Jo Champa
Jo Champa | |
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| Born | January 23, 1968 Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | Italian, American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
Jo Champa (born January 23, 1968) is an actress, producer and model.
Rosina Jo Champa was born in 1968 in
In 1998, 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 book Sumo where he found her to be one of his favorite models.[2]
In 2004 after many in vitro cycles she and her husband had a son, Sean Farrell.
Most recently, she was in Somewhere (2010), directed by Sofia Coppola.
In Italy, she has hosted the very successful fashion TV show for
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 culture in the United States."[1]
She received the America Award of the
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 Rob Marshall among many others.[4]
In December 2011, she produced the launch of the
In June 2012, 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 2015, she hosted the gala evening for Sky Italy of Andrea Bocelli's charitable foundation in Florence, Italy.
In 2016, 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 day 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 2017, again on SKYCinema in Italy.
On July 28, 2019, 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
- ^ a b Jo Champa Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Vogue Italia, October 11, 2010.
- ^ a b Jo Champa biography, IMDb.
- ^ Kermesse, IGN, March 15, 1997.
- ^ oscars.org Tribute Event Page
- ^ Andrea Bocelli Foundation Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, ABF Event Page
- ^ Girard-Perregaux Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine, Event Page
External links
- Jo Champa at IMDb
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