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Lodovica Comello
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Information
Full Name

Lodovica Comello

Nickname(s)

Lodo Comello
Lodo
Dudu
Dodo

Gender

Female

Born

April 13, 1990 (age 33)

Eye Color

Hazel

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Occupation

Actress
Dancer
Singer
TV-hostess

Years active

2009-present

Role

Francesca Caviglia

Lodovica Comello, (born April 13, 1990) is an Italian actress, dancer, singer and TV-hostess, famous for her role as Francesca Caviglia on Violetta, a Disney Channel Latin American Original Series. She is best friends with Candelaria Molfese and Alba Rico. Lodo is also good friends with Jorge Blanco, Ruggero Pasquarelli, Clara Alonso, Nicolás Garnier, Facundo Gambandé, Martina Stoessel, Pablo Espinosa and Diego Domínguez.

Early Life

Lodovica was born and raised in San Daniele del Friuli, Italy, near Udine in Friuli. She demonstrated her passion for art, acting, dance, guitar from a very young age. She started guitar lessons at age 8. In high school, she studied music theory and participated in dance and acting in her spare time. She attended I.S.I.S. Superiore Vincenzo Manzini, a public high school in San Daniele del Friuli. During her time at school, she won a science writing contest and was awarded a trip to Austria. She graduated high school in 2008. After completing her high school studies, she auditioned for and later took courses in music at M.A.S.: Music Arts & Show, a drama school in Milan, Italy in 2009. She attended M.A.S. from 2009 to 2011. In 2009, she was cast as a performer for the "Il Mondo di Patty" tour, the Italian version of the widely successful Argentine children's program, Patito Feo. The tour held concerts in Italy and Spain. She also appeared as a backup vocalist for Brenda Asnicar's special section of the same tour in Italy.

Acting Career

While living in Milan and attending M.A.S., she learned of a Disney Channel Latin America casting search for Italian actors, who also spoke Spanish. Although she spoke little Spanish, Comello memorized and performed a short monologue in Spanish for her audition. One week after auditioning, she successfully obtained a role on Violetta, the network's latest tween musical television series. In 2011, Lodovica was announced as "Francesca", the best friend and classmate of the title character in the show. Filming for the program required Comello to move to Buenos Aires in mid-2011. Once cast in the series, Comello learned Spanish.

In November 2012, she filmed the second season of Violetta in Buenos Aires and Barcelona, Spain. It premiered on April 29, 2013. That same year, she provided the Italian voiceover for "Britney" in Monster's University. Comello returned to film the third and final season of "Violetta" which began production in Buenos Aires in March 2014 and ended in late November of that same year. The third season began airing in Argentina on July 28, 2014. The series finale aired in Latin America on February 6, 2015.

In late August 2016, Comello was revealed as a cast member in the Italian comedy film, "Poveri ma ricchi" ("Poor but rich" in English). The movie filmed in Rome and Milan and was released in Italian cinemas on 15 December 2016. The role is Comello's cinema debut and first live-action acting role since the completion of Violetta.

Music Career

2013–2015: Universo and Mariposa

On November 1, 2013, Comello released "Universo" ("Universe" in English), the lead single from her debut album of the same name; the album was later released on November 19, 2013, in Italy, Spain and Argentina. The album features nine tracks co-written by Comello and one English-language cover of I Only Want To Be With You. Comello recorded acoustic versions of the title track, "Universo" in Spanish and Italian. The album's second single was "Otro día más". The music video was filmed in Barcelona, Spain and premiered on her official YouTube channel in March 2014.

In May 2014, Comello announced plans to embark on a world tour in 2015. A special website was created to allow fans to vote on various international cities for possible concert locations in Latin America, Europe, Israel, and the United States. The music video for her third single, "I Only Want To Be With You" premiered on her official VEVO channel on September 5, 2014.

In 2014, Comello began writing songs for her sophomore album during breaks on the set while filming the final season of Violetta in Buenos Aires. She recorded material in Buenos Aires on the weekends when the show was not filming. On January 24, 2015, Comello announced to fans via her official Twitter account that her second album, Mariposa (English: "Butterfly"), would be released on February 3, 2015, in Italy. The album was subsequently released on iTunes for Europe and Latin America a few weeks later. The album contains 12 songs in Spanish, Italian and English. She co-wrote most of the album's songs with the exception of "Un posto libero", "We Are Family" and "Crazy Love". The album's deluxe edition contains five Italian-language translations of some of the album's original Spanish songs. Comello skipped the 2015 world tour with the cast of Violetta in order to focus on promoting her material as a solo artist. Her world tour began in Rome with two sold-out shows on February 1, 2015. She toured throughout Italy from February until mid-March, and then in June, July, and October. The tour included shows in Spain, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, and France.

The album's lead single, "Todo El Resto No Cuenta" (English: All the rest does not count), was released on iTunes on January 30, 2015. The single's music video premiered one day later. The album debuted at #13 on the Italian Album charts. Mariposa's second single, "Sin usar palabras" (English: Without saying a word), features Spanish singer Abraham Mateo. Comello also released a Polish version of "Sin usar palabras" featuring Szymon Chodyniecki. Her world tour to support the release of Mariposa ended on October 25, 2015, in Naples, Italy.

