{{Short description|Italian actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Antonella Elia | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|11|1}} | birth_place = Turin, Italy | occupation = {{flatlist| *Television and media personality *actress }} | death_date = | death_place = }}
'''Antonella Elia''' (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress.
==Life and career == Born in Turin, Italy, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV series ''The Betrothed''.<ref name=Grasso>Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. {{ISBN|881150466X}}.</ref> She became first known as the assistant of Corrado in the Canale 5 variety show ''La Corrida'', a role she had between 1990 and 1993.<ref name="Grasso"/> In 1991 she was cast in the successful variety television ''Non è la RAI'', and between 1993 and 1996 she was sidekick of Raimondo Vianello in the Italia 1 program ''Pressing''.<ref name="Grasso"/><ref name=Viventi>Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|978-88-317-9599-9}}.</ref> She participated in the second edition of the Rai 2 reality show ''L'isola dei famosi'' in 2004, and she returned in the 2012 edition, winning the show and donating the 100,000 euro prize to Amnesty International.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marianna D' Onghia|title=Antonella Elia devolve la vincita dell’Isola ad Amnesty International|url=http://gossip.fanpage.it/antonella-elia-devolve-la-vincita-dell-isola-ad-amnesty-international/|accessdate=3 June 2014|publisher=Spettacolo FanPage|date=14 April 2012}}</ref> She is also active in films, TV-series and on stage.<ref name="Grasso"/><ref name=Viventi/>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1990 |''Parco Valentino'' |Nuvola | |- |1991 |''Tonight in the Building'' |Alex | |- |1998 |''Voglio una donnaaa!'' |Cecilia | |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |''Ocean's Twelve'' |Arrested woman |Uncredited |- |''The Aviator'' |Secretary | |- |2005 |''Volcano'' |Sylvia Diablo | |- |2009 |''Buona fortuna'' |Herself |Cameo |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Role(s) !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1989 |''The Betrothed'' |Matilde |Main role |- |1990–1994; 2011 |''La Corrida'' |Herself / Co-host |Variety show (seasons 4–5; 7–8; 19) |- |1991–1992 |''Non è la RAI'' |Herself / Contestant |Musical/variety show |- |1991 |''Capodanno con Canale 5'' |Herself / Co-host |Special |- |rowspan="4"|1992 |''Serata d'amore per San Valentino'' |Herself / Co-host |Special |- |''Carnevale con Canale 5'' |Herself / Co-host |Special |- |''La grande festa di Non è la RAI'' |Herself / Co-host |Special |- |''Telegatto 1992'' |Herself / Co-host |Annual ceremony |- |1993 |''Bulli e pupe'' |Herself / Performer |Variety show |- |1993–1996 |''Pressing'' |Herself / Co-host |Talk show (seasons 4–6) |- |rowspan="2"|1994 |''Casa Vianello'' |Herself |Episode: "Raimondo senza cuore" |- |''1994 Giro d'Italia'' |Herself / Reporter |Special |- |1994–1995 |''Karaoke'' |Herself / Co-host |Variety show (season 3) |- |rowspan="2"|1995 |''1995 FIFA World Player of the Year'' |Herself / Co-host |Special |- |''Cuori e denari'' |Herself / Reporter |Variety show |- |1995–1996 |''La ruota della fortuna'' |Herself / Co-host |Game show |- |1997 |''Caro maestro'' |Antonella |Main role (season 2) |- |2001 |''Gian Burrasca'' |Virginia |Television film |- |2004–2005 |''Buona Domenica'' |Herself / Co-host |Variety show (season 17) |- |2004, 2012 |''L'isola dei famosi'' |Herself / Contestant |Reality show (season 2 and 9) |- |2006–2007 |''La vita in diretta'' |Herself / Reporter |Talk show (season 17) |- |2010 |''Extra Factor'' |Herself / Opinionist |''The X Factor'' aftershow |- |2013–2014 |''Superbrain'' |Herself / Co-host |Game show (season 2) |- |2017 |''Pechino Express'' |Herself / Contestant |Reality show (season 6) |- |rowspan="2"|2018 |''Tale e Quale show'' |Herself / Contestant |Talent show (season 8) |- |''Zecchino d'Oro'' |Herself / Judge |Annual singing contest |- |2020–2021 |''Grande Fratello VIP'' |Herself / Contestant |Reality show (season 5) |- |2022 |''Back to School'' |Herself / Contestant |Reality show |}
== References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website}} * {{IMDb name|0253414}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elia, Antonella}} Category:Italian film actresses Category:Italian television actresses Category:Italian stage actresses Category:1963 births Category:Actresses from Turin Category:Living people Category:Participants in Italian reality television series Category:Mass media people from Turin