Maria Grazia Cucinotta

Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 27 July 1968, Messina, Sicily) is an Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, she has also worked as a producer,screenwriter and model.

She is well-known in Italy as a movie and television actress, but internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, the Cigar Girl, in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.

She guest starred in The Sopranos episode "Isabella". She also appeared on The Simpsonsepisode "The Italian Bob" voicing Sideshow Bob's wife, Francesca.

She won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.

Personal life

She married Gino Violati in 1995, and they have one daughter, Giulia.^{[citation needed]}

Recognitions

• 2010 Peoplestar.co.uk Celebrity Magazine, The World's Most Beautiful Women (ranked 8th).

Filmography

Actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta - 66th Venice International Film Festival.

• Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990)
• Viaggio d'amore (1990)
• Alto rischio (1993)
• Cominciò tutto per caso (1993)
• Abbronzatissimi 2 - un anno dopo (1993)
• Il Postino (1994)
• I Laureati (1995)
• El día de la Bestia (1995)
• Il Sindaco (1996)
• Italiani (1996)
• Il Decisionista (1997)
• A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
• Camere da letto (1997)
• Ballad of the Nightingale (1998)
• La Seconda moglie (1998)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
• Just One Night (2000)
• Stregati dalla luna (2001)
• Strani accordi (2001)
• Vaniglia e cioccolato (2004)
• Mariti in affitto (2004)
• Miracolo a Palermo! (2005)
• All the Invisible Children (2005)
• Uranya (2006)
• Last Minute Marocco (2007)
• Sweet Sweet Marja (2007)
• Fly Light (2009)
• Flores negras (2009)
• L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2009)
• Death of the Virgin (2009)
• La bella società (2009)

Television appearances

• Andy e Norman (1991)
• La Ragnatela (1991)
• Scherzi a parte (1992)
• Alta società (1995)
• La Signora della città (1996)
• Solomon (1997)
• Il Quarto re (1997)
• Padre papà (1998)
• Wildside - Lawyer episode (1998)
• In punta di cuore (1999)
• "Isabella" (1999, episode of The Sopranos)
• L' Avvocato Porta (1997)
• Amici di Gesù (2000)
• Il Bello delle donne (2001)
• Amici di Gesù (2001)
• Marcinelle (2003)
• The Italian Bob (2005, episode of The Simpsons)
• Pompei (2007)
• VIP (2008)

Posted in: Italian actresses