Editing Ilona Staller (section)

==Pornography and show business==
Naturalized through marriage and settled in Italy, Staller met pornographer [[Riccardo Schicchi]] in the early 1970s. Starting in 1973, she gained fame with her radio show called ''[[Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?]]'' on Radio Luna. For that program, she adopted the name Cicciolina,<ref name="Belfast Telegraph 2008"/> and she referred to her male fanbase and later the male members of the Italian Parliament as ''{{lang|it|cicciolini}}'' ("little tubby boys").<ref name="IMOW 2008" "="">{{cite web |date=2008 |title=Cicciolina's Sexual Politics |url=http://www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=1205 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527065638/http://www.imow.org/wpp/stories/viewStory?storyId=1205 |archive-date=27 May 2008 |access-date=31 March 2024 |publisher=International Museum of Women}}</ref>

[[File:L'ingenua.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Staller in the 1975 film ''[[L'ingenua]]'']]
Staller appeared in several films from 1970 but made her debut under her own name in 1975 with ''[[La liceale]]'' (also known as ''The Teasers''), where she played alongside [[Gloria Guida]] as her lesbian classmate. In 1978, during the [[RAI]] show ''C'era due Volte'', Staller's breasts were the first to be bared live on Italian TV.<ref name="Belfast Telegraph 2008"/> In 1983, she appeared in her first hardcore pornographic film, ''[[Telefono rosso]]'' (''Red Telephone''). Staller produced the film together with Schicchi's company, [[Diva Futura]]. Her memoirs were published as ''Confessioni erotiche di Cicciolina'' (''Erotic Confessions of Cicciolina'') by [[Olympia Press]] of Milan in 1987. That same year, she appeared in ''{{Interlanguage link|Carne bollente|it}}'', titled ''The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empress'' in the United States, co-starring [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]]. The film caused controversy when it was later revealed that Holmes had tested positive for [[HIV]] prior to appearing in it.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=12 January 2001 |title=Film Review; One Actor's Particular, Um, Talent |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=940CE0DF1F3AF931A25752C0A9679C8B63 |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 1987, invited by the Portuguese magazine ''[[Tal & Qual]]'', Staller visited the [[Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)|Assembly of the Republic]] and posed topless, leading to the suspension of the session and official complaints from members of [[CDS – People's Party]]. The only person who talked to Staller was [[Natália Correia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1987 |title=Visita de Cicciolina à Assembleia da República |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/visita-de-cicciolina-a-assembleia-da-republica/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1987 |title=Cicciolina na Assembleia da República |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cicciolina-na-assembleia-da-republica-2/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 November 1987 |title=Cicciolina na Assembleia da República |url=https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/cicciolina-na-assembleia-da-republica/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |language=pt}}</ref> Staller has appeared nude in ''[[Playboy]]'' editions in several countries. Her first ''Playboy'' appearance was in Argentina in March 1988. She also appeared in the U.S. edition in September 1990, and in Hungary (June 2005), Serbia (July 2005), and Mexico (September 2005). Staller appeared in the film ''[[Replikator]]'' (1996) and had a role in the Brazilian soap opera ''{{Interlanguage link|Xica da Silva (TV series){{!}}Xica da Silva|pt|3=Xica da Silva (telenovela)}}'' as Princess Ludovica di Castelgandolfo di Genova, also in 1996.<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0580499|name=Ilona Staller|section=bio}}</ref> In 2008, Staller participated as a contestant on the Argentine version of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' called ''[[Bailando por un Sueño (Argentina)|Bailando por un Sueño]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2008 |title=Cicciolina participará en la nueva edición de 'Bailando por un sueño' |url=https://www.lacapital.com.ar/zoom/cicciolina-participaraacute-la-nueva-edicioacuten-bailando-un-suentildeo-n257142.html |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=La Capital |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 April 2008 |title=Cicciolina abandona 'Bailando por un sueño' al romperse las costillas |url=https://www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/20080424/gente/cicciolina-abandona-bailando-sueno-20080424.html |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=La Voz Digital |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2016 |title=Bailando por un sueño: las presencias internacionales que pasaron por la pista |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/television/bailando-por-un-sueno-las-presencias-internacionales-que-pasaron-por-la-pista-nid1895906/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=La Nación |language=es}}</ref>