Years active: 2008 - present (started around 23 years old; 16 years in the business)
Instagram follower count: 1.8m (as of November 2024)
About Miriam Leone
Miriam Leone is an Italian actress, TV presenter and beauty pageant titleholder.
Born in Catania, Italy, Leone lived her youth in Acireale, the daughter of a literature teacher, Ignazio Leone and Gabriella Leotta, employed in the municipality of Aci Catena.
She has a younger brother named Sergio.
She attended the "Gulli e Pennisi" classical high school in Acireale and at the end of her high school studies enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Catania, but did not finish her studies.
The young Sicilian participated in the "Miss Italy contest" in 2008 with the title of "Miss Prima dell'anno".
After being initially eliminated during the program, she was subsequently reinstated in the competition and won the "Miss Italia 2008" sash in the final, as well as the title of "Miss Cinema" awarded by Anna Strasberg of the Actors Studio, who also awarded a scholarship.
Leone co-presented "Unomattina estate" from 1 June to 11 September on Rai Uno.
In 2010 Leone was a judge on "Ciak! Si Canta".
Since 2010, she has been co-hosting "Mattina in famiglia" on Rai 1.
She also hosted the "Nastro d'Argento" award ceremony in 2011.
Also in 2011, she took part in an episode of the italian sitcom "Camera Cafe'" entitled "Constatazione amichevole" (5x08)
Leone began her acting career with small roles before obtaining the lead role in television series "Distretto di Polizia" (2011–12), "La dama velata" (2015) and "Non uccidere" (2015–18).
In 2018 she starred as the lead in the black comedy film "Metti la nonna in freezer".
Leone recited as Eva Kant in films based on the Diabolik comic series: "Diabolik" (2021), "Diabolik - Ginko on the attack!" (2022) and "Diabolik - Who are you?" (2023).
