Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964) is an Italian and French actress and fashion model.Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy as 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 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 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 2004) and Léonie (born 2010).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. 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."
She appeared in a black and white TV commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. The director was Giuseppe Tornatore , who also directed her in the movie Malna .
Is fluent in Italian, English, French, Persian and Spanish. She also speaks a little Portuguese that she learned when she moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Daughter-in-law of Jean-Pierre Cassel.
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 but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The role then went to Peta Wilson.
Studied jurisprudence for a short time.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 39, a daughter Deva Cassel on September 12, 2004. Childs father is her now estranged 2nd husband, Vincent Cassel.
She was elected the most beautiful woman in the world by French viewers on a television show "La Plus belle femme du monde" on November 8, 2004.
Also a successful fashion model represented by Elite and Storm Model Management.
Her favourite poem is "A Silvia" by Giacomo Leopardi.
Has her lookalike puppet on the French comedy show "Les guignols de linfo" .
Ranked #6 on Maxim magazines Hot 50 Women of 1999 list.
Ranked #9 on Maxim magazines Hot 100 Women of 2002 list.
Ranked #1 in Ask mens top 99 "most desirable" women of 2002.
Is an Italian citizen.
Favorite movie is Una giornata particolare by Ettore Scola.
Her role as Chantal Hearst in Under Suspicion was held by Romy Schneider in the original film Garde vue .
Owns an apartment in London, England.
Doesnt always live with her husband Vincent Cassel , for avoiding routine, the two live in separate apartments. she lives most of the time in Rome and he lives in Paris.
Bellucci is a typical surname from center Italy, it comes from the Latin word "Bellutus", and has the same root as surnames like Belluto, Belluti, Belluzzo, Belluccio, or the aristocratic surname of Belluzzi.
She speaks to her daughter Deva Cassel in Italian.
She has said in an interview that Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale have inspired her acting career.
Ranked #89 in FHM magazines "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
Is a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.
Is a supporter of the Italian football team.
Has a wax statue in the Grevin Museum in Paris.
Her parents are Luigi Bellucci and Maria Gustinelli.
Shes an only child.
Ranked #5 on E! Entertainment Networks list of "101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies" list of 2006.
Attended University of Perugia.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#35).
Best friends with Ilaria DAmico.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 45, a daughter Lonie Cassel on May 21, 2010. Childs father is her now estranged 2nd husband, Vincent Cassel.
Was four months pregnant with her daughter Lonie when she completed filming The Whistleblower .
Returned to work five months after giving birth to her daughter Deva in order to begin filming Combien tu maimes? .
Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Lonie in order to begin filming Manuale dam3re .
Sister-in-law of Rockin Squat. Stepsister-in-law of Ccile Cassel.
Shares birthday with fellow actresses Deborah Kerr , Angie Dickinson , Marion Cotillard and actor Ezra Miller.
(August 2013) Separated from her second husband of 14 years Vincent Cassel.
Appearing in the James Bond movie Spectre as "Lucia Sciarra" at age 51 she becomes the oldest actress to play a Bond Girl. Honor Blackman at age 39 had previously been the oldest actress to play a Bond Girl with her role as "Pussy Galore" in Goldfinger . However, Blackman is still the oldest actress ever to play a lead Bond girl, since Belluccis role is only a brief cameo.
Ranked as having one of the "Most Beautiful Famous Faces" by TC Candlers list of the "100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World" for 18 consecutive years (1999-2016). Ranked #2 in 2004.
She auditioned for the role of Mrs. Paris McKenna Carver in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies . That part was later portrayed in the finished product by Teri Hatcher but Miss Bellucci eventually did play a James Bond girl 18 years later in the role of Donna Lucia Sciarra for the 007 adventure Spectre .
My body is so important to me. . . my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my,eyes, everything. I use everything I have.
When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I,really enjoy my life.
After love, the man sleeps, while the woman reflects.
Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.
The human intelligence has progressed at the technological level; not a,the level of feelings.
I live in Paris but I feel I am a daughter of Europe.
My career, at the moment, is very exciting, but love comes first because,it balances me.
I listen to "young" music, the one from my age. I adore soul, rap and,funky.
This is what I like about America, because you have very big budget,movie, and also independent movies, so you have many different choices.
[on why she will not move to Hollywood to further her film career]: I,could never live there. They are obsessed with youth and beauty even,more than us. There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40,and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people. They also,like a different sort of woman (to me). I will never be skinny. I also,had a child a year ago, and I have been lazy. I love to eat. Who cares?,I am natural.
In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family.
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday.
Envy is human nature.
Wherever I go, I am Italian. The way I talk, the way I eat, the way femininity is important to me. The way I love Italian food.
When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.
