

Continuing her international multilingual acting career, she has since acted in films such as On the Milky Road (2016), The Best Years of a Life (2019), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), and Memory (2022). At the age of 50, by appearing in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, Bellucci became the oldest Bond girl in the history of the franchise. She starred in The Brothers Grimm (2005), How Much Do You Love Me? (2005), Shoot 'Em Up (2007), The Whistleblower (2010), The Ages of Love (2011), The Wonders (2014), and Ville-Marie (2015). She portrayed Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's biblical drama The Passion of the Christ (2004). She starred in Gaspar Noé's controversial arthouse thriller Irréversible (2002).īellucci portrayed Persephone in the 2003 science-fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Bellucci starred in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and in a comedic role in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002). She gained greater international recognition by portraying Malèna Scordia in Giuseppe Tornatore's acclaimed Italian romantic drama Malèna (2000). She captured American audiences' attention in Stephen Hopkins' Under Suspicion (2000).

For her leading role in The Apartment (1996), Bellucci received a nomination at the 1997 César Award for Most Promising Actress.

The following year, she played a bride of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror romance film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana, Cartier, and Dior, before transitioning to Italian films and later American and French films.īellucci made her film debut in Francesco Laudadio's Italian comedy La Riffa (1991). Monica Anna Maria Bellucci ( Italian: born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model.
