# Eva Grimaldi

Eva Grimaldi (born Milva Perinoni; 7 September 1961) is an Italian actress and model.

## Biography

Born in Nogarole Rocca, Italy, Grimaldi debuted as a nude model in Playmen and as a soubrette in the Antonio Ricci's TV-show Drive In. She made her film debut in Federico Fellini's Intervista, and starred in Giuliano Carnimeo's cult horror film Ratman and Marina Ripa di Meana's Cattive ragazze. From then, she appeared in numerous films and TV-series, including works by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Damiano Damiani, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Marie Poiré and John Irvin. She was also very active on stage, working mainly with Pier Francesco Pingitore.

## Personal life

In 2020, she revealed that her relationship with actor Gabriel Garko had been invented by the production company as a publicity stunt. She married, in 2019, politician and activist Imma Battaglia.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1986 | Convent of Sinners | Sister Susanna Simonin | |
| 1987 | D'Annunzio | Viola | |
| 1987 | Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo | Flaminia Longheroni | Segment: "La scelta" |
| 1987 | Non scommettere mai con il cielo | Sebastiano's mistress | Cameo appearance |
| 1987 | The Black Cobra | Elys Trumbo | |
| 1987 | Intervista | Photographed woman | Uncredited |
| 1988 | Mia moglie è una bestia | Huc | |
| 1988 | Pathos | Pearl | |
| 1988 | Ratman | Marlis | |
| 1988 | Delitti e profumi | Porzia | |
| 1988 | Intimo | Thea | |
| 1989 | La maschera del demonio | Anibas | |
| 1989 | Paganini | Elisa Bonaparte | |
| 1990 | Alcune signore per bene | Kiki | |
| 1990 | I'll Be Going Now | Ines | |
| 1990 | Quiet Days in Clichy | Yvonne | |
| 1990 | Dames galantes | Jeanne De Tignoville | |
| 1991 | Abbronzatissimi | Elide | |
| 1991 | Per sempre | Berenice Rondi | |
| 1992 | Cattive ragazze | Alma Denver | |
| 1992 | L'angelo con la pistola | Teresa | |
| 1992 | Mutande pazze | Stefania | |
| 1993 | Abbronzatissimi 2: Un anno dopo | Stella | |
| 1994 | Dear Goddamned Friends | Topona | |
| 1995 | Les Anges gardiens | Regina Podium | |
| 1998 | Simpatici & antipatici | Michela | |
| 1998 | Paparazzi | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| 2005 | The Fine Art of Love | Simba | |
| 2015 | Babbo Natale non viene da nord | Ingrid | |
| 2016 | Il traduttore | Mirna | |
| 2018 | Il mio uomo perfetto | Lidia | |
| 2018 | Respiri | Virginia | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1986 | Ferragosto OK | Pia | Television movie |
| 1989 | Classe di ferro | Carmen | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin | Arlètte Forlano | Episode: "Rencontre avec le docteur Freud" |
| 1989 | Il vigile urbano | Mercedes | Episode: "Suona che ti passa" |
| 1990 | Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride | Brenda | Main role |
| 1996 | La signora della città | Nadiuska | Television movie |
| 1998 | Ladri si diventa | Vanessa | Television movie |
| 1999 | Tre stelle | Anna Folena | Television movie |
| 2001 | Occhi verde veleno | Federica Felici | Television movie |
| 2001–2003 | Il bello delle donne | Elfride De Contris | Main role |
| 2006 | Ballando con le Stelle | Contestant | Talent show (season 3) |
| 2007–2010 | Caterina e le sue figlie | Eleonora Gatti | Recurring role |
| 2008 | Mogli a pezzi | Sofia La Capra | Main role |
| 2010–2014 | Il peccato e la vergogna | Liliana Pratesi | Main role |
| 2011 | Viso d'angelo | Miriam Capeci | Main role |
| 2014 | Pechino Express | Contestant | Reality show (season 3) |
| 2021–2022 | Grande Fratello VIP | Contestant | Reality show (season 6) |