Victoria Ellen Cabello (born 12 March 1975, in London) is an Italian television presenter, and actress.

Victoria Cabello

She was born in London to an Italian father and an English mother,[1] and grew up in Valsolda, a small town in the province of Como, just a few kilometers from Switzerland.[2]

Cabello started her television career in 1997 as one of MTV Italy's original VJs, where she hosted Select MTV from London. She also appeared on Italia 1's Le Iene (the Italian version of Caiga quien caiga) where she performed comic interviews with famous Italian and international celebrities. Between 2005 and 2008, Cabello hosted the talk show Very Victoria on MTV Italy.[3] In 2006, she hosted the 56th Sanremo Music Festival with Giorgio Panariello.[4] In 2009, she moved from MTV Italy to La7, where she hosted the talk show Victor Victoria – Niente è come sembra.

From September 2011 to May 2013, she hosted a show about football Quelli che... il Calcio on Rai 2.

In 2014, she replaced Simona Ventura as judge on the eighth season of the Italian version of X Factor alongside Fedez, Morgan, and Mika.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role(s) Notes
1995 Ragazzi della notte Sylvie
2008 Il cosmo sul comò Lady with an Ermine
2011 Rio Gioiel (voice) Italian dub; voice role
2012 Tell No One Herself Cameo appearance
2013 Border None Executive producer

Television

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Year Title Role(s) Notes
1997–1998 MTV Select Herself / Presenter Musical program
1998 MTV on the Beach Special
MTV Europe Music Awards Herself / Interviewer Annual ceremony
1998–2008 MTV Day Herself / Presenter Musical program
2000 MTV Video Music Awards Herself / Interviewer Annual ceremony
MTV Movie & TV Awards
World Pride Roma 2000 Special
2002–2007 Le Iene Herself / Reporter Information program (seasons 6–10)
2004 Cuore contro cuore Alice Recurring role
2004–2007 Drawn Together Toot Braunstein Main role; voice
2005 Isle of MTV Herself / Presenter Annual event
2005–2008 Very Victoria Talk show
2006 Sanremo Music Festival 2006 Herself / Co-host Annual music festival
2009–2010 Victor Victoria Herself / Presenter Talk show
2010 A un pelo dalla Victoria Herself Web series; lead role
2011–2013 Quelli che... il Calcio Herself / Presenter Sports program (season 19–20)
2014 The X Factor Herself / Judge Talent show (season 8)
2019 Scoprire la Cina – Galà dell'amicizia Italia – Cina Herself / Presenter Special
2022 Pechino Express Herself / Contestant Reality show (season 9)
2023 Victoria Cabello: Viaggi pazzeschi Herself / Host Docuseries

References

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  1. ^ Victoria Cabello sabellifioretti.it
  2. ^ Cabello, Victoria Ellen. "Description".
  3. ^ "Victoria Cabello: "I politici? Tra i rifiuti di Napoli"". La Stampa. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ^ "La carica di Victoria Cabello "Ora conquisto Sanremo"". La Repubblica. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2010.