Belén Rodríguez

Belén Rodríguez
Belén Rodríguez in 2009
Born	Maria Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 32) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Television personality,actress, model, singer, dancer, showgirl
Years active	2001–present
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse(s)	Stefano De Martino (m. 2013; div. 2017)
Children	1 (Santiago De Martino, born 2013)

María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a βeˈlen roðˈɾiɣes koˈsani]), known as Belén Rodríguez or simply Belén (born 20 September 1984), is an Argentine–Italian showgirl who has lived in Milan, Italy, since 2004.

Belén was born on 20 September 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. to Gustavo Rodríguez and Veronica Cozzani de Rodríguez. Veronica, of Italian origin, is the daughter of immigrants from La Spezia in Liguria. Belén has a younger brother, Jeremías, and a younger sister, Cecilia. At the age of 10, Belén moved to Pilar with her family. She graduated from high school in December 2001 at the age of 17, and later enrolled in the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, but did not complete her studies because of ever-increasing career commitments, first undertaken in late 2000 when she was 16. She started her career as a model, initially in Argentina and then internationally. Her younger sister, Cecilia (born on 18 March 1990 in Pilar, Argentina), has also been active in Italian show business since 2008 and as a model. Since 2014, Cecilia has been Belén's business partner. Since 2015, Jeremías, Gustavo and Veronica have lived in Milan.

From 2004 to December 2008 Belén was the girlfriend of Marco Borriello, at that time a footballer for A.C. Milan. From January 2009 to April 2012 Belén was in a relationship with Fabrizio Corona; they broke up when she met the dancer Stefano De Martino, her future first husband, on 9 April 2013. She had a son, Santiago, with De Martino; the couple were married on 20 September 2013; on 22 December 2015, they separated. De Martino and Belén were legally divorced on 24 January 2017 when they signed a judicial agreement at the Court of Milan; as part of this divorzio breve (fast-track divorce), De Martino was ordered to pay one thousand euros every month to his son Santiago until he reaches majority; the divorce legally went into force six months later. To avoid a lengthy public trial, De Martino neither demanded nor received money from his former wife, and he is not required to pay money to her. Their son lives with Belén.