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Born on September 30, 1964 in Umbria, Italy to parents Luigi Bellucci (trucking company owner) and Maria Gustinelli (painter), Monica Bellucci started modeling at an early age because she needed extra money to support her studies. At 16 years old, she was attending Liceo Classico at the University of Perugia to pursue a career as a lawyer, while balancing her modeling career. However, she became successful in the modeling industry, which led her away from law classes. Monica Bellucci is fluent in (and has played a role using) English, Italian, French and Aramaic.

In 1988, Monica Bellucci moved to Milan, the fashion center of Europe, where she became a leading model with Elite Model Management. After a year, she became a very popular model in Paris and New York. She also posed for Elle, Dolce & Gabanna and many renowned fashion companies. It was also in 1989 that Monica Bellucci decided to act and attended acting lessons.

In 1992, Monica Bellucci appeared in a small role as one of Dracula’s brides in the film, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”. This was her first movie in an English-language film. However, she became an international actress in her outstanding portrayal in the acclaimed Italian film, “Malena”, wherein she became popular even with English-speaking audiences. Bellucci’s acting talent was also evident in the highly controversial film, “Irreversible”, where she played a rape victim.

In 2003, Monica Bellucci played an important role as Persephone in action film, “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions”. She then appeared as Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”. During the same year, she also starred in “She Hates Me” and “Tears of the Sun”.

In 2005, Monica Bellucci portrayed a beautiful evil queen in the fantasy film, “The Brothers Grimm”. She also played in the 2006 film “The Stone Council”, portrayed a physiotherapist in the 2007 film “Manuale d’amore 2” and appeared in the film “Shoot ‘Em Up”, costarring Clive Owen. The latest film Monica Bellucci is working on is the thriller “Le Deuxieme soufflé”.

Monica Bellucci is married to actor Vincent Cassel, whom she co-starred in several films. The couple has a daughter named Deva, who was born on September 12, 2004. During her pregnancy, Monica Bellucci posed nude for the Italian magazine, Vanity Fair, in protest against Italian laws that forbid unmarried couples to use in-vitro fertilization and preventing the use of donor sperms.