Ilary Blasi (born 28 April 1981) is an Italian showgirl and model.

Born in Rome, she started her career at the age of three in an Italian commercial. When she was five years old she got her first part in the film David and David; then, at the age of six, she starred in Da grande by Franco Amurri and in Vizio di vivere by Dino Risi. Afterwards she worked in Fiori di zucca (1988) by Stefano Pomicia and La dolce casa degli orrori (1989) by Lucio Fulci.

After some other television programmes, she became a soubrette of Passaparola (Password). Then she started to work for RAI in programs such as Top of the pops, CD live and Che tempo che fa.

In 2006 she was the co-host of Festival di Sanremo, then worked again for Mediaset in the program Festivalbar with Cristina Chiabotto.

In 2008 and 2009, she was working on Italia 1's hit show Le Iene with Luca Bizzarri and Paolo Kessisoglu. She also featured in Italian television commercials, advertising telecommunications.

Personal life

She is the second of three sisters; her older sister's name is Silvia and her younger sister's Melory. She married Italian football star Francesco Totti on June 19, 2005; they have a son, Cristian (born on November 6, 2005), and a daughter, Chanel (born on May 13, 2007).

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