variety shows such as Scherzi a parte, Love Bugs 4, and Sarabanda.[1]
2007–2010
In 2007, Belén made her television debut in a small local network, Teleboario, and later was hired to co-host the variety programme La Tintoria on Rai Tre, the third channel of the Italy national television network.[1]
Belén modeled for Max magazine in June 2008, and in the autumn of the same year, she appeared in the reality show' L'isola dei famosi, which was televised by Rai Due.[1]
In 2009 and 2010, Belén appeared in television commercials, advertising mobile phone network operating companies. Belén began endorsing and modeling luxury jewellery during this period.[1]
Belén was a guest performer at the prestigious, televised Italian song contest, the Sanremo Music Festival, where she sang a duet with singer Toto Cutugno on 18 February 2010.[1]
At the end of 2010, Belén made her acting debut as the female protagonist in the Italian comedy film Natale in Sudafrica (Christmas in South Africa).[1]
2011–present
In February 2011, Belén co-hosted the Sanremo Music Festival 2011 with Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Canalis.[2]
In 2012, Belén became a co-presenter on the televised talent show Italia's Got Talent alongside Simone Annicchiarico. In that same year, she performed in the talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi's 11th season as part of the programme's regular dance troupe.
Alongside Elisabetta Canalis, Belén substituted for Ivana Mrazova as co-presenter of the 2012 Sanremo Music Festival for the first two nights.
In early 2012, Belén became the new face of Arthur's Underwear lingerie line.
From January 2009 to April 2012 she had a relationship with Fabrizio Corona: they broke up because she met the dancer Stefano De Martino (her future husband). On April 9, 2013 Belén had a baby boy (Santiago) with Stefano De Martino: the couple were married on September 20, 2013.[3]
In spring 2014 she hosted Come mi vorrei, televised by Italia 1.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tintoria | Presenter | TV series (139 episodes) Rai 3 |
| 2007–2010 | Circo Massimo show | Presenter | Televised by Rai 3 |
| 2008 | Pirati | Herself / Showgirl | Televised by Rai 2 |
| 2008 | L'isola dei famosi | Herself / Contestant | Televised by Rai 2 |
| 2009 | Scherzi a parte | Presenter | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2009 | No Scherzi No Party | Presenter | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2009 | Sarabanda | Presenter | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2010 | Natale in Sudafrica | Angela Ladesse | Film |
| 2010 | Stiamo tutti bene | Herself / Presenter | Televised by Rai 2 |
| 2010–2011 | Il commissario Montalbano | Dolores Gutierrez | TV series, televised by Rai |
| 2011 | Festival di Sanremo | Presenter | Televised by Rai 1 |
| 2011 | Ciak...si canta! | Presenter | Televised by Rai 1 |
| 2011 | La notte degli chef | Herself / Guest Star | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2011-2012 | Colorado | Gina / Presenter | Televised by Italia 1 |
| 2011 | C'è posta per te | Herself / Guest Star | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2011 | Se sei così ti dico di sì | Cortes Talita | Film |
| 2011-2012 | Così fan tutte | Herself / Guest Star | TV series, televised by Italia 1 |
| 2012-2013 | Italia's Got Talent | Presenter | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2012 | Amici di Maria De Filippi | Support act | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2012 | Gladiatori di Roma | Diana | Film |
| 2013 | Studio 5 | Herself / Guest Star | Televised by Canale 5 |
| 2014 | Come mi vorrei | Herself / Presenter | Televised by Italia 1 |
Google lawsuit
Rodríguez has been involved in a lawsuit against Google since 2006 over damage claims arising from google's indexing pornography websites that had appropriated her image.[4]
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Premio Regia Televisiva (Television Presenter Award) |
Personaggio rivelazione dell'anno (TV Personality of the year) |
Won |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Conocé a Belén, la argentina que deslumbra a los españoles. diariouno.com.ar. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ↑ Renato Franco (5 10 2010). "Festival di Sanremo, ok a Morandi. Ci saranno anche Belén ed Elisabetta". Corriere della Sera (in Italian) (Italy). p. 41. Retrieved 6 February 2011. Check date values in:
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- ↑ "Model to Google: I am not a prostitute". CNN. May 26, 2014.
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