Who is Monica Anna Maria Bellucci? The acting world knows her as Monica Bellucci. She is an Italian actress and fashion model.University of Perugia,[3] but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies. She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, Spanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in Aramaic for her part as Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.
Bellucci is married to fellow actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films, and has a daughter named Deva (born 12 September 2004). In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.[4]
In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City. She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year, Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Ms. Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim.[5] In 2004, she topped AskMen's 100 Most Beautiful Women in the World annual list. Bellucci's modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is considered an Italian sex symbol.[6][7][8] She is currently a face of a range of Dior Cosmetics. Bellucci is also signed to Storm Model Management in London.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. In 1992, she made her first appearance in a major English-language film as one of Dracula's brides in Bram Stoker's Dracula. She became known and popular with worldwide audiences, following her roles in Malèna (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), and Irréversible (2002), though is perhaps best known for her role as Persephone in The Matrix Reloaded (2003)and The Matrix Revolutions (2003), followed by her portrayal of Mary Magdelene in The Passion of the Christ (2004).In a documentary about the film, The Big Question, she stated: "I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings."[9]
In 2003, Bellucci starred in Tears of the Sun as a doctor in Nigeria being rescued by the U.S., and in 2005 in the fantasy film The Brothers Grimm as a beautiful evil queen. Her latest films are The Stone Council (2006) by Guillaume Nicloux, and Manuale d'amore 2 (2007), where she portrays a physiotherapist, who is the object of the desire of her patient. She was supposed to be seen portraying Indian politician Sonia Gandhi in the biopic Sonia, originally planned for release in 2007, but now shelved. September 2007 saw the release of Shoot 'Em Up, where she plays a prostitute, opposite Clive Owen. She dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film.[10]
She filmed Le deuxième souffle (2006), with Daniel Auteuil, Michel Blanc and Eric Cantona.
Bellucci also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and the French voice of Cappy for the French version of the 2005 animated film Robots.
In 2007, she appeared in Heartango (2007), a film for Intimissimi, with José Fidalgo and directed by Gabriele Muccino.
In 2003, Bellucci won the Nastro d'Argento Best Supporting Actress award for her portrayal of Alessia in Remember Me, My Love.[11] She has been nominated for several others, including the 1996 César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Lisa in L'Appartement.[12]
Matrix star Monica Bellucci is pregnant with her second child, People reports.
The 45-year-old Italian beauty is due at the end of spring, a family friend tells the magazine. Bellucci and her husband, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen star Vincent Cassel, 
43, are already parents to a 5-year-old daughter, Deva.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Briganti – Amore e libertà (Bandits – Love and Liberty) | Costanza |
| Vita coi figli (Life With the Sons) | Elda | |
| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | One of Dracula's brides |
| 1995 | Joseph | Pharaoh's wife |
| 1996 | L'Appartement | Lisa |
| 1997 | Dobermann | Nat the Gypsy |
| 1998 | Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità (Humanity's Last New Year's Eve) | Giulia Giovannini |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Chantal Hearst |
| Franck Spadone | Laura | |
| Malèna | Malèna Scordia | |
| 2001 | Brotherhood of the Wolf | Sylvia |
| 2002 | Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre | Cleopatra |
| Irréversible | Alex | |
| 2003 | Remember Me, My Love | Alessia |
| Tears of the Sun | Lena Fiore Kendricks | |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Persephone | |
| Enter the Matrix (video game) | Persephone | |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Persephone | |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | Mary Magdalene |
| Agents secrets | Barbara / Lisa | |
| She Hate Me | Simona Bonasera | |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm | The Mirror Queen |
| How Much Do You Love Me? | Daniela | |
| 2006 | The Stone Council | Laura Siprien |
| 2007 | Heartango (short film for Intimissimi) | L'inafferrabile/ La passionale / L'indecisa / La curiosa / L'aggressiva / La mamma / La premurosa |
| Manuale d'amore 2 (Capitoli successivi) | Lucia | |
| Shoot 'Em Up | Donna Quintano | |
| Le deuxième souffle | Manouche | |
| 2008 | Sanguepazzo | Luisa Ferida |
| L'uomo che ama | Alba | |
| 2009 | Don't Look Back | |
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Gigi | |
| Baaria - La porta del vento | ||
| 2010 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Veronica |