Lorella Cuccarini

Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian dancer, singer, television host and actress.

Lorella Cuccarini
Cuccarini in June 2008
Born
Lorella Cuccarini Persili

(1965-08-10) August 10, 1965
Rome, Italy

Life and career
Lorella Cuccarini (2014)

Born in Rome, at nine years old Cuccarini started to attend the dance school of Enzo Paolo Turchi (choreographer and husband of Carmen Russo).[1] After some experiences as a chorus girl, Cuccarini made her television debut at twenty years old alongside Pippo Baudo in the sixth edition of Fantastico, then she worked for RAI and Mediaset in many successful variety shows, including Festivalbar, seven editions of Paperissima and of Trenta ore per la vita, three editions of Buona Domenica.[1][2]

Cuccarini is also a singer, with several top-ten charting singles and albums;[3] in 1995 she entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival (she had hosted two years earlier), ranking tenth with the song "Un altro amore no".[1][4]

Beyoncé borrows heavily from her work

Following her performance at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, American pop star Beyoncé initially received widespread praise from fans and critics.[5] Critics, however, voiced concerns about similarities to Cuccarini's in February 2010 performance at the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.[6] Billy Johnson, Jr of Yahoo! Music wrote: "Kenzo Digital, who spent a month creating Beyoncé's interactive video, told Yahoo! News that Lorella concert footage is only part of the inspiration for Beyoncé's show: "[The Cuccarini artists] are awesome and do incredible work as well, but there are a lot of different inspirations for where our piece came from."[6] Beyoncé responded two days later through an interview with AOL Music, saying she was inspired after finding Cuccarini's performance online:"My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much. I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. She was inspired after discovering Cuccarini's performance online. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards."[7]

Personal life and family

Cuccarini married the composer Silvio Testi in 1991. They have four children.[1]

Her father, Vero Cuccarini, has been repeatedly convicted of usury.[8] In January 2019 she openly spoke in favour of the anti-refugee policies of Matteo Salvini, leader of Lega Nord.[9] Meanwhile she also expressed opinions against the appeals for reception of Pope Francis.[10]

Discography

Albums
  • Lorel (1987)
  • Voci (1993)
  • Voglia di fare (1995)
  • Le più belle canzoni (2002)
  • Nemicaamatissima (2017)

Singles
  • "Sugar Sugar" (1985)
  • "Kangarù" (1986)
  • "Tutto matto" (1987)
  • "L'amore è" (1987; with Alessandra Martines)
  • "Io ballerò" (1987)
  • "La notte vola" (1988)
  • "Magic" (1990; English version of "La notte vola")
  • "Ascolta il cuore" (1991)
  • "Liberi liberi" (1991)
  • "Un altro amore no" (1995)
  • "Uno di noi" (2002)
  • "Un'onda d'amore" (2008)

Filmography

As an actress
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Guiding Light Herself Soap opera, cameo
1992 Piazza di Spagna Annabella Morganti Miniseries
1998 Star Trek: Insurrection Starfleet Crewman Uncredited
2004 Amiche Giovanna Marchi Miniseries
2006 Lo zio d'America Francesca Main role (season 2)
2007 Lissi und der wilde Kaiser Lissi (voice) Italian dub
2012 L'amore è sordo Director Lorella Television film
2017 My Little Pony: The Movie Tempest Shadow (voice) Italian dub
2018 L'isola di Pietro Isabella Sulci Recurring role

Other appearances
Year Title Role Notes
1984 Te lo do io il Brasile Herself/ Background dancer Variety show
1985 Il tastomatto Variety show
1985–1987 Fantastico Herself/ Various Variety show (seasons 6–7)
1987–1988 Festival Herself/Co-host Variety show
1988–1989 Odiens Sketch comedy show
1989, 1995, 2000 Vota la voce Competition show (seasons 17, 23, 28)
1990–2004 Paperissima Variety show (seasons 1–2, 4–7)
1991 Bellezze sulla neve Game show (season 1)
1991–1996 Buona domenica Herself/Host Variety show (seasons 4–5, 8)
1993 Sanremo Music Festival 1993 Herself/Co-host Annual music festival
1995 La stangata: Chi la fa l'aspetti Herself/Host Prank variety show
1996; 1999 Campioni di ballo Competition dance show (seasons 1 and 4)
1998 A tutta festa Herself/Co-host Variety show
2001 La notte vola Herself/Host Musical show
Stelle a quattro zampe Animal competition show
2002–2003 Uno di noi Herself/Co-host Variety show
2008 La sai l'ultima? Herself/Host Variety show (season 10)
2010–2011 Domenica in Herself/Co-host Talk show (season 35)
2011 Un amico è così Herself/Host Reality competition show
Star Academy Herself/ Judge Competition dance show
2012 Miss Italia 2012 Annual beauty contest
2014 La pista Competition dance show
2015 Ti lascio una canzone Musical talent show
2016 Nemicamatissima Herself/Co-host Variety show
2019–2020 La vita in diretta Talk show (season 30)
2020–present Amici di Maria De Filippi Herself/ Dance teacher Talent dance show

Stage
Year Title Role
1997–1999 Grease Sandy Dobrowski
2005–2007 Sweet Charity Charity
2014–2016 Rapunzel: The Musical Mother Gothel

References
  1. Redazione (9 August 2005). "Cuccarini, i miei primi 40 anni". TGCOM. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
  3. Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
  4. Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  5. "Stars React To Beyoncé's Billboard Music Awards Performance". Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. May 23, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  6. "Beyoncé's Billboard Music Awards Show Strikingly Similar To Year-Old Performance From Italian Singers". Yahoo! News. Yahoo!. May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  7. "Beyoncé's Responds To Billboard Music Awards Controversy". Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. May 25, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  8. https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/04/05/il-padre-della-cuccarini-di-nuovo-in.html
  9. https://www.quotidiano.net/politica/lorella-cuccarini-salvini-parisi-1.4396189
  10. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/01/17/lorella-cuccarini-contro-papa-francesco-sarebbe-bello-che-parlasse-anche-di-altro-oltre-che-dei-migranti/4903773/


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