Becoming a beauty icon of an entire country is not easy. In addition to outstanding beauty, the actress must have a reputation and an admirable career, making the world respect her. Monica Bellucci is the perfect example of this class. Monica Bellucci has been given a series of beautiful titles by the world media such as “the pride of Italy”, “the treasure of Italy”, “the muse of love”, “the rose of Italy”, “the eternal lover of the world”…
Bellucci combines the contemporary beauty of Sandra Bullock, Naomi Watts or Nicole Kidman with the classic quality of Sophia Loren, Monica Vitti, Anna Magnani. The media affirms that Monica Bellucci once again redefines the word sexy.
Monica Bellucci was born in 1964 and was an extremely beautiful girl since childhood. She was born into a poor family, so from a young age Monica Bellucci had the awareness to study to rise up and change her life. Monica has always been an excellent student with the ability to speak English, French and communicate in Spanish.
While studying Law at the University of Perugia, Monica worked as a waitress to help her parents pay for her university tuition. Recognizing her beauty, a friend advised Monica Bellucci to try modeling, which turned Monica Bellucci's life around.
With her stunning looks, Monica Bellucci quickly caught the eye of famous fashion houses, and her name became famous all over the world. Since then, she put her law studies on hold to focus on her artistic activities.
Monica Bellucci is successful with her role The Apartment, Directors commented that the actress not only possesses a charming appearance but also acts quite well. In 2000, the film Malena starring Monica became a global sensation, bringing Monica Bellucci's name far beyond Italy as an actress, the dream goddess of cinema lovers. Until now, the film still attracts the love of millions of people.
In the film, Monica Bellucci plays Malèna Scordia, a Sicilian woman who is independent, determined, strong and surreally beautiful. The men in the town admire and desire her, but the women believe that she is the source of all evil. They accuse Malèna Scordia of being promiscuous, seducing men, and destroying their family happiness. They even beat her, cut her hair, strip her, and insult her to satisfy their jealousy and insecurity hidden deep inside their souls.
Malèna symbolizes the sinful, painful beauty that women have to endure because of war and because of life. However, for the boy Renato, a meticulous and objective observer, Malèna is as beautiful as a dream of a woman he wants to protect from the mundane world of the crowd. She is innocent and pushed by the prejudice of life. The film still attracts millions of viewers to this day, and is one of the classics of world cinema.
Not resting on her laurels, Monica Bellucci also has a series of good works such as Irreversible, The Matrix Reloaded/The Matrix Revolutions, The Passion of Christ (2004), The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher, 2014)… The actress shows a colorful diversity in her acting, she does not rely on her hot and voluptuous body to attract the audience but always wants to affirm herself as a real actress. With more than 30 years of dedication to art, Monica Bellucci has left behind many famous works.
Besides, the actress is also a model of a confident, independent, attractive, self-loving woman. Monica Bellucci says no to plastic surgery, accepting herself to age over time.
The actress has been married twice, her first marriage to fashion photographer Claudio Carlos Basso lasting only 18 months.
Monica's second husband is French actor Vincent Cassel. They met on the set of the film L'appartement in 1996. Four years later, they had a romantic wedding in Monaco. Monica and Vincent have two children together, Deva (born in 2004) and Léonie (born in 2010).