Alba Parietti is an Italian film actress, television presenter, and entertainer.

Her career began in 1977 with an appearance in the play, The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...

, by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...

. Although she did appear on television as early as 1975, her first role in a major picture was in 1983 with Sapore di Mare. She has since performed in many other films, including the 1991 comedy Abbronzatissimi, in the role of Aurora.

In 1992, she co-hosted the Sanremo Music Festival with Pippo Baudo

Pippo Baudo

Giuseppe Baudo , known as Pippo Baudo, is a popular Italian television presenter. He is often referred to as "Superpippo". Baudo has also been the artistic director and president of Teatro Stabile di Catania....

.

Parietti has one son, Francesco (born 6 April 1982), from her marriage to Franco Oppini.

Filmography

• Sapore di Mare (U.S. version entitled Time for Loving), 1983
• Bye Bye Baby, 1988
• Abbronzatissimi, 1991
• Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez, 1992
• Il Macellaio (U.S. version entitled The Butcher), 1998
• Paparazzi, 1998

Sources

• Italian Internet Movie Database