Cinzia De Ponti

Cinzia De Ponti
Born	Cinzia Fiordeponti 3 October 1960 (1960-10-03) (age 64) Pescara, Italy
Occupations	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.[1] She later won the 1982 Miss Universo Italia contest and entered the Miss Universe 1982 competition, ranking third.[2][3]

De Ponti studied as an actress at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school led by Alessandro Fersen.[2] She appeared in a number of films in the 1980s, alternating main roles in comedy and genre films and minor roles in art films.[2] Since the second half of the 1980s, she focused on television, working as an actress and a presenter.[2]

Filmography

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	Perché non facciamo l'amore? [it]	Irene - Renato's wife
1981	Ski Mistress	Carla
1981	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	Carabinieri si nasce [it]	Ragazza russa
1986	Senza scrupoli [it]	Clara
1986	Fotoromanzo [it]	Sissy
1986	Yuppies - I giovani di successo	Woman in red
1987	L'estate sta finendo [it]	Monica
1987	White Apache	Isabella
1987	The Last Minute	Ornella
1988	Un amore di donna	Cinzia

References

1. Aldo Valleroni (3 September 1979). "E' andata a una studentessa di Pescara la quarantesima fascia di "miss Italia"". La Stampa. No. 231. p. 7.
2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. pp. 107–108. ISBN 888440214X.
3. "Miss universo è canadese. L'italiana terza". La Stampa. No. 182. 27 July 1982. p. 15.

External links

• Cinzia De Ponti at IMDb