Her mother is Dutch, her father a painter from Switzerland.
Provided the voice for "Gloria" in the Italian version of Madagascar (2005).
Is fluent in Italian, German, French, English and Dutch.
When hosting the 2007 edition of "Festival di Sanremo" (1951), she was sent 500
red roses by Italian soccer player Antonio Cassano.
Started working as a model at the age of 17.
Jim Carrey is among her favorite actors.
Confirmed she and producer Luigi De Laurentiis Jr. have a romantic affair. They
met on the set of Natale in crociera (2007).
Hunziker was born in Sorengo (Lugano), in the Italian-speaking part of
Switzerland. Her mother Ineke is Dutch; her father Rudolf, who died of a heart
attack in the fall of 2001, was a German-speaking Swiss national. He was a
painter, but worked as a hotel manager. In 1983, the family moved to
Ostermundigen, a suburb of Bern in the German speaking part of Switzerland which
is also hometown to Swiss Hollywood star and legendary first Bond girl Ursula
Andress. In Ostermundigen Hunziker attended elementary school. After moving to
Milan with her mother, she decided to become a fashion model and was hired by
Riccardo Gay, a renowned agent. Although considered to be both too heavy and
short, at 17 she posed for well-known labels such as Armani, Rocco Barocco, La
Perla, Colmar, Fuerte Ventura, Lovable and Swish.
First TV Shows
Being Eros Ramazzotti's fiancée, she was discovered by a TV producer. In 1996,
she co-hosted the Rai Uno-show I cervelloni with Paolo Bonolis. In summer she
presented the prime time comedy show Paperissima Sprint (Canale 5) with Gabibbo.
Because of her popularity she hosted the afternoon show Colpo di Fulmine (Italia
1) in 1997. At the same time she wanted to extend her artistic abilities.
Therefore she attended the professional academy M.A.S. in Milan with her
choreographer Susanna Beltrami.
Actress
In 1998, the Italian film director Vincenzo Verdecchi offered Hunziker her first
film role in the TV series La Forza dell'Amore (Canale 5). After she took the
female main role in Fammi stare sotto al letto. She can also be seen in the
documentary film The Protagonist and in another film, Alex l'Ariete, where she
acted with ex ski star Alberto Tomba. Then she co-hosted with Pippo Baudo the
Canale 5 show La festa del Disco. From 1999-2001 she presented the late night
show Nonsolomoda (Canale 5) where she reported about fashion and lifestyle.
Back home again
In 1999, TV3, the first Swiss private television station, was founded in Zürich,
and Hunziker presented a show called Cinderella, where a hair and make-up artist
as well as a styling adviser helped both a prominent person and a viewer of the
program to get a new look. After the first episode, Hunziker was caught in the
crossfire. The Swiss newspaper Blick even wrote: "Cinderella, TV3's new
lifestyle show is not bad. It is catastrophic". Later, Hunziker was interviewed
by the Swiss German magazine Schweizer Illustrierte and she said that she
couldn't speak German anymore after having lived in Italy for many years. After
TV3 had changed the concept, the show became more popular.
German TV
After having hosted the Swiss show Cinderella, Hunziker was discovered by German
TV producers. In 1998, she presented the awarding of the Goldene Kamera with
Thomas Gottschalk (a very well-known presenter in Germany). A year later, she
co-hosted the show Michael Jackson & Friends (ZDF) in Munich. After having
attended different talk shows, she presented her first show in Germany: Erstes
Glück (SWR/Das Erste). She co-hosted the show with Thomas Elstner and
interviewed prominent people about their first love. The show wasn't very
popular though, and was finally suspended. When she got back to Italy, she
presented the shows Donna sotto le stelle and Piazza di Spagna (Canale 5) with
Gerry Scotti and Tacchi a spillo (Italia 1) with Claudio Lippi. In 2002-2004 she
presented with Carsten Spengemann the first and second season of Deutschland
sucht den Superstar, the German version of the British TV show Pop Idol.
Hunziker joined ZDF's Wetten, dass..?, Germany's most popular TV show in October
2009. Wetten Dass..? is also being syndicated live on the Austrian ORF and SF1
in her native Switzerland.
Music
In 2006 she released a music album in English, Lole, that was available only in
German-speaking countries; the only single off the album was From Noon till
Midnight. In it she covered 3 songs of Ira Losco, a Maltese singer. The 3 songs
are 'Get Out', 'Someone Else' and 'Love me or Hate me'.
Italian TV
Hunziker co-hosted the Italian comedy shows Zelig (Italia 1) and Scherzi a parte
(Canale 5) in 2001. Zelig is one of the most famous Italian TV shows. Later that
year, she got the Italian TV Oscar in the category Discovery of the year.
Besides, she co-hosted the famous Italian open air music show Festivalbar with
Daniele Bossari and Alessia Marcuzzi.
She has also starred in the musicals directed by Saverio Marconi The Sound of
Music (playing the role of Maria von Trapp) and Cabaret (playing the role of
Sally Bowles); both had great success in Italy.
In 2007, Michelle Hunziker co-hosted with Pippo Baudo the popular Italian song
contest, the Festival di Sanremo on Rai Uno.
Michelle Hunziker is still in Italian television, currently in Striscia la
Notizia with Ezio Greggio.
Filmography and television roles
1990 - Paperissima Sprint - TV series - Host
1992 - Scherzi a parte - TV series - Co-Host
1996 - I misteri di Cascina Vianello - TV series - Gaia - 1 episode: "Un
matriomonio e un funerale" (1.01)
1998 - La forza dell'amore - TV mini-series - Tiziana
1999 - Voglio stare sotto al letto - Paola
2000 - Erstes Glück - TV series - Host
2000 - Alex l'ariete - Antavleva Bottazzi
2003 - Ancient Warriors - Kim
2004 - Love Bugs - Female lead
2007 - Natale in crociera - Michela Bacci
2008 - Natale a Rio - Linda Vita
2009 - Christmas in Beverly Hills - Serena
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