Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini fascinates me because she treated the most intimidating pedigree in film history as a starting point rather than an inheritance to protect. The daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini chose risk over comfort at nearly every turn, moving from modeling into fearless screen work and eventually into directing and writing her own story. What I admire most is her refusal to age out of curiosity; her late-career honors, including the 2024 European lifetime achievement recognition, feel less like a farewell and more like mid-sentence applause. She proves that reinvention is not a young person's game, and I find that genuinely inspiring.

Name (English)

Isabella Rossellini

Name (Japanese)

イザベラ・ロッセリーニ

Reading

いざべら・ろっせりーに

Born

June 18, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Occupation

model / film director / autobiographer / film actor / television actor

University

Finch College

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Rachel Carson Award
• Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 2024 European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award
• 2024 European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• 1980 Nastro d'Argento for Best New Actress

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/isabellarossellini/
• Xhttps://x.com/IsaRossellini
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B

Tags

• Province of Rome
• model
• film director
• autobiographer

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.