Monica Bellucci Biography and Photo Gallery

Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and fashion model. Monica Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy as the only child of Luigi Bellucci. Monica Bellucci began modeling at age 13 by posing for a local photo enthusiast. In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management.

By 1989, Monica Bellucci was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City. Monica Bellucci he 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 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 signed to D'management group in Milan and also to Storm Model Management in London.

In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter 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.

Filmography
1990 Vita coi figli (Life With the Sons)
1990 Briganti – Amore e libertà (Bandits – Love and Liberty)
1991 La riffa
1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992 ostinato destino
1994 I Mitici
1995 Pala di Neve
1995 Il cielo é sempre piú blu
1995 Joseph
1996 L'Appartement
1996 Sorellina e il principe del sogno (uncredited)
1997 Stressati
1997 Dobermann
1997 Mauvais genre
1997 Come mi vuoi
1998 Le plaisir
1998 Compromise
1998 Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità
1998 A los que aman
1999 Comme un poisson hors de l'eau
1999 Mediterranées
2000 Under Suspicion
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2000 Franck Spadone
2000 Malèna
2001 Brotherhood of the Wolf
2002 Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre
2002 Irréversible
2003 Remember Me, My Love
2003 Tears of the Sun
2003 The Matrix Reloaded
2003 Enter the Matrix (video game)
2003 The Matrix Revolutions
2004 The Passion of the Christ
2004 Secret Agents
2004 She Hate Me
2005 The Brothers Grimm
2005 How Much Do You Love Me?
2006 Sheitan
2006 N (Io e Napoleone)
2006 The Stone Council
2007 Heartango
2007 Manuale d'amore 2
2007 Shoot 'Em Up
2007 Le deuxième souffle
2008 Sanguepazzo
2008 L'uomo che ama
2009 Don't Look Back
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 Baarìa – La porta del vento
2009 Omaggio a Roma
2010 The Whistleblower
2010 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
2010 Rose, c'est Paris
2011 Manuale d'amore 3
2011 Guardian of the Harem
2011 That Summer