Monica Bellucci - Actress, Model
Age: 61
Country: Italy Occupations:
Actress, Model
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci is an Italian actress and fashion model, born on September 30, 1964, in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy.
She began her career as a fashion model, initially to finance her law studies at the University of Perugia, but later turned to acting. She has worked in Italian, American, and French films, establishing a diverse filmography in various genres and languages.
Bellucci's notable film roles include playing one of Dracula's brides in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), her breakthrough role in The Apartment (1996) for which she received a César Award nomination, Malèna (2000), the controversial thriller Irréversible (2002), Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ (2004), and Lucia Sciarra in the James Bond film Spectre (2015), where she became the oldest Bond girl in the franchise's history.
She has received several awards, including the David di Donatello, Globo d'oro, and Nastro d'Argento. Bellucci has also been a brand ambassador for luxury brands such as Cartier and Dior. She is known for her timeless beauty and is often described as an Italian sex symbol, though she has also actively sought to prove her talent beyond her physical appearance, stating that she has had to fight stereotypes about her looks.
Bellucci is the daughter of Pasquale Bellucci, who owned a trucking company, and Brunella Briganti (or Maria Gustinelli), a housewife and amateur painter. She is the mother of two children, including Deva Cassel, from her second marriage to actor Vincent Cassel, which lasted from 1999 to 2013. She has been in a relationship with American director Tim Burton since 2022. She is an agnostic but has expressed interest in all religions. She is fluent in Italian, French, and English, and has also acted in Aramaic and Farsi.