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My Take
Bellucci represents something European cinema does better than Hollywood: allowing a woman's screen presence to deepen rather than expire with age. She began as a model, and critics long underestimated her for it, yet her filmography across Italian, French, and American cinema shows genuine range and fearlessness in role selection. The honors, from the Legion of Honour to the Donostia Award and a lifetime-achievement David di Donatello, confirm what audiences sensed decades ago. What I admire most is her refusal to be preserved in amber; she keeps working, keeps taking risks, and carries her sixties with more authority than most stars carry their primes. An icon who earned the word.
Overview
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (Italian: [ˈmɔːnika belˈluttʃi]; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress who began her career as a fashion model before working in Italian, American, and French films. She has filmography in a range of genres and languages, and her accolades include the David di Donatello, Globo d'oro, Nastro d'Argento and nominations at Saturn Awards and César Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Monica Bellucci
- Name (Japanese)
- モニカ・ベルッチ
- Reading
- もにか・べるっち
- Born
- September 30, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- Città di Castello, province of Perugia, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / model / voice actor / actor / fashion model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Perugia
Awards & achievements
- 2016 Knight of the Legion of Honour
- 2017 Donostia Award
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 2018 Honorary Lumière Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Model — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.