Rosina jo champa biography
Jo Champa
Jo Champa | |
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| Born | () January 23, (age56) Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | Italian, American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
Jo Champa (born January 23, ) is an actress, producer and model.
Rosina Jo Champa was born in in Long Branch, Fresh Jersey, but grew up in Rome, Italy. She became a model there as a teenager.
Jo Champa - Biography - IMDb: Jo Champa (born January 23, ) is an actress, producer and model. Rosina Jo Champa was born in in Long Branch, New Jersey, but grew up in Rome, Italy. She became a model there as a teenager. Before the age of 18, she was already one of Gianni Versace's favorite models. [1].Before the age of 18, she was already one of Gianni Versace's favorite models.[1] As such she turned to the Italian clip industry in , with various screen acting assignments, for directors including Claude d'Anna (Salome, ), Ettore Scola (The Family, ), Massimo Troisi (Le vie del Signore sono finite, ), and Damiano Damiani (Il Sole Buio, ).
At the pinnacle of her career, Champa returned to the United States, starring in Steven Seagal's Out for Justice (), followed two years later by Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha (), and then Don Juan DeMarco () by Jeremy Leven.
In , she married Joseph Farrell, a Hollywood producer and marketer and an influential member of the Academy.
Later in the ‘90s, she mostly worked for television guest starring in TV series such as Walker, Texas Ranger, JAG, and CSI: Miami.[2] Champa can also be found in Helmut Newton's manual Sumo where he found her to be one of his favorite models.[2]
In after many in vitro cycles she and her husband had a son, Sean Farrell.
She became a model there as a teenager. Before the age of 18, she was already one of Gianni Versace 's favorite models. Inshe married Joseph Farrell, a Hollywood producer and marketer and an influential member of the Academy. Most recently, she was in Somewheredirected by Sofia Coppola.Most recently, she was in Somewhere (), directed by Sofia Coppola.
In Italy, she has hosted the very successful fashion TV show for RAI TV, Kermesse.[3] Champa has also served as special contributing editor and columnist for the Italian edition of Vogue and L'Uomo Vogue.
Italian Vogue has written that "She is an icon of Italian style. We love her because she is a refined and creative woman, a tireless supporter of Italian cinema and customs in the United States."[1]
She received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in
She has produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the tribute event "An Academy Tribute to Sophia Loren", with special guest Sophia Loren, with Billy Crystal hosting John Travolta, Christian De Sica and Plunder Marshall among many others.[4]
In December , she produced the launch of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, with a dinner and special recital starring Andrea Bocelli.
She was the producer of the prime-time special of that same event for Sky Italia.[5]
In June , she hosted and moderated a Special Evening for David and Susan Rockefeller at MOMA in New York presenting Susan Rockefeller's documentary, Mission of Mermaids.[6]
In September , she hosted the gala evening for Sky Italy of Andrea Bocelli's charitable foundation in Florence, Italy.
Actor Jan 23 United States. Rosina Jo Champa was born on the 28th of January, She began modeling in Rome when she was a teenager. She was also the producer of the prime-time show of the same event for Sky Italia.In , she created, co-wrote, co-produced and hosted "Jo's Hollywood" for the TV channel SkyCinema in Italy from February 20 until the 28th it ran every sunlight and was extremely successful in its ratings, a docu-reality about the history of Hollywood up until the Oscars.
It ran a second season in , again on SKYCinema in Italy.
On July 28, , Jo Champa was the emcee for “Celebrity Fight Night in Italy” working once again with “the Andrea Bocelli Foundation” at The Bocelli home in Forte dei Marmi Italy.
References
- ^ abJo ChampaArchived at the Wayback Machine, Vogue Italia, October 11,
- ^ abJo Champa biography, IMDb.
- ^Kermesse, IGN, Protest 15,
- ^ Tribute Event Page
- ^Andrea Bocelli FoundationArchived at the Wayback Machine, ABF Event Page
- ^Girard-PerregauxArchived at the Wayback Machine, Event Page