Monica Bellucci
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 Monica Bellucci at the Women's World Award 2009 |
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| Born | Monica Anna Maria Bellucci 30 September 1964 Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress and fashion model |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Claudio Carlos Basso (1990 – ?) Vincent Cassel (1999 – present) |
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964)1 is an Italian actress and fashion model.
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Personal life
Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy,23 the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company.4 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,5 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. 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).67 In 2004, while pregnant with Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.8 She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the April 2010 issue of Italian Vanity Fair.9
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."10
Career
Modeling
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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.11 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.121314 She is currently a face of a range of Dior Cosmetics. Bellucci is also signed to Storm Model Management in London.15
Film
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'Appartement16 and strengthened her position as an actress. She became known and popular with worldwide audiences, following her roles in Malèna (2000), Irréversible (2002) and has 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), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), etc.
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).17 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 and Accolades
In 2003, Bellucci won the Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Alessia in Remember Me, My Love.18 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.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | |
| Agents Secrets | 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 |
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| 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 | Awaiting release |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Veronica |
References
- ^ Birth registration from the Perugina Registry Office
- ^ MartÃnez, Claudio (30 October 2003). "Persephone" (in Spanish). El Diario de Hoy. http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2003/10/30/escenarios/escen1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci: Biography". MSN. http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=254848&mp=b. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci Biography (1969?–)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Monica-Bellucci.html. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
- ^ Corliss, Richard (10 March 2003). "It's Monica Mania". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004378,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (14 September 2004). "'Passion' Actress Bellucci Has Baby Girl". People (Time Inc.). http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,696499,00.html. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ "Actress Monica Bellucci has baby girl". Agence France-Presse. 25 May 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGo-agIP6DA24A6pMUPXT6ELdShw. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Owen, Richard (4 June 2005). "Actresses fight Pope over fertility". The Times (News Corporation). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article529864.ece. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
- ^ Shanelle Rein-Olowokere (May 11, 2010). "Moms-to-Be Who've Dared to Bare!". People. Time Inc.. p. 5. http://www.people.com/people/celebritybabies/gallery/0,,20368376,00.html#20783171. Retrieved 2010. "... on the August 2004 cover of Italian Vanity Fair. Six years later, the second-time mom, 45, posed again (in black lingerie) for the magazine's April 2010 issue."
- ^ "Monica-Bellucci.net". Monica-bellucci.net. http://www.monica-bellucci.net/. Retrieved 2006-10-08.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci Photos". Maxim. http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/977/MonicaBellucci.girl. Retrieved 2007-01-15.
- ^ Salisbury, Mark (23 October 2005). "Danger woman". Guardian Unlimited, The Observer. http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1598393,00.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ Davies, Hugh (23 January 2003). "Gibson brings his passion for Christ to the big screen". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/01/23/wmel23.xml&site=5&page=0. Retrieved 2007-05-26.
- ^ Morgoglione, Claudia (14 October 2006). "Monica baronessa divertente per Virzì "Bello quel ruolo un po' da mignotta"". La Repubblica. http://www.repubblica.it/2006/10/sezioni/spettacoli_e_cultura/cinema/roma/monica-bellucci/monica-bellucci/monica-bellucci.html. Retrieved 2007-05-26. (Italian)
- ^ "Monica Bellucci". Storm Model Management. http://www.stormmodels.com/MonicaBellucci.html?boardId=1005. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Campion, Chris (5 October 2006). "Fantasy made flesh". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3588732/Fantasy-made-flesh.html. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ CraveOnline (5 September 2007). "Monica Bellucci's balancing act". CraveOnline. http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/film/article/monica-belluccis-balancing-act-64993. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (16 June 2003). "'scared' Nabs Italian Silver". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4889349-1.html. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
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