Lorella Cuccarini
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dancer, tv star, actress, singer, and much more, Lorella was born in Rome and began attending dance classes at the age of 9. In 1985 Pippo Baudo offered her the role of "prima ballerina" for the RAI 1 tv show "Fantastico 6". It was an immediate success that grew throughout the years. Lorella continued her incredible career becoming very soon a big star in the Italian scene: since then she participated to the best tv shows becoming one of the most appreciated and successful Italian television presenters.
During her long and successful career Lorella also hosted, with Pippo Baudo, the "Sanremo Festival", where she also participated as singer; she acted in important tv fiction series and revealed a great social commitment with the various editions of the charity marathon "30 ore per la vita" broadcasted both in Rai and Mediaset. But Lorella still had the great desire to take part in a musical. Her dream came true, first with "Grease", staged with enormous success for three consecutive years, then with Bob Fosse's "Sweet Charity", "Il Pianeta Proibito", the rock musical in which Lorella gave life to a memorable performance during the final of the Sanremo Festival, "imitated" by the rock star Beyoncé for the Billboard Music Awards, and lately with "La Regina di Ghiaccio" and "Rapunzel".
Lorella's numerous talents never end: besides having dubbed the main character in two international animated movies, she published her first book "Ogni Giorno il Sole" (Piemme) which stayed in the top ten chart for weeks and wrote the wellness book "A Tavola non s'invecchia" (Giunti) together with Drs. Pucci Romano and Gabriella Fabbricini. Although she is at the top of her career, Lorella never stops experiencing new paths: as host on Radio, releasing music albums, as brand testimonial and debuting in theatre comedy. For her incredible career and life Lorella has been awarded by the Italian Republic President with the title of Commander of the Republic.
Since 2020 Lorella takes part as dance expert in the most watched talent tv show "Amici ". After numerous live performances, one of her "cult" hits, "La Notte Vola" will be released in a 2.0 version, followed by the ultimate music album with all her best hits and famous featuring.