Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, painter, television presenter, actress and former model. She began her professional career as a fashion model in the mid-1960s. Around that time she met the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí and would remain his closest friend and muse for the next 15 years. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, she was a million-album-selling disco queen, mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia , signed to Ariola Records . Her best-selling album is Sweet Revenge and her biggest hits include "Blood and Honey ", "Tomorrow ", "Queen of Chinatown ", "Follow Me ", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me) ", "The Sphinx " and "Fashion Pack ".
Amanda Lear in 2010
By the mid-1980s, Lear had positioned herself as one of the leading media personalities in Italy, thanks to media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi , who offered her hosting the prime time entertainment show Premiatissima on the newly launched Canale 5 . She then went on to host the popular show W le donne in Italy, adapted in France as Cherchez la femme , and Ars Amanda on the national Italian network RAI . Since the 1990s, her time has been divided between music, television, movies and painting. Despite regular album releases, she failed to achieve major success in charts with her music. However, her television career has remained stellar and she has hosted numerous successful TV shows, mostly in Italy and France, such as Il brutto anatroccolo and Cocktail d'amore . Lear has occasionally made guest appearances in French and Italian TV series. She has also performed acting and dubbing roles in independent as well as major film productions.
Year
Title
Channel
Role
1973
The 1980 Floor Show
NBC , USA
Performer
1978
Stryx [ 1]
Rai 2 , Italy
1980
Mostra internazionale di musica leggera [ 2]
Rai 1 , Italy
Hostess
1981
Supersonica [ 3]
Telemontecarlo , Italy
Hostess, performer
1981–1982
Grey Street [ 3]
1982–1984
Premiatissima [ 4] [ 5]
Canale 5 , Italy
1983
Ma chi è Amanda? [ 6]
Hostess
1984–1986
W le donne [ 5] [ 7]
Hostess, performer
1985
Miss Italia
Hostess
1986
Cherchez la femme
La Cinq , France
Hostess, performer
1989
Ars Amanda [ 8]
Rai 3 , Italy
Hostess
1991–1992
Buonasera
Rete 4 , Italy
1992–2014
Les Grosses Têtes
TF1 , France
Participant
1993–1994
Méfiez-vous des blondes [ 9] [ 10]
Hostess
1995–1996
Peep! [ 11]
RTL 2 , Germany
Hostess, performer
1996
La notte dei teleratti [ 12]
Rai 3, Italy
Hostess
1998–2000
Il brutto anatroccolo [ 13]
Italia 1 , Italy
1998–1999
Ciao Darwin
Canale 5, Italy
Judge
Buon capodanno
Hostess
2002–2003
Cocktail d'amore [ 14] [ 15]
Rai 2, Italy
2002
Tendance [ 16]
Match TV, France
2003
La grande notte [ 17]
Rai 2, Italy
2004
La talpa (episode 1 only) [ 18]
2005–2007
Ballando con le stelle (seasons 1, 2 and 4) [ 19]
Judge
2008
La folle histoire du disco
France 3 , France
Hostess
The Singing Office [ 20]
SKY Vivo , Italy
Judge
Sfida tra sexy star a Hollywood [ 21]
E! , Italy
Hostess
Summer of the 70s [ 22] [ 23]
Arte , France
2011
Ciak... si canta! (season 3)
Rai 1, Italy
Judge
2014–2015
Si può fare!
2018
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? [ 24]
Cielo , Italy
Hostess
2019
Sanremo Young
Rai 1, Italy
Judge
2023
Drag Race France (season 2)
France.tv Slash , France
Judge
Year
Title
Role
Channel
1969
Der Kommissar
Model
ZDF , West Germany
1988
Marc et Sophie [ 25]
Astrologer
TF1 , France
1989
Maguy
Antenne 2 , France
1992
Piazza di Spagna
Herself
Canale 5 , Italy
1996
L'@mour est à réinventer
Neighbour
Arte , France
1998
Les Années bleues
Mathilde
TF1, France
2000
Blague à part
Herself
Canal+ , France
2001
Un gars, une fille [ 26]
Herself
France 2 , France
2004
Sous le soleil
Sonia Rio
TF1, France
2008
Avocats et Associés
Herself
France 2, France
Un posto al sole
Death
Rai 3 , Italy
2012
Scènes de ménages
Marion's aunt
M6 , France
2014
Nos chers voisins
Armella
TF1, France
2021
Camping Paradis
Marie-Hélène
2023
Hashtag Boomer
Herself
OCS , France
Escort Boys
Herself
Amazon Prime
Year
Title
Role
1968
Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens
Fun and Games for Everyone
1970
Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising
1978
Follie di notte (Crazy Nights )
Herself
Loggerheads (Zio Adolfo in arte Führer )
Singer
1985
Grottenolm
Dr. Ludmilla Nerovna
1993
Une Femme pour moi (TV film)
Françoise
1998
Bimboland
Gina
2002
Le Défi (Dance Challenge )[ 27]
Birgit
2006
Starfuckers [ 28]
Herself
2007
Un Amour de fantôme (TV film)
Elizabeth
Oliviero Rising
Antonietta
2008
Bloody Flowers [ 29]
Charlotte de Saint-Martin
8th Wonderland
TV presenter
2009
Panique au ministère (TV film)
Cécile
2011
Le Grand Restaurant II (TV film)
Agathe
2012
Nom de code: Rose (TV film)
Manoue
2013
Jodorowsky's Dune
Herself
2017
Metti una notte
Lulù
2020
Si muore solo da vivi
Giusy Ganaglia
Miss
Marraine
2022
Queen Lear (TV film)
Herself
2023
Maison de retraite 2
Barbie
2024
To Live, To Die, To Live Again
Leolia
Year
Title
Role
2005
Gigolo
Woman
Memorias de Arkaran [ 30]
2008
Encore une nuit de merde dans cette ville pourrie
Barmaid
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