Anna Falchi was born Anna Kristiina Palomäki on 22 April 1972 in Tampere Finland the daughter of an Italian father Benito Tito and Finnish mother Karina Anna has a brother Saro and a half brother in Sweden Peter same father In 1978 at the age of six she moved to Italy with her family She started her career as a model She first appeared on television in a commercial for an Italian bank in 1992 The ad starred Paolo Villaggio and was directed by the celebrated Federico Fellini This helped her launch a film career starting with Nel continente nero On the Dark Continent in 1993 She appeared in many films since including the 1994 fantasy movie Desideria e LAnello del Drago the 1997 film La principessa e il povero and the 2005 comedy Nessun messaggio in segreteria She has also been a popular television personality hosting various specials on Italian television She is less known in the English speaking world Some know her as the lead female in a film called Dellamorte Dellamore which was released in the US as Cemetery Man