Vanessa Hessler

Career

Modeling Hessler worked for Donna sotto le stelle and Notte Mediterranea, both on TV. In 2004, she was chosen for Korff's advertising campaign and for Alta Roma Alta Moda, the Rome fashion week.

She lives in Rome and Washington, D.C., and appeared in commercials for Baby Star, Nara Camicie, and Gilli.

Hessler planned to work in television, and in early 2006 she wanted to replace Alessia Marcuzzi to host Le Iene, but lost to Cristina Chiabotto.

Hessler has appeared in advertising for GUESS, Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, L'Oréal, and Ferrero SpA. In February 2010, she walked for the Fall 2010 Prada show in Milan.

In March 2006, she made her debut as a TV show host at the Festival di Sanremo with Claudia Cedro, Francesca Lancini, and Marta Cecchetto.

Controversy Hessler was the face of the DSL brand "Alice" (a service of Telefónica Europe) in both Germany and France until late October 2011. Telefónica Europe decided to terminate her contract due to her personal connections to, and public support for, the deposed Gaddafi family (she having been in a relationship with Mutassim Gaddafi, fourth son of Muammar Gaddafi) stating that she had "failed to distance herself from her comments on the conflict in Libya."

Acting Hessler appeared in the 2005 film Christmas in Miami (Italian: Natale a Miami), along with Christian De Sica, and consequently her popularity soared. She plays Greek princess, Irina, in the 2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques), a film that also stars Clovis Cornillac, Alain Delon, and Gérard Depardieu. She also plays the leading female role in For A Night of Love (Italian: Per una notte d'amore), which was filmed in Italy and released in 2008 as a two-part TV special,

Filmography