Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci turns 58 today

Monica Ana Maria Bellucci, one of the most beloved and appreciated representatives of the Italian modeling industry, was born on September 30, 1964, in Citta di Castellor, Umbria.

Who is Monica Bellucci?

He tried to pursue a career in legal sciences, attending classes at the University of Perugia, but in order to get the money needed for tuition, he began to model, for which he embraced a career in modeling, according to www.imdb.com.

In 1988, she moved to one of the most important modeling centers of Europe, Milan, joining the company Elite Model Management, so that in 1989 she was already appreciated as a model with extraordinary exposure both in Paris and New York , according to Agerpres.

He posed for the fashion house Dolce&Gabbana and the French version of Elle magazine, among others.

She debuted as an actress on the small screen in 1990, and in the American film industry her debut was recorded in Bram Stoker’s production Dracula (1992), according to imdb.com.

The role in the French thriller “The Apartment” (1996) made her famous and brought her the Cesar award for the most promising actress. He also starred in Malena (2000), for which he received the European Film Award, Under Suspicion (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Irreversible ‘ (2002), ”Remember Me, My Love” (2003), ”The Matrix Reloaded” (2003), ”The Matrix Revolutions” (2003), ”Passion of the Christ” (2004 ), according to www.imdb.com and www.dailysabah.com.

In February 2001, she appeared on the cover of Esquire magazine, so that in 2003, she was promoted by Maxim magazine.

From 2006 to 2010 she was the image for numerous products of the well-known fashion house Dior.

He became, in 2012, the image of the famous fashion house Dolce&Gabbana.

She played the character of Lucia Sciarra, the Bond woman – the widow of a famous assassin, in the production of “Spectre” (2015), directed by Sam Mendes.

Asked during an interview for The Talks magazine, in 2012, if her beauty was an obstacle in her career, Monica Bellucci said: “of course it was a problem especially because I came from the fashion industry. It was a double problem: fashion and beauty are the most serious issues you face in this career. (…) It is like a mask and you have to remove it to show that there is something else behind it. You have to show who you are to make others come to discover you”, according to the-takls.com.

Among his most recent films are On The Milky Road (2016), directed by Emir Kusturica, Nekrotronic 2018, directed by Kiah Roache Turner, The Best Years of a Life ‘ (2019), directed by Claude Lelouch. About the film “On The Milkky Road”, the Italian actress would declare that she is next to the “Matrix” series among her favorite films, according to an interview given in October 2018 for the portal www.monicabellucci.net. Instead, the film in which he acted and which he says is eternal in his vision is “Malena”, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, according to the interview given in June 2018 for Glass magazine, www.theglassmagazine.com indicates.

“An actor is like a dancer. Through our bodies we can express ourselves. I have to admit that I have used my body quite a bit as a way of representing souls, many souls. And sometimes my beauty was used by directors to represent the worst things, like in “Malena” or in “Irreversible”, films where beauty was staged to be destroyed, to illustrate how violent the world isMonica Belluci told the Turkish daily Sabah in February 2018, according to www.dailysabah.com.