NANCY Dell’Olio hit the spotlight in the early noughties when she started her high-profile relationship with England football manager at the time, Sven-Göran Eriksson
The former couple then went on to have a very public break-up, which included another very famous celebrity.
Who is Nancy Dell’Olio?
Nancy Dell’Olio was born Annunziata Dell'Olio on August 23, 1961, and is the eldest of four children.
She was born in New York, where her mother Antonia and immigrant father ran a series of delicatessens.
When she was five, her family moved back to Italy, in the region of Apulia.
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Nancy is an Italian-British lawyer and established her own legal practice in 1990.
She lived in England for 21 years but since 2022 is residing in Puglia in Italy.
What is Nancy Dell’Olio best known for?
Although Nancy started her career as a lawyer, she is also known for her TV work.
In 2005, she hosted the show Footballers' Cribs on MTV where she gave viewers tours of the luxury homes of English football players.
In 2011, she took part in the ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Nancy was partnered with Anton du Beke and eliminated fourth.
In 2016 she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and was the third to be evicted.
Then in 2022, Nancy took part in Celebrity Coach Trip along with singer Chesney Hawkes.
The pair made it to the final but were beaten by Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph.
In 2022, Nancy took part in Celebrity MasterChef but was eliminated in the first episode.
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When did Nancy Dell’Olio date Sven-Goran Eriksson?
Nancy met Sven Goran Eriksson in 1998 and they started their relationship six months later.
During their time together they were seen as a "power couple", with him being the England football manager, and her being top lawyer.
They were together for nine years before their split in 2007.
In May 2011, Nancy was in a relationship with Sir Trevor Nunn but they had gone their separate ways by the end of that year.
In August 2022, she told The Times: "I am in a relationship, but I consider myself a single person."
Why did Sven-Goran Eriksson and Nancy Dell-Olio split?
The couple's relationship first hit the rocks in 2002
It came after it emerged Sven-Goran had a whirlwind romance with TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson.
Nancy immodestly broke off the relationship, before eventually getting back together with the football manager.
However, Sven-Goran was later linked to another woman and she ended things for good in August 2007.
Ulrika has been open about her romance with Sven-Goran, and wrote in her column for The Sun in 2021: "I carried on my pursuit for love, pausing briefly for a fumble under the covers with a nearly 60-year-old, Sven-Göran Eriksson.
"Yes, I am also trying to forget it because sex was about as exciting as assembling an IKEA bookcase, which is what makes my argument for a younger man inescapably convincing.’
In 2013, Sven-Goran released an autobiography in which he said he "fell out of love" with Nancy after a year.
Reacting to the comments, Nancy told Hello!: "Everyone is entitled to have an opinion, of course they are, but not to lie. For me it is a shame that I was with someone for nine years and yet I do not recognise this man at all.
"I find it shocking how he talks about using women. Does he think that is something to be proud of? No real man would talk about women like that."
