Nancy Dell'Olio (born 23 August 1961) is an Italian-American lawyer and media personality. She first came to public notice as the girlfriend of football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson. Early life Annunziata Dell'Olio was born in New York City as the eldest of four children; when she was five her family moved back to Italy, to the town of Bisceglie in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani and region of Apulia. Education and early career Dell'Olio studied law at the University of Bari. She later gained a master's degree from New York University. In 1990, Dell'Olio married Giancarlo Mazza and established her own legal practice, specialising in property law. Projects In June 2005, Dell'Olio hosted the show Footballers' Cribs on MTV. She gave viewers tours of the luxury homes of English football players. "Nancy is a dream signing for us," said series executive producer Sean Murphy. "She's the first lady of football, so is in the perfect position to give us a real insider's view." In June 2007, Dell'Olio had an autobiography published titled My Beautiful Game. In December 2008, Dell'Olio was interviewed on the BBC news analysis programme Newsnight to talk about a new range of lingerie she was launching but, according to interviewer Jeremy Paxman, "I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about". In September 2011, Dell'Olio took part in the ninth series of BBC1 show Strictly Come Dancing. On 30 October, she and partner Anton du Beke were eliminated. The Daily Telegraph reported that Dell'Olio clod hopped around the show. Dell'Olio reported it as "The best season Strictly ever had; everyone say so". Dell'Olio presented her own one woman show, co scripted by comedian Diane Spencer, called Rainbows from Diamonds at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2014. In 2016 she competed in the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother. She became the second housemate to be evicted on Day 11. In a January 2016 interview with the Daily Telegraph she stated that she was starting her own brand of limoncello. Dell'Olio aimed to start her new company through crowd funding investment, though only €1,865 of the required €70,000 was raised. The project went ahead. Dell'Olio's aim was not to be involved in the day-to-day running of the company, but only to act as ambassador for it. in January 2022 she appeared on Channel 4's Celebrity Coach Trip partnered with singer Chesney Hawkes. In August 2022, she appeared on Celebrity Masterchef, becoming