Elisabetta Fantone

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Elisabetta Fantone (born August 12, 1982 in Montreal , Québec ) is a Canadian actress , model , artist and author .

Life

Fantone was born in Montreal in 1982. Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Italy , their parents' homeland. When he was eight, Fantone returned to Montreal. During high school she took singing, dancing and acting classes. In addition, she completed various language classes as well as courses in furniture and jewelry design. In college , she attended Creative Arts and began painting alongside acting. During this time she was able to cast her first smaller film and television roles, for example in the 2002 comedy Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia . After college, Fantone founded the design label Specs Interiors .

In 2006, Fantone became known to a wider audience when she took part in the Endemol reality show Loft Story , the Canadian equivalent of Big Brother . She then started her acting career with roles in series such as Blue Mountain State and The Glades and starred in television and feature films such as Havana 57 and My Name Is Sandy .

Since 2006 Fantone has devoted himself artistically to portrait painting. Her work has since been exhibited in various galleries in Canada and the United States . Her first exhibition was entitled Various Faces , followed by various solo and group exhibitions as well as commissioned works for prominent clients such as Muhammad Ali , Gretchen Rossi and the Kardashian sisters.

In addition to acting and painting, Fantone works as a model. In addition to advertising campaigns for various fashion and cosmetics labels, she was featured as a cover girl on various magazines such as Men's Fitness and Summum Magazine . In 2007 Fantone was also active as a singer and released a remix of the song Feel by Robbie Williams in collaboration with the Canadian DJ MC Mario . In 2008 she also published the book Journal intime d'une Lofteuse , in which she tells her experiences during the reality show Loft Story .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV Shows

Exhibitions (selection)

The Fantones portrait series have been exhibited in various galleries and collections in Canada and the United States:

  • 2006: Various Faces (Pangée Gallery, Montreal)
  • 2009: Blonde Icons (Marché Bonsecours, Montreal)
  • 2011: Now and Then (Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto )
  • 2012: Artist's Rendering (Myra Galleries, Miami )
  • 2013: Faces Gone Pop (Kurbatoff Art Gallery, Vancouver )
  • 2013: Rock Royalty (Gallerie203, Montreal)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Myra Galleries Miami: Elisabetta Fantone. Retrieved January 23, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Cary Castagna: Model Elisabetta Fantone keeps in shape for work. In: Toronto Sun, Edition December 21, 2012 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Short biography on spokeo.com. Retrieved January 24, 2014 .
  4. ↑ MC Mario - Mixdown 2007. www.discogs.com, accessed January 24, 2014 (Title 5).
  5. ↑ Jasmyn Pozzo: Elisabetta Fantone Returns to Canada to Bring Pop-Art to Vancouver . In: Vancouver Observer, Edition April 10, 2013 ( online ).
  6. ↑ Elisabetta Fantone in the Thompson Landry Gallery Toronto. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 24, 2013 ; accessed on January 23, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Felix Kay: An Interview With Artist Elisabetta Fantone. vancitybuzz.com, accessed January 23, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Elisabetta Fantone in the Kurbatoff Art Gallery. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on September 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Fantone, Elisabetta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress, model, artist, and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada