Gigi Zanchetta
{{short description|Venezuelan actress (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gigi Zanchetta
| image_size =
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| caption = Fernando Carrillo
| birth_name = Gigliola Concepción Zanchetta Pirela{{cite news |last1=Longo |first1=Carmela |title=¿Qué pasó con? Gigi Zanchetta |url=https://impactovenezuela.com/que-paso-con-gigi-zanchetta/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=Impacto Venezuela |date=25 April 2021 |language=es}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 3, 1966}}
| birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| height = 1.72m
| children = 1
| years active = 1981–present
| spouse = Ricardo Mandini
| relatives =
}}
Gigliola (Gigi) Zanchetta Pirella (born April 3, 1966) is a Venezuelan actress.
Life and career
Zanchetta has made her television debut in the telenovela Cristal; she later specialized in the genre, appearing in over 20 telenovelas, among them Primavera alongside Fernando Carrillo and Cara Sucia.{{cite news |title=Gigi Zanchetta |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ecuador/expresiones/20200226/281586652631191 |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=Expresiones |date=26 February 2020 |language=es}} In the mid-1990s she has sparked controversy for being the first Venezuelan celebrity to pose nude for a magazine, appearing in the cover of the Spanish magazine Interviú. She was also active in films and in theatre. Her last telenovela role was in 2012; since then she moved to Spain with her son, leaving the entertainment industry. A former backer of Chavismo and of Nicolás Maduro, she eventually publicly regretted about her support to him and attacked him on various occasions.{{cite news |title=Gigi Zanchetta brincó la talanquera y alborotó a las avispas: 'No me gusta el comunismo' |url=https://noticiasaldiayalahora.co/entretenimiento/gigi-zanchetta-brinco-la-talanquera-y-alboroto-a-las-avispas-no-me-gusta-el-comunismo/ |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=Noticias al Día y a la Hora |date=12 May 2019 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=La publicación de Gigi Zanchetta que generó polémica en las redes sociales |url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/variedades/publicacion-gigi-zanchetta-que-genero-polemica-las-redes-sociales_268367 |website=El Nacional |accessdate=11 March 2019 |language=es |date=27 January 2019}}
Telenovelas
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- Cristal (1985)
- Más allá del silencio (1985)
- El Seductor (1986)
- Mansión de luxe (1986)
- La dama de rosa (1986)
- Primavera (1988)
- Alondra (1989)
- El Engaño (1989)
- Inolvidable (1992)
- Cara sucia (1992)
- Dulce enemiga (1995)
- Pecado de amor (1996)
- Contra viento y marea (1997)
- El País de las mujeres (1998)
- Enséñame a querer (1998)
- Toda mujer (1999)
- Hechizo de amor (2000)
- Más que amor, frenesí (2001)
- Mambo y canela (2002)
- Las González (2002)
- Engañada (2003)
- Sabor a ti (2004)
- Los Querendones (2006)
- Te tengo en salsa (2006)
- Natalia del mar (2011)
- Válgame Dios (2012)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0952833|name=Gigi Zanchetta}}
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Category:Venezuelan television actresses
Category:Venezuelan people of Italian descent
Category:Venezuelan telenovela actresses
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