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Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci

Acting

Born September 30, 1964, Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy

Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (Italian: [ˈmɔːnika belˈluttʃi]; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress who began her career as a fashion model before working in Italian, American, British, and French films. She has filmography in a range of genres and languages, and her accolades include the David di Donatello, Globo d'oro, Nastro d'Argento and nominations at Saturn Awards and César Awards. In 2018, Forbes Italy included her in their list of the 100 most successful Italian women. Bellucci was represented by Elite Model Management and modelled for Dolce & Gabbana campaigns. She made her acting debut in the Italian television miniseries Vita coi figli (1991); she went on to play one of Dracula's brides in the horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and then enrolled in acting classes. After appearing in Italian productions, she had her breakthrough role in The Apartment (1996), for which she received a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. Bellucci came to the attention of American audiences in Under Suspicion (2000) and gained greater international recognition as Malèna Scordia in Malèna (2000). Bellucci starred in the period horror Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and the comedy Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). She portrayed a rape victim in the controversial thriller Irréversible (2002), and Persephone in the 2003 science-fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Bellucci was praised for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the drama The Passion of the Christ (2004). She played a prostitute in How Much Do You Love Me? (2005) and Shoot 'Em Up (2007), and acted in diverse roles in other films, including The Whistleblower (2010), The Ages of Love (2011), and The Wonders (2014). Her role in Ville-Marie (2015) earned her the Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actress. At the age of 50, Bellucci appeared in the James Bond film Spectre (2015), becoming the oldest Bond girl in the history of the franchise. She later appeared in films such as On the Milky Road (2016), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). On television, she has acted in Mozart in the Jungle (2016) and Call My Agent! (2018). She made her stage debut in 2019 as Maria Callas in Letters and Memoirs. Bellucci starred alongside her second husband Vincent Cassel in on-screen partnerships that spanned ten years. She has remained involved in modelling, and worked as a brand ambassador for luxury brands such as Cartier and Dior. Some media outlets have labelled Bellucci a sex symbol. Bellucci received the knight insignias of the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2006 and of the French Legion of Honour in 2016. She represents Italy as a permanent member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Monica Bellucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (32)
  • 2025Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs — Self
  • 2024Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair — Self
  • Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
  • Le Late avec Alain Chabat — Self - Guest
  • Mostra, Venise — Self
  • Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
  • 2021Irréversible : à l'envers et contre tout — Self
  • 2021The Girl in the Fountain — Self
  • 2019The Irreversible Odyssey — Self
  • 2017Behrouz: A Legend on Screen — Self
  • 2017Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith — Self
  • 2016La folle histoire de Sophie Marceau — Self
  • 2016Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés — Self
  • Stasera casa MIKA — Self
  • Call My Agent! — Self
  • 2014Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori — Self
  • 2014Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima — Self
  • PaparaGilles — Self
  • 2011Noi c'eravamo — Self
  • C à vous — Self - Guest
  • 2006A Beautiful Vacation — Self
  • 2005The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life — Self
  • 2004The Big Question — Self
  • Tout le monde en parle — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
  • 2003Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' — Self
  • 2003Making 'Enter the Matrix' — Self
  • 2003The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load — Self
  • 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self
  • 2002How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — Self - Actor
  • Vivement dimanche — Self
  • Taff — Self
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