Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Jo Champa is a Actor American born on 23 january 1968 at Long Branch (USA)

Jo Champa

Jo Champa
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Best films
  • Family
  • Characters
  • Awards
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1968 (56 years) at Long Branch (USA)

Jo Champa (born January 23, 1968) is an actress and model.

Champa was born in 1968 in New Jersey, but grew up in Rome, Italy. She became a model there as a teenager. Before the age of 18, she was already one of Gianni Versace's favorite models. As such she turned to the Italian film industry in 1986, with various screen acting assignments, for directors including Claude d'Anna (Salome, 1986), Ettore Scola (The Family, 1987), Massimo Troisi (Le vie del Signore sono finite, 1987), and Damiano Damiani (Il Sole Buio, 1990). At the top of her career, Champa returned to the United States, starring in Steven Seagal's Out for Justice (1991), followed two years later by Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha (1993), and then Don Juan DeMarco (1994) by Jeremy Leven. Later in the 90s, she mostly worked for television guest starring in TV series such as Walker, Texas Ranger, JAG, and CSI: Miami. Champa can also be found in Helmut Newton's book Sumo where he found her to be one of his favorite models. Most recently she was in Somewhere (2010), directed by Sofia Coppola.

In Italy she has hosted the very successful fashion TV show for RAI TV, Kermesse. Champa has also served as special contributing editor and columnist for the Italian edition of Vogue and L'Uomo Vogue. Italian Vogue has written that, "She is an icon of Italian style. We love her because she is a refined and creative woman, a tireless supporter of Italian cinema and culture in the United States.”

She received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2009.

She has produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences the tribute event "An Academy Tribute to Sophia Loren", with special guest Sophia Loren, with Billy Crystal hosting John Travolta, Christian De Sica and Rob Marshall among many others.

In December 2011 she produced the launch of the Andrea Bocelli Foundation at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, with a dinner and special performance starring Andrea Bocelli. She was the producer of the prime time special of that same event for Sky Italia.

In June 2012 she hosted and moderated a Special Evening for David and Susan Rockefeller at MOMA in New York presenting Susan Rockefeller’s documentary, Mission of Mermaids.

Usually with

Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola
(1 films)
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola
(1 films)
Bridget Fonda
Bridget Fonda
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jo Champa (16 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2010SomewhereActressPupi's Wife
2009UncorkedActressHeidi
2007Pandemic (miniseries)ActressAria Beutefeldt
2001The Whole ShebangActressMaria
1996Stella's FavorActressStefania
1995Don Juan DeMarcoActressSultana Gulbeyaz
1994Beretta's IslandActressCeleste
1994Direct HitActressSavannah
1994Monkey TroubleActress
1993Little BuddhaActressMaria
1991Out for JusticeActressVicky Felino
1990The Dark SunActressLucia Isgrò
1989The Jeweller's ShopActressAnna
1987The FamilyActressAdriana as a young woman
1987The ways of the Lord are overActressVittoria
1986SalomeActressSalome