2016–present: Upcoming third studio album

On May 13, 2016, Comello released the Italian-language song, "Non cadiamo mai" (" We never fall" in English), as the lead single from her upcoming untitled third studio album. The release of the single conceded with the season 4 finale of "Italia's Got Talent", which aired that same night in Italy. Comello co-wrote the song, and a Spanish-language version is expected to be released. The music video for the single premiered one day prior to her official VEVO channel.

On December 12, 2016, it was confirmed by festival organizers that Comello would be taking part in the 2017 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, considered the greatest music festival in Italy. The winner of the festival is offered a chance to represent Italy in Eurovision. She participated with the song, Il cielo non mi basta. The Sanremo Music Festival was held from 7 February to 11 February 2017. Comello finished in 12th place out of 16 finalists. Directed by her husband, the official music video for Il cielo non mi basta, was released on her official VEVO account in Italy on February 8, 2017. The song peaked at 37 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart, becoming the first single of her music career to enter on the chart. On 5 May 2017, she released her first single, 50 Shades of Colours, from her upcoming third studio album. The music video, filmed in Rome, was premiered as an exclusive for Corriere della Sera, the Milan-based newspaper. Comello performed three concerts in Rome on 19 May, in Milan on 26 May, and in Udine on 21 July to promote her new music.

Other Ventures

On April 2, 2015, Comello released her autobiography, Tutto il resto non conta: la musica, Buenos Aires, e un pollo al curry con chi dico io, in Italy; she wrote the book while living in Buenos Aires during the filming of Violettas final season: to promote the book, Comello embarked on several book signings throughout Italy in April 2015 ; the book was later translated into Polish, and she held a signing in Warsaw on May 9, 2015.

In September 2015, Comello was announced as the new host for the 7th season of Italia's Got Talent. Auditions began in Milan in late 2015; the 7th season of Italia's Got Talent premiered on March 16, 2016, on Sky Uno, where it aired weeknights. The finale was held in Rome and aired live on May 13, 2016, for the Italian network, TV8. Comello is the host of the new music-themed game show, "Singing in the Car", which premiered on September 5, 2016, in Italy on the network, TV8.

Comello is the host of the children's talent show, "Kid's Got Talent", the spin-off of "Italia's Got Talent". The show premiered on 18 December 2016 on TV8 in Italy.

Personal Life

Comello has one older sister named Ilaria. In addition to her mother tongue, Italian, Comello speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Friulan (a language spoken in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy). She lived in Buenos Aires, settling in the Palmero neighborhood, for three years while working on Violetta. She moved back to Milan, Italy once production on the series ended in late November 2014. In 2012, Comello met Argentine television producer, Tomas Goldschmidt, on the set of Violetta. The couple dated for three years and later married in a small civil ceremony at the city hall in San Daniele del Friuli, Italy on April 1, 2015.

In November 2019, Comello announced to fans via Instagram that she and her husband are expecting their first child, a boy. Comello gave birth to her son, Teo, in March 2020. The family resides in Milan, Italy.

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role Notes

2017

"Poveri ma ricchissimi" (poor but very rich [of love])

Valentina

Sequel of "Poveri ma ricchi"

2016 "Poveri ma ricchi" (poor but rich [of love]) Valentina Film debut
2015 "Inside Out" Joy Italian-language voice over
2013 "Monster University" Britney Italian-language voice over

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2017 "Sanremo Music Festival " Contestant Music competition (finish in 12th-place)
2016/17 "Kid's Got Talent " Host Italia's Got Talent spin-off (Season 1)
2016 "Un posto al sole" (A Place in the Sun) Herself 1 episode (Italian Soap Opera)
2016–present Italia's Got Talent Host (Season 7-present)
"Singing in the Car" Host Reality TV game show
2012/15 Violetta Francesca Main Role (Seasons 1-3)

Web Series

Year Title Role Notes
2019 "Extravergine" (Extravirgin) Dafne Amoroso Italian-language mini series for FOX IT
2015 "Insopportabilmente donna" (Ubearably woman) Herself Episode: "Tipologie di amiche" ("Tipology of friends")
2012 "El V-Log de Francesca" (The Francesca's Vlog) Francesca Caviglia 16 Episodes

