Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and fashion model.
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 the Atlantic, 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. 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. She is currently a face of a range of Dior Cosmetics. Bellucci is also signed to Storm Model Management in London.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. She played some minor roles in La Riffa (1991) and Bram 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 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. Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film Shoot 'Em Up (2007). She also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and the French voice of Cappy for the French version of the 2005 animated film Robots.
Awards
In 2003, Bellucci won the Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Alessia in Remember Me, My Love.
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.
Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy, the only child of Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company, and Maria Gustinelli, a painter. 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, but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies. She speaks Italian, French, and EnglishSpanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in AramaicMary Magdalene in fluently, The Passion of the Christ. Bellucci married fashion photographer Claudio Carlos Basso in 1990, but they later divorced. She is currently married to actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films. They have two daughters, Deva (born 12 September 2004) and Léonie (born 21 May 2010). In 2004, while pregnant with Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian for her part as Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm. She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the magazine's April 2010 issue. 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.
Filmography
1990 Vita coi figli (Life With the Sons)
Briganti – Amore e libertà (Bandits – Love and Liberty)
1991 La Riffa
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
Ostinato Destino
1994 I Mitici
1995 Pala di Neve
Il cielo é sempre piú blu
Joseph
1996 L'Appartement
Sorellina e il principe del sogno (uncredited)
1997 Stressati
Dobermann
Mauvais genre
Come mi vuoi
1998 Le plaisir
Compromis
Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità
A los que aman
1999 Comme un poisson hors de l'eau
Mediterranées
2000 Under Suspicion
Franck Spadone
Malèna
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf
2002 Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre
Irréversible
2003 Remember Me, My Love
Tears of the Sun
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
2004 The Passion of the Christ
Secret Agents
She Hate Me
2005 The Brothers Grimm
How Much Do You Love Me?
2006 Sheitan
N (Io e Napoleone)
The Stone Council
2007 Manuale d'amore 2
Shoot 'Em Up
Le deuxième souffle
2008 Sanguepazzo
L'uomo che ama
2009 Don't Look Back
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Baarìa – La porta del vento
Omaggio a Roma
2010 The Whistleblower
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2011 Manual of Love 3
Guardian of the Harem
That Summer
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