Great dancer and then cult actress: after years of extraordinary pop success, Alessandra Martines seems to have disappeared from the radar
What is the very popular Italian actress up to? Where did it go? And why has he no longer participated in successful fiction and films? Everyone remembers her as Fantaghirothe heroine of the fantasy drama produced by Mediaset and filmed by Lamberto Bava which had extraordinary success in the 90s, not only in Italy.
What happened to Alessandra Martines: years, what she does today and how she has become (Photo: Ansa) – gazzettinodelgolfo.it
Others, however, still have vivid memories of when she opposed Lorella Cuccarini and Hether Parisi as show-girls on the most important television shows broadcast at the end of the ’80s. Alessandra Martines In fact, she was born as a dancer and only later specialized in acting.
Roman, born in 1963, Martines trained in France, in Paris, where she moved with her family as a child, and established herself as a star of classical dance from a very young age. In her first years as a dancer she worked in the USA with George Balanchine, director of the prestigious New York City Ballet. After her American experience, she also danced in important European theaters, and then opened up to the pop universe, thanks to Gianni Boncompagni.
In 1985, she was presented as an étoile in various TV programs, first with Carrà and then with Enrica Bonaccorti. Then she was called by Pippo Baudo as a dancer and co-host of Fantastic 7 together with Lorella Cuccarini. A couple of years later came her film debut, directed by director Pal Sandor Miss Arizona with Marcello Mastroianni and Hanna Schygulla.
However, the great success came again thanks to TV and the series Fantaghirowhich will continue for five seasons, until 1996. Following this experience, the dancer was the protagonist of French films and other RAI and Mediaset dramas, including Eddain which she played the role of the Duce’s daughter Edda Ciano, Catherine and her daughters with Virna Lisi, Honor and respect e Rex. In 2006 she was a guest at Dancing with the stars.
What is Alessandra Martines doing today?
For a few years Alessandra Martines lives in Paris and continues to work on television. He worked on various programs of the Canal Plus network channels, dedicating himself most of the time to religious themes. For example, he conducted in-depth studies on the lives of the saints.
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In recent years, in fact, Alessandra has moved closer to the Catholic faith. In addition to working on TV, she dedicates herself to humanitarian projects, dedicating herself above all to supporting women in complicated situations. He also wrote a children’s book. The actress has two children: Stella, born from her marriage to the French director Claude Lelouch, and Hugo, born from her relationship with the actor Cyril Descours. Despite living in France, she has explained in various interviews that she feels very attached to Italy: it seems that she speaks Italian to her children.
A few months ago she returned to Italy for work: she filmed a special in Assisi for French TV. To talk about Saint Francis, obviously. For some time, after the end of the story with Descours, it has been single. He has an official Instagram profile, but doesn’t post much. Lately she came forward with a memory of Alain Delon.
