Francesca Rettondini

Francesca Rettondini (born 7 March 1968) is an Italian actress and television presenter. She is internationally known for the role of a songstress by the name of Francesca in the 2002 film Ghost Ship. Career Francesca Rettondini made her television debut in 1993 on the Italian soap opera Passions. In 1995, she was cast in the miniseries Crazy Family. That same year, she made her film debut in the Jerry Calà film, Boys of the Night. Costa Concordia disaster In January 2012, Rettondini was aboard the Costa Concordia, filming a reality competition television series called Professional Lookmaker for Sky Italia. Classified as a VIP passenger, she was in the dining hall at the time of the impact, having dinner with the contestants of the show. Rettondini said in an interview on January 14th, two days after the wreck, "I was frozen, we all pushed towards the exit like a flock of sheep. The more the ship tilted, the harder we tried to brace our feet against the incline, which in itself made no sense. But we were panicking."