Alessandra Martines

• Name — Alessandra Martines • Born — 19 September 1963 • Partner — Cyril Descours (2008–2018) • Website — https: www.alessandramartines.com/ • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Education — Conservatoire de Paris • Occupation — * Dancer • actress

Second cousin of Carla Bruni and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,[24][25] she moved to France with her family at the age of five. As a teenager, she enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris where she studied solfeggio, history and theory of dance and classical music and dance.[27]

Martines debuted at a young age as a dancer at the Zurich Opera House in 1972.[28] After some time working in the United States, including the Chicago City Ballet, she moved to Rome where she worked at the Teatro dell'Opera. In 1985 she began her collaboration with RAI, with the lunchtime chat / quiz show Pronto, chi gioca?; she later gained great popularity with the Saturday Night shows Fantastico and Europa Europa, and then for her portrayal of Princess Fantaghirò in the Fantaghirò series. In cinema, she is best known for her interpretations under the direction of her ex-husband, the French director Claude Lelouch, in several film including Les Misérables and And now... Ladies and Gentlemen. She also starred on stage, most notably in L'appartamento by Franca Valeri.

Martines has a daughter with Claude Lelouch to whom she was married between 1995 and 2009. In 2012, at the age of 49, she had a son with her partner Cyril Descours.[29]

• Year — Company — Director • 1972 — Ballett Zürich — Patricia Neary • 1975 — New York City Ballet — George Balanchine • – — Chicago Ballet — Maria Tallchief & Paul Mejia • – — Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Fedra (Mayr) & Carmen) — Maïa Plissetskaïa • – — Opéra de Marseille — Roland Petit • Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi — Roland Petit

• Year — Play — Playwright — Director • 1987–1988 — Adriana Lecouvreur — An opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. — Mauro Bolognini • 1988–1989 — The Apartment — Billy Wilder — Franca Valeri • 2016 — Lady Windermere's Fan — Oscar Wilde – Mrs. Erlynne — Jean-Luc Revol – Théâtre Tête d'or / France national tour: 3 September – 31 December 2016.

• Year — Film — Role — Director • 1988 — Miss Arizona — Marta — Pál Sándor • 1989 — Sinbad of the Seven Seas — Alina — Enzo G. Castellari, Luigi Cozzi • Saremo felici — Jole — Gianfrancesco Lazotti • Passi d'amore — Elisa — Sergio Sollima • 1993 — Tout ça... pour ça! — Allessandra Barrucq — Claude Lelouch • 1995 — Les Misérables — Elise Ziman — Claude Lelouch • 1996 — Men, Women: A User's Manual — Doctor Nitez — Claude Lelouch • 1998 — Chance or Coincidence — Miriam Lini — Claude Lelouch • 1999 — One 4 All — Maxime — Claude Lelouch • 2001 — Day Off — Francesca Socoa — Pascal Thomas • J'ai faim!!! — Anaïs Pommard — Florence Quentin • 2002 — Amnèsia — Virginie — Gabriele Salvatores • And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen — Françoise — Claude Lelouch • 2004 — Le genre humain – 1ère partie: Les Parisiens — Herself — Claude Lelouch • 2005 — Le courage d'aimer — Alessandra — Claude Lelouch • 2007 — L'Heure Zéro — Marie-Adeline — Pascal Thomas • 2008 — Love Me No More — Marion Dange — Jean Becker • 2011 — Je m'appelle Bernadette — Louise Soubirous — Jean Sagols • 2017 — L'Araignée Rouge — Sonia Stern — Franck Florino

• Year — Film — Role — Director • 1988 — Cinema che follia! — Antonello Falqui • 1991 — Fantaghirò — Fantaghirò — Lamberto Bava • 1992 — Processo di famiglia — Giovanni Fabbri • Fantaghirò 2 — Fantaghirò — Lamberto Bava • 1993 — Fantaghirò 3 — Fantaghirò — Lamberto Bava • Colpo di coda — Paola — José María Sánchez • 1994 — Fantaghirò 4 — Fantaghirò — Lamberto Bava • 1996 — Fantaghirò 5 — Fantaghirò — Lamberto Bava • 2003 — Quelques jours entre nous — Juliette — Virginie Sauveur • 2004 — Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love — Marchesa Barolo — Lodovico Gasparini • 2005–2010 — Caterina e le sue figlie — Adele Parisi — Several • 2005 — I colori della vita — Giulia — Stefano Reali • Edda (miniseries) — Edda Ciano — Giorgio Capitani • 2006 — L'onore e il rispetto — Francesca De Santis — Alessio Inturri, Luigi Parisi, Salvatore Samperi • 2008 — Il sangue e la rosa — Ortensia Damiani — Luciano Odorisio, Luigi Parisi, Salvatore Samperi • 2009 — La reine et le cardinal — Anne of Austria — Marc Rivière • L'onore e il rispetto — Francesca De Santis — Luigi Parisi, Salvatore Samperi • Panique! — Clémentine — Benoît d'Aubert • 2011 — Inspector Rex — Malice Bonomi — Marco Serafini • 2012 — Le Romancier Martin — Jérôme Foulon (director) • 2014 — Furore (TV series) — Luciana Belgrano — Alessio Inturri • 2016 — Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo — Françoise Leroux — Eros Puglielli

• Year — Film — Role — Director • 2011 — Danse avec les stars (French version of Strictly Come Dancing) — Jury member for season 1 & season 2. — TF1 – several. • 2013–2014 — The Best: Le Meilleur Artiste — Jury member for season 1 & season 2. — TF1 – several.

Alessandra Martines is recorded with the occupation ballet dancer. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as actress, dancer and musician.