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Date of Birth
30 September 1964, Città di Castello, Perugia, Umbria, Italy 


Birth Name
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci 


Height
5' 7" (1.70 m) 


Mini Biography
Born in 1964 in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, Bellucci originally pursued a career in the legal profession. While attending the University of Perugia, she modeled on the side to earn money for school, and this led to her modeling career. In 1988, she moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, and joined Elite Model Management. Although enjoying great success as a model, she made her acting debut on TV in 1990, and her American film debut in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Her role in the 1996 French thriller, L'appartement (1996), shot her to stardom as she won the French equivalent of an Oscar nomination. Other credits include Malèna (2000), Under Suspicion (2000) and Le pacte des loups (2001).


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Spouse
Vincent Cassel (3 August 1999 - present) 2 children
Claudio Carlos Basso (3 January 1990 - ?) (divorced)


Trivia
She appeared in a black & white TV commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. The director was Giuseppe Tornatore, who also directed her in the movie Malèna (2000).


Measurements: 35C-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine.)


Fluent in Italian, English, French and Spanish.


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 (2003) but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The part then went to Peta Wilson.


Wears a size 10 shoe.


Studied jurisprudence for a short time.


Daughter, Deva Cassel (b. 12 September 2004 in Rome, Italy).


She was elected the most beautiful woman in the world by French viewers on a TV show "La Plus belle femme du monde" on 8th November 2004.


One of the world's top fashion models.


Favourite poem is "A Silvia" by Giacomo Leopardi.


Has her look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de l'info" (1988).


She ranked #6 in Maxim's '50 Sexiest Women' (1999).


She ranked #9 in Maxim's '100 Sexiest Women' (2002).


She ranked #1 in Askmen's 'Most Desirable Woman' (2002).


Italian citizen.


Shares birthday with Marion Cotillard, Deborah Kerr and Angie Dickinson.


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


Her role as Chantal in "Under suspicion" was held by Romy Schneider in the original film:"Garde à vue".


Owns an apartment in London.


Doesn't always live with her husband Vincent Cassel, for avoiding routine, the two live in separate apartments; she lives most of the time in London 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 as #89 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)


Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006


Supports the Italian football team.


Has a wax statue in the Grevin Museum in Paris.


Her parents are Pasquale Bellucci (the owner of a trucking company) and Brunella (a painter).


She's an only child.


Good friends with Guillaume Canet.


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). [2007].


Her best friend is Ilaria D'Amico.


Gave birth to her daughter Léonie, with husband Vincent Cassel, in Rome, Italy (21 May 2010).


Was four months pregnant with her daughter Léonie when she completed filming The Whistleblower (2010).


Returned to work five months after giving birth to her daughter Deva in order to begin filming Combien tu m'aimes? (2005).


Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Léonie in order to begin filming Manuale d'amore 3 (2011).




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