Biography

María Belén Rodríguez Cozzani; better known as Belén Rodríguez or Belén, is an Argentine television personality, actress and model. Based in Milan since 2004, Rodríguez has hosted variety shows and appeared in television commercials and films. She is considered a sex symbol of the 2000s and 2010s, and has posed for nude calendars. The international press has called Rodríguez "the Rioplatense Sophia Loren" and "the Italian Sara Carbonero". She hosted the February 2011 Sanremo Music Festival, the third Argentine (after Valeria Mazza and Lola Ponce).
- IMDb mini biography by: TY

Presenter, model, actress, entrepreneur. She began her career at 17 as a model in Argentina, the USA and Mexico and immediately achieved great success. Since 2005, she has continued her career in Italy and in 2007 she arrived on TV hosting the Rai3 comedy program Taiyo Yamanouchi Tintoria. Over the years, many other programs followed: Il Circo Massimo Show (Rai 3), Pirati (Rai2), L'Isola dei Famosi (Rai2), where she ranked second, Scherzi a parte (Canale 5), Sarabanda (Canale 5), of which she also recorded the theme song, thus making her debut as a singer, Stiamo tutti bene (Rai2), the Sanremo Music Festival, in 2010, alongside Toto Cutugno in the evening of duets, and in 2011 and 2012 (for the first two evenings) as host with Gianni Morandi and Elisabetta Canalis, Colorado, Radio Italia Live (with Enrico Ruggeri, from Piazza Duomo in 2012), Arena di Verona, lo spettacolo sta per iniziare (Canale 5, in 2015 alongside Paolo Bonolis), Italia's Got Talent (for three editions on Canale 5), Tu Sì que vales (Canale 5, from 2014 to 2022), Amici (in 2012 in the dance troupe), Pequenos Gigantes (Canale 5), Le iene (Italia1). She also has different experiences as an actress: she made her film debut with Natale in Sudafrica, and then was the protagonist of Se sei così, ti dico sì and the voice actress of the animated film Gladiatori di Roma. At the same time, over the years, she has always continued her career as a model, she was the protagonist of the Max calendar (2008), she posed for Playboy, she was the testimonial of numerous brands, including worldwide, and she was also the protagonist of the commercial Tim. As an entrepreneur, in 2014 the Me-Fui line of swimwear, out of water and accessories was born, designed and created together with her sister Cecilia Rodriguez, while in 2021 she founded, together with her brothers Cecilia and Jeremias Rodriguez, the Hinnominate project, a loungewear collection of clothing for men and women. Furthermore, from February 2023 the new fashion brand conceived and created by Belén and dedicated to all women is available in Mar De Margaritas stores.
- IMDb mini biography by: EndemolShine Italy