Francesca Fagnani

Italian journalist and TV presenter

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Francesca Fagnani (born 25 November 1976) is an Italian journalist, writer and television presenter.
Early life Francesca Fagnani was born in Rome, Italy, on 25 November 1976, to a family from Cagnano Amiterno, Abruzzo.
Fagnani graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in modern literature.
Career Fagnani subsequently volunteered to work at RAI's New York office, where she did an internship with journalist Giovanni Floris before returning to Italy.
She stayed there until 2010.

Francesca Fagnani (born 25 November 1976) is an Italian journalist, writer and television presenter. She is known as the host of the Italian television interview series Belve and its spin-off, Belve Crime.

Early life

Francesca Fagnani was born in Rome, Italy, on 25 November 1976, to a family from Cagnano Amiterno, Abruzzo. She has a fraternal twin sister.

Fagnani graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in modern literature. She obtained a doctorate in Dante philology from New York University, and was in New York City to witness the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Career

Fagnani subsequently volunteered to work at RAI's New York office, where she did an internship with journalist Giovanni Floris before returning to Italy. In Rome, she worked with journalist Giovanni Minoli, before making her debut as an investigative journalist on Michele Santoro's television program AnnoZero in 2006. She stayed there until 2010. From 2013 to 2020, Fagnani wrote for Il Fatto Quotidiano and La Repubblica, and focused mainly on covering organized crime. Since March 2018, she has been the host of the Italian television interview series Belve, which consists of face-to-face interviews between Fagnani and "beasts", strong personalities from the world of entertainment, politics or news. Belve Crime, a spin-off series hosted by Fagnani and focused on figures from crime news, debuted in June 2025.

Fagnani co-hosted the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.