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at the age of five he moved to France with his family. As a teenager, he enrolled at the National Higher Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris,where he also studied solfeggio, history and theory of dance and classical music and dance. In dance he accumulates a number of remarkable experiences, coming to work with some of the biggest names in the history of dance. After studying with Ghislaine Thesmar, she made her debut as a dancer at the Zurich Opera at the age of 15. At the age of 18 she moved to the United States where she worked with George Balanchine, director of the prestigious New York City Ballet, who called her to join the dance troupe. With the New York City Ballet he also makes a summer tour in some of the major European cities during which he performs in well-known works such as Agonand others; he also works a Chicago theater company, the Chicago City Ballet

Back in Europe, she becomes prima ballerina and takes part in important performances including Carmen and Fedra at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, under the direction of Maja Plissetskaya. He then worked on L’angelo Azzurro at the Verdi Theater in Trieste, under the direction of Maestro Roland Petit. Martines is recognized as an étoile: her technique, elegance, class and serenity of execution are appreciated as well as physical beauty as Vittoria Ottolenghi will underline, among others. He is also the protagonist of an Adriana Lecouvreurdirected by Mauro Bologninialways at the Opera House.

After her studies and work experience as a classical dancer, she was noticed by Gianni Boncompagni who invited her, in 1985, first as a television star; she is thus a guest of Raffaella Carrà and then launches her, in the following autumn, in the TV program Pronto, chi gioca? After her studies and work experience as a classical dancer, she was noticed by Gianni Boncompagni who invited her, in 1985, first as a television star; she is thus a guest of Raffaella Carrà and then launches her, in the following autumn, in the TV program Later he works alongside Pippo Baudo with whom he arrives on Saturday evening with Fantastico 7 in 1986. Performs many ballets and some choreographic and musical duets with Lorella Cuccarini.

Before the Saturday night variety show, however, his name is on the bill in Nervi where, in July 1986, great dance stars perform. In February 1987 he was a guest in two episodes of the Canale 5 show Sandra e Raimondo Show where, among other things, he performed two choreographies by Gino Landi, and in November of the same year in two episodes of Fantastico 8 with Adriano Celentano where he performs in choreography by Roland Petit: Il pipistrello and Codrille. In July 1987 he presented live from Piazza di Spagna alongside Alessandro Cecchi Paone Donna sotto le stelle, an annual social event with Italian fashion. In those years she was often a guest on various TV programs and the press talked a lot about her also for the sentimental story with the actor Urbano Barberini.

In 1988 he took part as a regular guest in the television varietyEuropa Europatogether with Fabrizio Frizzi and Elisabetta Gardini, together with the étoile Denys Ganio and with the choreography of Dennis Wayne. He also dances in two episodes of the Rai 2 Cinema, what madness!impersonating Marlene Dietrich. Participate in the Fiuggi award by performing a Cats choreography with Denys Wayne. In 1989 he again starred in Fantastico 10 alongside Massimo Ranieri, Anna Oxaand Giancarlo Magalli. Immediately after, the TV miniseries aired on Rai 1 Passi d’amore directed by Sergio Sollima where Martines is the protagonist and alongside, among others, Daniel Olbrychski; it is Alessandra Martines’ first role as an actress; the TV film achieved great success with ratings of nearly nine million viewers.

He also starts acting for the cinema. In 1987 she was offered a role by director Pál Sándor, who at that time was looking for a dancer for his film Miss Arizona; she stands alongside Marcello Mastroianni and Hanna Schygulla. In 1988 he starred in We will be happy of which Alessandra is co-star along with Amanda Sandrelliand Jo Champa. In 1989 she played the role of Princess Alina, in Sinbad of the Seven Seasby Enzo G. Castellari produced by Cannon Filmsand with Lou Ferrigno. He later starred in a theatrical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s Apartment, directed by Franca Valeri, obtaining a good success.

In 1991 Lamberto Bava proposed her the leading role in the TV film Fantaghirò; she next to Alessandra she plays Kim Rossi Stuart. The remarkable success of Bava’s film makes Alessandra Martines one of the best-known faces of Italian television. In 1992 he won a Telegatto as best protagonist for the series. The Fantaghirò saga will include four other films, the last of which was shot in 1996. He is also the protagonist of an episode of Rai 1’s Variety show in which, in each episode, Pippo Baudo celebrates two successful characters from the world of entertainment. In April 1993 Colpo di codawas broadcast with Stefania Sandrelli and Giancarlo Giannini in which Alessandra plays a young lawyer. From this moment on, she is more and more an actress and less and less a dancer.

In the period of maximum success, Alessandra meets the French director Claude Lelouch, who first writing for the commercial of a perfume, then offers her the role of Alessandra Barrucq in L’amante del tuo amante è la mia amante (1993), and two years later, that of Elise Ziman in I miserabili, alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo. For this intense interpretation, Alessandra wins the Silver Ephebe in 1996 in Agrigento as the best female interpreter. The film also won the Golden Globe for best foreign film as well as some awards in France. Occasionally a model for glossy magazines such as Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar, in 1993, on the occasion of the theatrical release of The lover of your lover is my lover, she shows in Paris for Dior.