Federica Ridolfi is an Italian television personality and occasional actress. Her father is actor Gianni Ridolfi, who appeared alongside screen legends Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in various films. She is known as a popular sex symbol within Italy but hasn’t yet made much noise in North America. In 2000, Federica Ridolfi landed her first acting gig with a brief appearance in the Italian television miniseries La Casa delle beffe, costarring Anna Falchi and Pippo Franco.
In January 2003, she played Marina in the comedy La Palestra, a TV-movie starring Valeria Marini and Maurizio Mattioli. Also in 2003, she appeared on TV’s Ci vediamo in tribunale and Il Processo di Biscardi. She has been romantically linked with various football players in Italy’s Serie A and is known for appearing on programming involving football which is Italy’s national sport. In 2005, she joined the long-running Italian football program Quelli che… il calcio, a sports-oriented variety program that is broadcast live from Milan. The popular show mixes coverage of Italian Serie A soccer in real time with comedy and music. In 2007, she began to participate in another football oriented show that features sketch comedy and political humor. In 2005, she appeared in Max magazine (not to be confused with Maxim) and in 2007 made askmen.com’s list of top 99 women in 2007.