After graduating from the
classical high school "
Terenzio Mamiani" in
Rome, she began her theatrical activity there. She graduated with honors in
political science at
Sapienza with a thesis on the gender perspective in development aid and spent two years in
Brussels on an internship at the
Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission. Back in
Italy, she began working both as an author at
Rai (from
RadioUnoJazz to
Viva la radio! with
Lino Banfi and at
TG Ragazzi within
Solletico) and as an actress in various commercials such as that of the
San Paolo in
Turin with
Vittorio and
Alessandro Gassmann and that of the
Fiat Multipla with
Michael Schumacher. Success came with her participation in the soap opera on
Canale 5 Vivere where she played, from 1999 to 2001, the role of Eva Bonelli. The experience of
Vivere was followed by participation as co-star in the series
Giorni da Leone and
Sospetti, the hosting of
Linea verde and the activity of commentator in various talk shows such as and ''L'Italia sul 2''. In the theater she collaborated with
Nando dalla Chiesa for the show
Poliziotta per amore, thanks to which she won the Giancarlo Siani Prize in 2007, and for the adaptation of his book
Le donne erediteranno la Terra. After a few years spent working behind the scenes as a text adapter for the
Rai 1 quiz ''
L'eredità, she returned in front of the cameras from 11 September 2023 to 25 March 2024 when she participated as a contestant in the seventeenth edition of Grande Fratello'', broadcast on
Canale 5 and hosted by
Alfonso Signorini. In the reality show, on 26 February 2024, she became the first finalist, winning the televoting challenge to enter the final with 60% of the votes out of 4 contestants and at the end of the reality show she ranked second with 45% of the votes, being beaten by Perla Vatiero with 55%; she holds the record for nominations (111) and televotes surpassed in first place (19) in the entire history of the reality show. In the next edition of the reality show, broadcast from September 16, 2024, she plays the role of commentator together with
Cesara Buonamici. == Personal life ==