Alessandra Martines

Alessandra Martines
Born (1963-09-19) 19 September 1963 (age 61)
Rome, Italy
EducationConservatoire de Paris
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actress
Spouse
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(m. 1993; div. 2009)​
PartnerCyril Descours (2008–2018)
Websitehttps://www.alessandramartines.com/

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Le star italiane che hanno fatto innamorare i vip stranieri". alfemminile (in Italian). 7 February 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ Frini, Roberto (2006). Monica Bellucci (in French). Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7301-618-2.
  3. ^ Luzzi, Joseph (20 February 2020). Italian Cinema from the Silent Screen to the Digital Image. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4411-8642-3.
  4. ^ COLOZZI, Claudine (12 March 2015). L'Encyclo de la danseuse (in French). edi8. ISBN 978-2-324-01104-7.
  5. ^ Média, Prisma (24 December 2012). "Alessandra Martines – La biographie de Alessandra Martines avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ "QUELLI DELLA TV – la Repubblica.it". Archivio – la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 9 April 1992. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ Cahen, Philippe; Charpentier, Laure (1 January 1999). Secrets et mystères d'Halloween (in French). FeniXX réédition numérique. ISBN 978-2-402-03291-9.
  8. ^ "Bava: ma l'Italia non crede al genere - la Repubblica.it". Archivio – la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  9. ^ "mediaset-fantaghiro-1". 14 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ La caverne de la rose d'or – Télé-Loisirs (in French), retrieved 8 October 2021
  11. ^ Erika (6 April 2012). "La caverne de la rose d'or". Critique Film (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. ^ Fornari, Oreste De (2 November 2013). Teleroromanza. Mezzo secolo di sceneggiati & fiction (in Italian). Edizioni Falsopiano. ISBN 978-88-98137-34-3.
  13. ^ Peluso, Francesca (27 February 2020). Das Mal der Götter 2: Erwacht: Götter-Fantasy voller Romantik um eine Heldin, die noch nicht bereit für ihr Schicksal ist (in German). Impress. ISBN 978-3-646-60573-0.
  14. ^ BESNEHARD, Dominique; LAVOIGNAT, Jean-Pierre (27 February 2014). Casino d'hiver (in French). Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-259-21966-2.
  15. ^ Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris (in French). L'Officiel de la couture et de la mode de Paris. 2002.
  16. ^ Lelouch, Claude (7 September 2016). Le dictionnaire de ma vie – Claude Lelouch (in French). Kero. ISBN 978-2-36658-285-7.
  17. ^ Emanuelli, Massimo (2004). 50 anni di storia della televisione attraverso la stampa settimanale (in Italian). GRECO & GRECO Editori. ISBN 978-88-7980-346-5.
  18. ^ SERRA, Maurizio (2 September 2021). Le mystère Mussolini (in French). Place des éditeurs. ISBN 978-2-262-08172-0.
  19. ^ Buonanno, Milly (1 January 2012). Italian TV Drama and Beyond: Stories from the Soil, Stories from the Sea. Intellect Books. ISBN 978-1-84150-689-0.
  20. ^ "Cannes/ Giornata di Alessandra Martines, che è stata scelta per il "San Pellegrino Diamanti al cinema Award" che si racconta ad Affari – Affaritaliani.it". www.affaritaliani.it. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  21. ^ JACOB, Gilles (10 March 2011). La Vie passera comme un rêve (in French). Groupe Robert Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-11949-5.
  22. ^ "Cavaliere di Francia - Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  23. ^ Telestar.fr (19 September 2016). "Alessandra Martines a 53 ans : que devient l'ex jurée de D... – Télé Star". www.telestar.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2021.