Monica Bellucci

Actress:

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

The Whistleblower (2010)

Omaggio a Roma (2009)

Baarìa (2009)

Ne te retourne pas (2009)

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

L'uomo che ama (2008)

Sanguepazzo (2008)

Le deuxième souffle (2007)

Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

Manuale d'amore 2 (Capitoli successivi) (2007)

Heartango (2007)

Le concile de pierre (2006)

N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)

Sheitan (2006)

Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

She Hate Me (2004)

Agents secrets (2004)

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Tears of the Sun (2003)

Ricordati di me (2003)

Irréversible (2002)

Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Le pacte des loups (2001)

Malèna (2000)

Franck Spadone (2000)

Under Suspicion (2000)

Méditerranées (1999)

Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999)

A los que aman (1998)

L'ultimo capodanno (1998)

Compromis (1998)

Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas) (1998)

Come mi vuoi (1997)

Mauvais genre (1997)

Dobermann (1997)

Stressati (1997)

L'appartement (1996)

Sorellina e il principe del sogno (1996) (TV) (uncredited)

Joseph (1995) (TV)

Il cielo è sempre più blu (1995)

Palla di neve (1995)

I mitici (1994)

Dracula (1992)

Ostinato destino (1992)

La riffa (1991)

Briganti (1990)

Vita coi figli (1990) (TV)

As Herself:

Rose, c'est Paris (2010) (TV)

The Red Carpet Issue (2010) (TV)

"L'hebdo cinéma" (1 episode, 2009)

"Le grand journal de Canal+" (1 episode, 2009)

"Seitenblicke" (1 episode, 2009)

"La nuit des Césars" (3 episodes, 1997-2009)

Ballet of Bullets: Making 'Shoot 'em Up' (2008)

"Quelli che... il calcio" (1 episode, 2007)

"Vivement dimanche" (2 episodes, 2005-2007)

"Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (1 episode, 2007)

"Cartelera" (1 episode, 2007)

"Caiga quien caiga" (1 episode, 2007)

"Corazón de..." (3 episodes, 2006-2007)

Cannes, la alfombra roja (2006)

"Jour de fête" (1 episode, 2006)

"Film '72" (1 episode, 2005)

"Tout le monde en parle" (2 episodes, 2004-2005)

"Comme au cinéma" (2 episodes, 2004-2005)

The Burly Man Chronicles (2004)

The Big Question (2004)

The Making of 'The Passion of the Christ' (2004) (TV)

The Passion Behind 'The Passion' (2004) (TV)

The GQ Men of the Year Awards (2003) (TV)

Making 'Enter the Matrix' (2003)

Monica: irrésistible (2003) (TV)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode, 2003)

Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' (2003)

Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français (2002) (TV)

Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre - Le Comankonafé (2002)

"Film Genre" (1 episode, 2002)

Le pacte des loups - Les entrailles de la bête (2001)

"Lo + plus" (1 episode, 1997)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2003 Nominated Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award Female for: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Also for The Matrix Revolutions (2003).

2002 Nominated Saturn Award Best Supporting Actress for: Le pacte des loups (2001)


César Awards, France

1997 Nominated César Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) for: L'appartement (1996)


David di Donatello Awards

2003 Nominated David Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) for: Ricordati di me (2003)


European Film Awards

2001 Nominated Audience Award Best Actress for: Malèna (2000)


Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

2007 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) for: N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)

2005 Nominated Silver Ribbon Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) for: The Passion of the Christ (2004)

2003 Won Silver Ribbon Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) for: Ricordati di me (2003)


MTV Movie Awards

2004 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss for: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)


Teen Choice Awards

2003 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female for: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Also for Tears of the Sun (2003).

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Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and fashion model.


Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy, the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company. 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 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 a daughter named Deva (born 12 September 2004). The couple is expecting their second child in the spring of 2010. In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.


In a 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."


Career

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 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.


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'Appartement 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), 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). And 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.

Biography courtesy of Wikipedia

After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects.


The human intelligence has progressed at the technological level; not a the level of feelings.

Fluent in Italian, English, French and Spanish.


Made a nude calendar for the Italian magazine Max in 1998 and another one for the Italian magazine GQ in 2000.


Was originally cast as Mina Harker in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The part then went to Peta Wilson.


Favorite movie is Una giornata particolare (1977) by Ettore Scola.


She has said in an interview that Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale have inspired her acting career.


Has a wax statue in the Grevin Museum in Paris.