Arianna Martina Bergamaschi, also known mononymously as Arianna, is an Italian singer, songwriter, stage actress and television presenter. She began her career when she was 7 years old, she started participating in numerous ad campaigns, and while still very young, participated in the TV shows "Fantastico 2" and "Fantastico 3", and in the 1989 Rai drama "I Promessi Sposi" and began studying dance with duo Brian and Garrison.
From 1998 until now she has been protagonist of a number of musicals as "Il mago di Oz" (Wizard of Oz) in 2000–2001, "Pinocchio" in 2003–2004 and "Masaniello" where she acted and sung in Neapolitan.
In 2006–2009 she also played as a prose actress for works as 2001/2 "Sogno di Una Notte di Mezza Estate" (A Midsummer Night Dream) and "La Bisbetica Domata" (The Taming of the Shrew) and finally as Juliet – replacing Martina Stella in just four days – in 2006 "Romeo e Giulietta" (Romeo and Juliet).
In 2000 she sang for the Jubilee in Piazza San Pietro attending Pope John Paul II and 350.000 people. The performance was aired worldwide. In 2000 performed the credit and end titles song for the RAI TV series "Una donna per amico 2" (A woman as a friend 2) where she also plays a role in the second episode.
In 2007 she has been the lead show-girl of Canale 5 La Corrida's most followed edition of last 10 years, dancing and singing live every Saturday, accompanied by Master Pregadio and 16 dancers. In June 2007 her last CD 'A modo mio' (My way), completely self-produced and distributed by EDEL, has been released. It features the most famous songs from world's most famous musicals re-arranged in pop, lounge, dance, Latino and rock styles, where lyrics have been re-written in Italian by Arianna herself.
In May 2008 she was chosen by Oscar Awarded Ennnio Morricone to sing the unpublished song "Verso Est" (Go West), written and arranged by Morricone himself. The song has been used as music background for the commercial of Lancia Delta starring Richard Gere. From September 2008 through March 2009 she has played as comedian in the TV show "Saturday Night Live" aired on Italia 1 and from February through May 2009 she has played, as Roberta di Leo, in the soap opera "Cento Vetrine" (A hundred windows) aired daily on Canale 5.
In May 2009 Arianna was chosen after 6 months auditions and among 2000 other contestants to play the role of Belle in the musical Beauty and the Beast, produced by musical production European leader company Stage Entertainment. The show is staged in the renewed Teatro Nazionale di Milano starting October 2, 2009.
| Date of Birth | 11th November 1975 |
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| Age | 49 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Country | Italy |
| Current City | Milan |
| Birth Place | Milan |
| Language | Italian |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Mother | Graziella Caly |
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