Alessia Marcuzzi (born 11 November 1972) is an Italian television host, actress and former fashion model.
Career
Born in Rome, to father Eugenio, from Trieste, and mother Antonietta from Roseto Valfortore, in the province of Foggia,[1] Marcuzzi debuted on Telemontecarlo hosting Attenti al dettaglio and then Qui si gioca, with José Altafini, in the 1991/1992 season. In March 1992, she also presented the children's show Amici mostri. In the 1992/1993 season hosted the entertainment show Novantatrè, with Umberto Smaila.[2] She appeared on RAI television in 1994, with Gigi Sabani, in Il grande gioco dell'oca.[3] In 1994, she also debuted as actress in the movies Chicken Park, directed by Jerry Calà, and Tra noi due è tutto finito.
Marcuzzi started working at Mediaset beginning in November 1995, hosting the Italia 1 Saturday afternoon program Colpo di fulmine, until June 1997. It became a daily show in 1996, because of its popularity.[4] Thanks to this program, she became one of the best-known Italia 1 hosts; in this period she started hosting the well-known music festival Festivalbar, from 1996 to 2002, with whom she won a Telegatto. In 2001, she presented the late-night show 8 millimetri with Paolo Brosio and, from 1997 to 1998, the afternoon show Fuego!.[5] She also presented the primetime show Mai dire Gol, from 1998 to 2000, with Ellen Hidding and Gialappa's Band. During these years, she also acted in the movies Gunslinger's Revenge, directed by Giovanni Veronesi, Tutti gli uomini del deficiente, the TV movie Un cane e un poliziotto and the series Tequila & Bonetti, with Jack Scalia. In 2000, she hosted the pilot of Macchemù, with Paola Barale, dedicated to television themes, and won the Oscar TV as "Personaggio televisivo femminile dell'anno".[6]
From 2000, Marcuzzi replaced Simona Ventura in the Italian version of Caiga Quien Caiga, named Le Iene, presenting it until 2005, aired by Italia 1 initially as a late-night show and then as a primetime show.[7]
In 2002 and 2003 she presented the Telegatto awards and, in 2003 too, the Galà della pubblicità, with Heidi Klum; both events were aired by Canale 5.[7] In the autumn of 2003 she hosted the charity show La fabbrica del sorriso, with Gerry Scotti, Claudio Bisio and Michelle Hunziker. In the same years she won Premio Flaiano and another Oscar TV for Le iene.
From 2004 to 2006, she was the protagonist of the television series Carabinieri, while in 2007 she acted in Il giudice Mastrangelo 2. She also acted in the TV movie Un amore di strega, with Pietro Sermonti, her partner in 2009, and in the sitcom Così fan tutte, with Debora Villa.
Marcuzzi has a son, Tommaso (born 29 April 2001), with Simone Inzaghi, an Italian former footballer (relationship ended in 2004),[10][11] and a daughter, Mia (born 4 September 2011), with television host and singer Francesco Facchinetti (relationship ended in October 2012).[12] Marcuzzi married Paolo Calabresi Marconi in December 2014.[13]
