Ilary Blasi
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| Born | 28 April 1981 |
| Occupation | Showgirl, model, television personality, child actress |
| Spouse(s) | Francesco Totti (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
Ilary Blasi (born 28 April 1981) is an Italian showgirl, model, television personality, and former child actress.
Blasi was born in Rome, daughter of Roberto and Daniela. Her mother chose her name. As a fan of Western movies, she named the daughter after one of her favourite heroines. Daniela also chose the name for the youngest daughter, Melory, who after Silvia and Ilary is the last member of the Blasi family. Blasi's introduction to showbusiness was due to her mother. As she declared in an interview, a neighbour told her mother that an agency was recruiting a blonde child with blue eyes for an advertisement of the "Panettone Galbusera", Daniela brought Blasi to the casting, and she was selected for her first job.
She joined showbusiness very early: at the age of 3 Blasi shot her first TV ads, at 5 she debuted in the cinema with a little role in the movie "David & David" directed by Giorgio Capitani, while at 6 she was in the cast of "Da grande" of Franco Amurri (in this movie her name apperared in the final credits with the English distortion "Hilary Blasi") and "Vizio di vivere" by Dino Risi. Later she was in the movie "Fiori di zucca" (1988) by Stefano Pomilia and "La dolce casa degli orrori" (1989) by Lucio Fulci. In that period she did testimonials for various advertisers, like the one for the oil "Cuore" with her whole family, "Cicciobello" doll, "Renault" cars and "Barilla Group", "Galbusera", "Findus", "Balocco" and "Sanson" (food).
At the end of the 1990s Blasi was almost 20 years old and was trying different approaches to get back into show business; she worked as a model for the photostories done by the "Lancio" publishing house, she posed nude for a few photoshoots and walked the runways for some of the fashion agencies in Rome, she joined the comedy "Tassinar in love" directed by Roberto di Sante at the Testaccio theater in Rome, and competed in the "Miss Italia" pageant in 1998, with the number 22 at the age of 17 wearing the belt of "Miss Cinema Lazio". She had her first TV role, although it would not influence the course of her career, by joining the cast of the 1999 edition of "Scherzi a parte". As Blasi wanted to continue to work in TV, after two years spent in participating in many castings, all with negative response, she decided to make a last attempt. She applied to the casting for the pre-dinner quiz game of Canale 5 "Passaparola" hosted by Gerry Scotti and she was recruited for the 2001/2002 edition.
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