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Monica Bellucci was born on September 30, 1964 in Umbria in Città DI Castello (PG). After classical study enrolls in law with the intention of becoming a lawyer, but his entry into the fashion world, activities began with the intent to pay for his studies, absorbs it immediately in a multiplicity of commitments. Within a couple of years, in short, is forced to leave the University to devote himself full-time to his career, which takes flight in 1988 when Monica moved to Milan to be recruited in the famous agency "Elite", quickly earning the covers of major fashion magazines.

In Paris, the magazine "Elle" dedicates and consecrates different covers in the world of international supermodel. A year after Bellucci's debut in New York, photographed by Richard Avedon for the campaign of Revlon's "Most Beautiful Women" and becomes the protagonist of a series of campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, who elect a veritable icon of woman Mediterranean.

But Monica Bellucci as a model, despite the success, it should be tight, so much so that in 1990 try the path of acting.

At the height of a modeling career, she meets Enrico and Carlo Vanzina who, impressed by the intense expression of her look and her breathtaking physical presented to Dino Risi, most sacred monster of the cinema in Italian. And it is precisely with the famous master of comedy all'italiana turns in 1991 TV movie Vita coi figli ", along with an amazing (as always), Giancarlo Giannini. That experience, despite being tied exclusively to television, opens many doors, however, and Bellucci begins to understand that the cinema can become a viable aspiration. So, in 1991, is the protagonist of "La riffa" by Francesco Laudadio and interpreter in "Ostinato destino" by Gianfranco Albano. In 1992, however, the great international leap that the projects directly to Hollywood: get a part in "Dracula" by Francis Ford Coppola.

Also in 1992 run "Brigands" by Marco Modugno with Claudio Amendola and "the Bible" by Robert Young with Ben Kingsley, a Rai TV production/USE. In 1994 runs "snowball" by Maurizio Nichetti, with Paolo Villaggio, Leo Gullotta and Anna Falchi. In 1995 he moved back to the international cinema with a lead role in the film "l'appartement" by Gilles Mimouni in which knows the actor Vincent Cassel, her future husband and partner of numerous films, such as "Méditerranées" and "Like me". In 1996 an important acknowledgement comes from France: receives a "Cesar" promising young actress for her role in the film "the apartment".

In 1996 it's co-star in "The Doberman" by Jan Kounen. In 1997 it was the turn of "the last year" directed by Marco Risi which in 1998 was awarded the Golden Globe award of foreign criticism for Italy as best actress. In the 1998 comedy noir "Comme UN Poisson hors de l'eau" by Hervé Hadmar. In Spain Monica gets great public success with the Spanish film "A Los que Amman" by Isabel Coixet. Also in 1998 Monica turns as the female lead in the film noir "Frank Spadone" by Richard Bean with Stanislas Mehrar and London runs a short film entitled "That certain something" by Malcolm Venville starring in English.

Between 1999 and 2000 have seen in "Under Suspicion", alongside Gene Hackman and finally starred in Giuseppe Tornatore's latest work, "Malena", as well as the protagonist of extremely brutal French thriller. The actress now widely recognized and affirmed, it is definitely shake off the reductive model role.

In 2003, she returned to prominence globally for its-albeit marginal-interpretation of the character of Persephone in the Matrix Reloaded, "the second installment in the Wachowski brothers ' sci-fi saga.

After the "passion of the Christ," Mel Gibson, playing Mary Magdalene, Monica Bellucci dedicated to her motherhood, 2004 ended on 12 September with the Deva, birth name of Sanskrit origin which means "divine".