Cinzia De Ponti
{{Short description|Italian actress and Miss Italia 1979}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cinzia De Ponti
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| birth_name = Cinzia Fiordeponti
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|3 October 1960}}
| birth_place = Pescara, Italy
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- model
- television host
}}
| title = • Miss Italia 1979
(Winner)
• Miss Universe 1982
(2nd Runner-up)
}}
Cinzia Fiordeponti, best known as Cinzia De Ponti (born 3 October 1960), is an Italian actress, model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1979 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1982.
Life and career
De Ponti was born in Pescara. In 1979, while a law student at Teramo University, she won the Miss Italia beauty contest.{{cite news|last1=Aldo Valleroni|title=E' andata a una studentessa di Pescara la quarantesima fascia di "miss Italia"|work=La Stampa|issue=231|date=3 September 1979|page=7}}
She later won the 1982 Miss Universo Italia contest and entered the Miss Universe 1982 competition, ranking third.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X|pages=107–108}}{{cite news|title=Miss universo è canadese. L'italiana terza|work= La Stampa |issue=182|date=27 July 1982|page=15}}
De Ponti studied as an actress at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school led by Alessandro Fersen. She appeared in a number of films in the 1980s, alternating main roles in comedy and genre films and minor roles in art films. Since the second half of the 1980s, she focused on television, working as an actress and a presenter.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | La liceale al mare con l'amica di papà | Laura - lover of Massimo | |
| 1981 | Mia moglie torna a scuola | Giulia | |
| 1981 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Perché non facciamo l'amore?|it}} | Irene - Renato's wife | |
| 1981 | Ski Mistress | Carla | |
| 1981 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Il marito in vacanza|it}} | Antonietta Liberti | |
| 1982 | The New York Ripper | Rosie - Ferry victim | |
| 1982 | Vigili e vigilesse | Carolina Agnolotti | |
| 1982 | An Ideal Adventure | Zafferi's Daughter | |
| 1982 | Manhattan Baby | Jamie Lee | |
| 1982 | Sturmtruppen 2 (tutti al fronte) | ||
| 1983 | Notturno | Carol Dexter | |
| 1984 | Monster Shark | Florinda | |
| 1984 | Uccelli d'Italia | Monsignor's Lover - The first slapping Actress | |
| 1985 | Power of Evil | ||
| 1985 | Killer vs. Killers | His Excelency's Secretary | |
| 1985 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Carabinieri si nasce|it}} | Ragazza russa | |
| 1986 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Senza scrupoli|it}} | Clara | |
| 1986 | {{Interlanguage link multi|Fotoromanzo (film)|it|3=Fotoromanzo (film)|lt=Fotoromanzo}} | Sissy | |
| 1986 | Yuppies - I giovani di successo | Woman in red | |
| 1987 | {{Interlanguage link multi|L'estate sta finendo (film)|it|3=L'estate sta finendo (film 1987)|lt=L'estate sta finendo}} | Monica | |
| 1987 | White Apache | Isabella | |
| 1987 | The Last Minute | Ornella | |
| 1988 | Un amore di donna | Cinzia |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0211006}}
{{Miss Universe 1982 delegates}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Italian beauty pageant winners
Category:Italian female models
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Italian television presenters
Category:Miss Universe 1982 contestants