- Born
- Birth nameElena Anna Staller
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Ilona Staller was born on November 26, 1951 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress and director, known for Skin Deep (1979), Voglia di donna (1978) and Aszex (1990). She was previously married to Jeff Koons.
- SpouseJeff Koons(June 1, 1991 - 1998) (divorced, 1 child)
- Low cut pink dress that exposes one breast
- In September 1999, Staller admitted that she had been a spy for the Hungaran Communist Party in her youth. Staller told a television interviewer that she was recruited in Budapest when she was a 19-year old a waitress working at a major international hotel.
- Founded the Love Party with the late Italian movie star Moana Pozzi to fight for the legalization of brothels, "love parks" and better sex education.
- Starred in a hardcore porn movie with American porn legend John Holmes in 1986 towards the end of his career, not knowing that Holmes was HIV-positive. Holmes continued to work in the business despite being infected with the virus linked to deadly AIDS because he needed the money to support his cocaine habit. Thankfully, Staller did not contract the infection from him and years later gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
- In 1987 she was polemically elected in the Italian Parliament (Radical Party)
- Stage name "Cicciolina" derived from her radio talk show "do you want to sleep with me?" which aired on "Radio Luna" in the 70s from midnight to 2 AM and was centered around erotic tales/experiences told by the callers who Ilona Staller addressed by the nickname "Cicciolino" or "Cicciolina". The talk show was a big hit also due to the erotic content and the made-up word eventually got into the language as a synonym of "cuddles" .
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