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Daughter of stuntman Luigi Mannoia and sister of stuntman/actor Maurizio Mannoia.

Great success came when she changed labels to DDD and subsequently won the Critic's Prize at the Sanremo Music Festival for two years in a row.

During her career, Fiorella Mannoia has sung in a number of languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese and English, as well as Neapolitan and her native Italian.

Fiorella Mannoia's first film role as a stunt woman was at the age of 13 in the film Non cantare, spara! ("Don't Sing, Shoot!") (1968).

In the Spring of 1968, she participated in Un disco per l'estate ("A Record for Summer"), a Summer song festival broadcast on RAI, with the song Gente qua, gente là ("People Here, People There").

In 1981, she performed at the Sanremo Music Festival with Caffè nero bollente ("Boiling Black Coffee"), (written by Mimmo Cavallo and arranged by Antonio Coggio) which made her widely known in Italy.

During her career, Fiorella Mannoia has won the prestigious Targa Tenco (Tenco Prize) for Italian singers five times. She is the only performer to have won the Targa Tenco in this category more than once.

On 2 June 2005 the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, conferred on Fiorella Mannoia the rank of Ufficiale (Officer) in the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy).

Fiorella Mannoia's father Luigi was an Italian film stuntman, and Fiorella, her brother Maurizio and sister Patrizia began work in this area as children.

She debuted in the world of music at the Castrocaro Music Festival in 1968, singing Un bambino sul leone ("A Child on the Lion") by Adriano Celentano.

In the early 70s, she had minor roles in the spaghetti Westerns Un colt in mano del diavolo ("A Colt in the Hand of the Devil") (1972), E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo ("And on the Third Day, the Crow Arrived") (1973) and Sei bounty killers per una strage ("Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre") (1973).

In 2000, Fiorella Mannoia was invited to the 50th Festival of Sanremo as Italian Super Host.

Supporter of the center-left Italian Democratic Party (PD) led by Walter Veltroni.