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Francesca Fagnani
Italian journalist and TV presenter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francesca Fagnani (born 25 November 1976)[1] is an Italian journalist, writer and television presenter. She is known as the host of the Italian television interview series Belve and its spin-off, Belve Crime.
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Early life
Francesca Fagnani was born in Rome, Italy, on 25 November 1976.[1] She has a fraternal twin sister.[2]
Fagnani graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in modern literature.[1] She obtained a doctorate in Dante philology from New York University, and was in New York City to witness the September 11 attacks in 2001.[1]
Career
Fagnani subsequently volunteered to work at RAI's New York office, where she did an internship with journalist Giovanni Floris before returning to Italy.[2][3] In Rome, she worked with journalist Giovanni Minoli, before making her debut as an investigative journalist on Michele Santoro's television program AnnoZero in 2006.[1] She stayed there until 2010. From 2013 to 2020, Fagnani wrote for Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Repubblica, and focused mainly on covering organized crime.[4] Since March 2018, she has been the host of the Italian television interview series Belve, which consists of face-to-face interviews between Fagnani and "beasts", strong personalities from the world of entertainment, politics or news.[5] Belve Crime, a spin-off series hosted by Fagnani and focused on figures from crime news, debuted in June 2025.[6]
Fagnani co-hosted the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.[1][7]
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Personal life
Since 2013, Fagnani has been romantically linked to journalist Enrico Mentana.[1][7]
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