Manuela Arcuri is an Italian actress and fashion model. At a very early age she was attracted to showbusiness, and she became a fashion model; in 1995 she played parts in soap operas and in her first movie , Black Holes directed by Pappi Corsicato; then she had a supporting role in Graduates directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni, which brought her to the attention of the moviegoing public. She continued acting in other movies and stage productions, such as A pretty story of a woman e Liolà at the side of Gianfranco Jannuzzo and under the direction of Gigi Proietti. In 2000 Manuela Arcuri, now considered a sex symbol, appears in a calendar for the magazine GenteViaggi; the following year, another calendar, this time for the magazine Panorama, obtaining great success that consolidated her reputation and helped her land a role in the TV series Carabinieri; in 2001 she hosted the TV show Mai dire Goal with the Gialappa's Band; 2002 is the year for her crowning as a TV star , by co-hosting Sanremo 'Festival (2002) alongside Pippo Baudo and her colleague, actress Vittoria Belvedere. In 2003 she co-hosted with Teo Teocoli and Anna Maria Barbera, the eighth series of the TV comedy show Scherzi a parte.