Biography

Manuela Arcuri was born in Anagni, near Frosinone, to a father from the Province of Crotone and a mother from Avellino. Raised in Latina, Italy from an early age, Manuela Arcuri, was often on the covers of tabloids. She has a black belt in karate. She was an attendee at former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's private parties.

TV career

At a very early age she was attracted to showbusiness, and she became a fashion model; in 1995 she played parts in soap operas and in her first movie, Black Holes directed by Pappi Corsicato; then she had a supporting role in Graduates directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni, which brought her to the attention of the moviegoing public.
She continued acting in other movies and stage productions, such as A pretty story of a woman e Liolà at the side of Gianfranco Jannuzzo and under the direction of Gigi Proietti.

In 2000 Manuela Arcuri, now considered a sex symbol, appeared in a calendar for the magazine GenteViaggi; the following year, she posed for another calendar, this time for the magazine Panorama, obtaining great success that consolidated her reputation and helped her land a role in the TV series Carabinieri. In 2001 she hosted the TV show Mai dire Goal with the Gialappa's Band. In 2002 she was crowned as a TV star by co-hosting Sanremo 'Festival (2002) alongside Pippo Baudo and her colleague, actress Vittoria Belvedere.

In 2003 she co-hosted with Teo Teocoli and Anna Maria Barbera the eighth series of the TV comedy show Scherzi a parte.

Advertising work

• Lormar
• Anima Gemella

Theatre

• Liolà (2006)
• Il primo che mi capita (2008)
• A pretty story of woman (2010)

Filmography

• Graduates, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (1995)
• Black Holes, directed by Pappi Corsicato (1995)
• Viaggi di nozze, directed by Carlo Verdone (1995)
• Uomini senza donne, directed by Angelo Longoni (1996)
• Gratta e vinci, directed by Ferruccio Castronuovo (1996)
• A spasso nel tempo, directed by Carlo Vanzina (1996)
• Cuori perduti, directed by Teresio Spalla (1997)
• Finalmente soli, directed by Umberto Marino (1997)
• Disokkupati, TV series in 40 episodes, directed Franza Di Rosa (1997)
• Bagnomaria, directed by Giorgio Panariello (1999)
• Voglio stare sotto al letto, directed by Bruno Colella (1999)
• Anni '60, TV mini-series in 4 episodes, directed by Carlo Vanzina (1999)
• Alla ricerca di Sheherazade, TV film, directed by Franco Giraldi (1999)
• Coconut Heads, directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani (2000)
• Freewheeling, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (2000)
• Madness of Love (Juana la Loca), directed by Vicente Aranda (2001)
• Carabinieri, first and second seasons of the TV series, directed by Raffaele Mertes (2002)
• The Witch Affair, directed by José Miguel Juárez (2003)
• Con le unghie e con i denti, TV film directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore (2003)
• Madame, TV film directed by Salvatore Samperi (2004)
• Regina dei fiori, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (2005)
• Carabinieri: Sotto copertura, TV film directed by Raffaele Mertes (2005)
• Imperia, la grande cortigiana, TV film directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore (2005)
• L'Onore e il Rispetto, TV film directed by Salvatore Samperi (2006)
• Donne sbagliate, TV film directed by Monica Vullo (2007)
• Mogli a pezzi, TV film (2007)
• Caterina e le sue figlie 2, second season of TV series, directed by Fabio Jephcott (2007)
• Il peccato e la vergogna, TV series (2010)
• Il peccato e la vergogna 2, TV series (2011-2012)
• Sangue caldo, TV series (2011)
• Pupetta - The brave and the passion, TV series (2013)

2007 Manuela appeared as the love interest in Prince's video Somewhere Here On Earth, shot in Prague

[ Source: Wikipedia ]