Anna Falchi

Anna Falchi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈanna ˈfalki]; born Anna Kristiina Palomäki; 22 April 1972) is a Finnish-Italian model and film actress.

Anna Falchi
Falchi in 2007
Born
Anna Kristiina Palomäki

(1972-04-22) 22 April 1972
Tampere, Finland
Modeling information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBlue, green
Websiteannafalchi.net

Career

Anna Falchi was born Anna Kristiina Palomäki in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father, Benito (Tito) Falchi, and Finnish mother Kaarina. Anna has a brother Saro and a half brother in Sweden Peter (by her father). In 1978, at the age of six, she moved to Italy with her family. She started her career as a model. She first appeared on television in a commercial for an Italian bank in 1992.[1] The ad starred Paolo Villaggio, and was directed by the celebrated Federico Fellini. This helped her launch a film career, starting with Nel continente nero (in the black Continent) in 1993.

She appeared in many films since, including the 1994 fantasy movie The Dragon Ring, the 1997 film La principessa e il povero and the 2005 comedy Nessun messaggio in segreteria. She has also been a popular television personality, hosting various specials on Italian television.

She is less known in the English speaking world. Some know her for the lead female role in the film Dellamorte Dellamore, which was released in the U.S. as Cemetery Man.

In a 2001, Falchi was a guest on the Italian late night show Satyricon, during which she satirized one of the appearances of Madonna on Late Show with David Letterman during which Madonna jokingly teased Letterman for refusing to smell her (Madonna's) panties, Falchi actually took off her red panties on stage, and the host, Daniele Luttazzi went all the way to smell them, which caused some scandal in Italy.[2][3]

Filmography

References

  1. federicofellini.it Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Loris Mazzetti Il libro nero della Rai p.28
  3. Enzo Biagi (2002) Cose loro e fatti nostri p.124
  • Official website
  • Anna Falchi at IMDb
  • Anna Falchi at Fashion Model Directory
  • "Anna Falchi". AskMen.
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