Born in
Cercola, Fico is the daughter of two
shopkeepers of fruit and vegetables. Fico became first known one year later thanks to her participation in the
eighth edition of
Il Grande Fratello, the Italian version of the reality show
Big Brother. In 2008 she also made her film debut in
Storia di un amore by Maria Manna. In 2009, she hosted the
Italia 1 show
Real TV on
Italia 1. Between 2009 and 2010 she featured in four quiz shows hosted by
Enrico Papi and broadcast on Italia 1 (
Il colore dei soldi,
Prendere o lasciare,
Cento X Cento and
Trasformat). In October 2009, she had an alleged relationship with football player
Cristiano Ronaldo. In August 2010, she featured in the variety television
Mitici 80 on Italia 1. The same year she was in the cast of the variety show
Saturday Night Live from Milano, the Italian version of the
Saturday Night Live, and appeared in the Italian comedy film
Matrimonio a Parigi. In 2011, she was involved in the
Silvio Berlusconi's "
Bunga Bunga" sex scandal as one of the girls who regularly met the Italian Prime Minister in his alleged sex parties. The same year she entered the ballroom dance show
Baila on
Canale 5. In September 2012, she walked the runway of
Milan Fashion Week while 6 months pregnant, wearing a bikini. Between December 2011 and January 2012, she had an on-and-off relationship with football player
Mario Balotelli. Balotelli asked for a paternity test in July 2012 in response to her pregnancy. In 2013 Balotelli had to defend himself against Raffaella Fico's accusations of being "irresponsible" and "unconcerned" about his newborn baby daughter, Pia. Balotelli had finally acknowledged paternity of her daughter Pia on 6 February 2014. In June 2014 Fico, under the record label Momy Records / Do It Yourself sang her debut single, joining as a singer in the world of pop / urban / hip-hop. The piece is titled "Rush" produced by Gianluca Tozzi (son of the Italian singer
Umberto Tozzi), On 10 June, it was published on his
YouTube channel accompanied by the official video. The song is available on
iTunes since 9 June. On 22 October 2014, she published her first album called as her single
Rush, with ten tracks. ==Filmography==