Alessandra Martines
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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]
Alessandra Martines | |
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Born | (1963-09-19) 19 September 1963 (age 60) Rome, Italy |
Education | Conservatoire de Paris |
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Partner | Cyril Descours (2008–2018) |
Children | 2 |
Website | https://www.alessandramartines.com/ |
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]