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Lorella Cuccarini
Cuccarini in June 2008
Born	Lorella Cuccarini Persili (1965-08-10) August 10, 1965 (age 58) Rome, Italy
Occupations	Dancer singer actress television presenter

Lorella Cuccarini Persili (born August 10, 1965) is an Italian dancer, television presenter, singer, and actress.

Life and careeredit

Born in Rome, at nine years old Cuccarini started to attend the dance school of Enzo Paolo Turchi ^[it] (choreographer and husband of Carmen Russo).^[1] After some experiences as a chorus girl, Cuccarini made her television debut at twenty years old alongside Pippo Baudo in the sixth edition of Fantastico, then she worked for RAI and Mediaset in many successful variety shows, including Festivalbar, seven editions of Paperissima and of Trenta ore per la vita, three editions of Buona Domenica.^[1][2]

Cuccarini is also a singer, with several top-ten charting singles and albums;^[3] in 1995 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival 1995 (she had hosted two years earlier), ranking tenth with the song "Un altro amore no".^[1][4]

Beyoncéedit

Following her performance at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, American pop star Beyoncé initially received widespread praise from fans and critics.^[5] Critics, however, voiced concerns about similarities to Cuccarini's in February 2010 performance at the 60th Sanremo Music Festival.^[6] Billy Johnson, Jr of Yahoo! Music wrote: "Kenzo Digital, who spent a month creating Beyoncé's interactive video, told Yahoo! News that Lorella concert footage is only part of the inspiration for Beyoncé's show: "The Cuccarini artists are awesome and do incredible work as well, but there are a lot of different inspirations for where our piece came from."^[6] Beyoncé responded two days later through an interview with AOL Music, saying she was inspired after finding Cuccarini's performance online:"My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much. I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. She was inspired after discovering Cuccarini's performance online. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards."^[7]

Personal life and familyedit

Cuccarini married the composer Silvio Testi in 1991. They have four children.^[1]

Her father, Vero Cuccarini, has been repeatedly convicted of usury.^[8] In January 2019 she openly spoke in favour of the anti-refugee policies of Matteo Salvini, leader of Lega Nord.^[9] Meanwhile, she also expressed opinions against the appeals for reception of Pope Francis.^[10]

Discographyedit

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