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Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964)[2] is an Italian actress and fashion model.
Personal life
Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy,[3][4] the only daughter of Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company, and Maria Gustinelli, a painter.[5] Bellucci started modelling at 16, when she was attending the Liceo classico. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, Bellucci modeled to pay her tuition at the University of Perugia,[6] but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies. She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, Spanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in Aramaic for her part as Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.
Bellucci was married to fashion photographer Claudio Carlos Basso in 1990, but soon later they are divorced. She is currently married to fellow actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films, and has two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010).[7][8] In 2004, while pregnant with Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the ItalianVanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.[9] She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the magazine's April 2010 issue.[10]
In the documentary movie The Big Question, about the film The Passion of the Christ, she stated: "I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings."[11]
[edit]History
[edit]Modeling
In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across theAtlantic, in New York City. She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year, Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Ms. Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim.[12] In 2004, she topped AskMen's 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World annual list. Bellucci's modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is considered an Italian sex symbol.[13][14][15] She is currently a face of a range of Dior Cosmetics. Bellucci is also signed to Storm Model Management in London.[16]
[edit]Film
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. She played some minor roles in La Riffa (1991) andBram Stoker's Dracula (1992). In 1996 she was nominated for a César Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Lisa in L'Appartement[17] and strengthened her position as an actress. She became known and popular with worldwide audiences, following her roles in Malèna (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Irréversible (2002). She has since played in many films from Europe and Hollywood like Tears of the Sun (2003), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Brothers Grimm(2005), Le Deuxième souffle (2007), Don't Look Back (2009), and The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010).
She was supposed to be seen portraying Indian politician Sonia Gandhi in the biopic Sonia, originally planned for release in 2007, but it has been shelved.[18]
Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film Shoot 'Em Up (2007).[19]She also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and the French voice ofCappy for the French version of the 2005 animated film Robots.
[edit]Awards
- In 2003, Bellucci won the Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Alessia in Remember Me, My Love.[20]
- In 2006, she served as a judge at 59th Cannes Film Festival.
- In 2009, she won the World Actress Award in Women's World Award.
[edit]Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Vita coi figli (Life With the Sons) | Elda | |
| Briganti – Amore e libertà (Bandits – Love and Liberty) | Costanza | ||
| 1991 | la riffa | Francesca | |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | One of Dracula's brides | |
| ostinato destino | Marina/ Angela | ||
| 1994 | I Mitici | Deborah | |
| 1995 | Pala di Neve | Melina | |
| Il cielo é sempre piú blu | |||
| Joseph | Pharaoh's wife | ||
| 1996 | L'Appartement | Lisa | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Sorellina e il principe del sogno (uncredited) | Princess | ||
| 1997 | Stressati | ||
| Dobermann | Nat the Gypsy | ||
| Mauvais genre | Camille | ||
| Come mi vuoi | Nellina | ||
| 1998 | Le plaisir | Girl | |
| Compromis | Monique | ||
| Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità | Giulia Giovannini | ||
| A los que aman | Valeria | ||
| 1999 | Comme un poisson hors de l'eau | Myrtille | |
| Mediterranées | Marguerite | ||
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Chantal Hearst | |
| Franck Spadone | Laura | ||
| Malèna | Malèna Scordia | ||
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Sylvia | |
| 2002 | Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Cleopatra | |
| Irréversible | Alex | ||
| 2003 | Remember Me, My Love | Alessia | Nastro d'Argento award for Best Supporting Actress |
| Tears of the Sun | Lena Fiore Kendricks | ||
| The Matrix Reloaded | Persephone | ||
| Enter the Matrix (video game) | Persephone | ||
| The Matrix Revolutions | Persephone | ||
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Mary Magdalene | |
| Secret Agents | Barbara / Lisa | ||
| She Hate Me | Simona Bonasera | ||
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | The Mirror Queen | |
| How Much Do You Love Me? | Daniela | ||
| 2006 | Sheitan | La belle vampiresse | |
| N (Io e Napoleone) | Baronessa Emilia Speziali | ||
| The Stone Council | Laura Siprien | ||
| 2007 | Heartango (short film for Intimissimi) | L'inafferrabile/ La passionale / L'indecisa / La curiosa / L'aggressiva / La mamma / La premurosa | |
| Manuale d'amore 2 (Capitoli successivi) | Lucia | ||
| Shoot 'Em Up | Donna Quintano | ||
| Le deuxième souffle | Manouche | ||
| 2008 | Sanguepazzo | Luisa Ferida | |
| L'uomo che ama | Alba | ||
| 2009 | Don't Look Back | Jeanne | |
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Gigi Lee | ||
| Baarìa – La porta del vento | Bricklayer's girlfriend | ||
| Omaggio a Roma | Tosca | ||
| 2010 | The Whistleblower | Laura Levin | |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Veronica | ||
| Rose, c'est Paris | L'esprit de gala | ||
| 2011 | Manual of Love 3 | Viola | |
| Guardian of the Harem | |||
| A Burning Hot Summer |
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