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Trivia

  • Her first single is called "Universo" (Universe).
  • Lodo is an Aries.
  • Her fans are called "Comellistas".
  • She has an older sister named Ilaria.
  • Her best friends on set are Alba Rico and Candelaria Molfese.
  • Lodovica runs a blog account (which she uses as her diary).[1]
  • She released first pop single, "Universo", in November of 2013, and it's from her full-length album of the same name.
  • Her debut album, Universo, peaked at number 22 in the Italian album chart, at number 56 in the Spanish album chart, and at number 12 in the Polish album chart. [2]
  • She is currently married to an Argentine producer named Tomas Goldschmidt, they wedded on April 1, 2015.[3][4]
  • She voiced the character 'Britney' in the Italian-dubbing of the movie Monsters University alongside her Violetta co-star Martina Stoessel.[5]
  • She is fluent in four languages, Spanish, Italian, English, and Friulan, the language of the Italian town where she and her family lived. [6]
  • She is originally from the Udine part of the province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in the Northeastern part of Italy. [6]
  • Her favorite Italian food is pizza, however, she doesn't like cheese.
  • When she was young, she was afraid of clowns. Her parents couldn't take her to a circus because if she saw a clown she would start crying. [7]
  • She said if she has a daughter, she wants to call her Mia, and if she has a son, she wants to call him Davide. [7]
    • Surprisingly, she has a son named Teo with her husband Tomas.
  • Her parents are Paolo and Anna Comello. [8]
  • She had her first crush at the age of 6, on a boy named Michele, who sat next to her at school. [7]
  • If she wasn't an actress, she would like to be a veterinarian, because she loves animals. [7]
  • She wants to visit Asian countries. [7]
  • She loves candy. When she starts to eat some, she can't stop eating it, so she has to eat the rest as well. [7]
  • Her favorite color is yellow.[9]
  • Her favorite music genres are Pop and Rock.[9]
  • Her favorite Disney movie is Pocahontas.[9]
  • Her favorite actors are Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep.[9]
  • Friendship is something that is very important to her.[9]
  • She loves the style of Serena van der Woodsen, the main character in the TV show "Gossip Girl".[9]
  • When she was young, she had a super-secret diary, but she doesn't write in it anymore.[9]
  • Her favorite songs from her album Universo are "Otro Dia Mas" and "I Only Want To Be With You" [10]
  • Her second single is called "Otro Día Más" (One More Day).
  • She has three tattoos; one on her shoulder of Bruce Springsteen's guitar, another tattoo on her right hip, and one with a bird and a flower. [11] [12]
  • She and Ruggero Pasquarelli talk to each other in Italian on set, so the others don't know what they're talking about.
  • She did a concert tour in 2015, and that meant that she didn't participate in the Violetta Live tour. [13][14]
  • Some of her favorite singers are Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Joss Stone.
  • The video for her debut single, "Universo", has been viewed over four million times on YouTube. [15]
  • She lived in Buenos Aires for 3 years, until she finished recording Violetta. Now, she lives in Italy.
  • Her third music video was released on September 5. It's the video for her song "I Only Want To Be With You", which was filmed by her husband Tomas Goldschmidt. [16]
  • She used to live in an apartment above Pablo Espinosa and below Jorge Blanco in Buenos Aires.
  • She really likes the Nintendo video game "Tomodachi Life" and she constantly mentions it on her Twitter and Instagram. [17]
  • She's 5ft 6in tall.
  • On February 3, 2015, she came out with her new album "Mariposa", which means "Butterfly" in English.[18]
  • On January 31, 2015, she released her fourth music video for the song "Todo El Resto No Cuenta", which is also featured on her new album.[19]
  • She released her first book "Tutto Il Resto Non Conta" (All the rest doesn't count) in Italy on April 2. In May 2015, she released the Polish version, called "Cała Reszta Nie Ma Znaczenia" [20] [21]
  • In February 2015 she went to Portugal to sing in the show "Portugal's Got Talent", where she sang "Todo El Resto No Cuenta".[22]
  • She went to Poland in February 2015 to shoot her music video for the Polish version of her song "Sin Usar Palabras".[23]
  • Her second album, Mariposa, peaked at number 13 in the Italian album chart, at number 16 in the Portuguese album chart, and at number 81 in the Spanish album chart. [24]
  • Her music video for the song "Sin Usar Palabras" (Without Words) was released on April 24, 2015.[25]
  • One of the songs on Mariposa, "Ci vediamo quando è buio", was inspired by something Alba Rico always said when she and Lodovica were missing their homes while working in Argentina. [26]
  • She attended day 2 of the Giffoni Film Festival 2015.[27]
  • Her tour ended on October 25, 2015, in Naples, Italy.
  • She's hosted "Italia's Got Talent 2016".[28]
  • She revealed in an interview that she'll be working on a third album soon. [29]
  • She performed on "Portugal's Got Talent" in 2015.
  • She wrote the song "Historia Blanca" for her niece Mia.[citation needed]
  • She went to Fnac Colombo in Lisbon, Portugal to sign CDs, and she also gave a small concert to fans for her second album Mariposa.[citation needed]
  • Lodovica released her single "Non Cadiamo Mai" worldwide on May 13, 2016, and the music video was released worldwide on May 12, 2016.[30]
  • Comello performed at the Milan pride parade on June 25, 2016.[31]
  • She went to a concert with the Danish band Lukas Graham in Milan on June 20, 2016.[32]
  • Lodovica is the host of the program "Singing in the car", produced by Italian TV8.[33]
  • Comello starred movie Poveri ma Ricchi (Poor but Rich) as Valentina. The movie premiered on December 15, 2016, in Italy.[34]
  • In March 2020, Comello gave birth to her son, Teo.[35]

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