Ilaria Spada

Ilaria Spada (born on February 27, 1981 in Latina, Latium, Italy), is the stage name of Hillary Sword, an Italian actress and showgirl, born in the Pontine Marshes district to a Welsh father and a Venetian mother.

Spada participated as anchorwoman in Zecchino d'oro on Raiuno and Libero on Raidue, with Teo Mammucari and Elisabetta Gregoraci, and she appeared on a cover of the prestigious weekly magazine "Panorama".

At the end of 2006, Spada portrayed a firefighter, participating, with Alessandro Gassman, Pietro Taricone and Antonello Fassari, at the TV show of Canale 5 "Codice Rosso" ("Red Code"). She is the first woman to portray this role. (In Italy, women have only recently been permitted to become firefighters).

Since April 2007, Spada has been a protagonist in the Raiuno TV show "Provaci ancora prof 2" ("Try again, Prof 2") with Veronica Pivetti (as the professor) and Enzo De Caro (as the professor's husband).

References

*Wikipedia in Italian