BY- ACTOR BANIBRATA DATTA
(Fantacy Tv Film & Media Institute)
Monica Bellucci began modelling at age 13 by posing for a local photo enthusiast. In 1988, Bellucci left the Faculty of Law at the University of Perugia, and moved to one of Europe’s fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management with the aid of model agent Piero Piazzi. 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 Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim. Men’s Health also named her one of the “100 Hottest Women of All-Time”, ranking her at No. 21. AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman in 2002.
Bellucci’s modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is considered an Italian sex symbol. From 2006 to 2010 she was the face of a range of Dior products. Bellucci is signed to D’management group in Milan and also to Storm Model Management in London.
In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws, that prevent the use of donor sperm. She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the magazine’s April 2010 issue.
In 2011, Bellucci was ranked fourth in Los Angeles Times Magazine‘s list of the 50 most beautiful women in film.
In 2012 she became the Dolce & Gabbana face.
Empire magazine selected her as twenty-first on their list of “The Sexiest 25 Characters in Cinema – The Women” for her role of “Persephone” in the Matrix series.[21]Likewise, Nettavisen declared in 2009 that the role of Persephone qualified Bellucci as one of the 25 sexiest women of all time.
At 50, she became the oldest Bond girl ever in the James Bond film franchise, playing Lucia Sciarra in Spectre (2015)
In 2021 she was honoured with Stella Della Mole Award for Artistic Innovation at 39th Torino Film Festival considering her lifetime achievements.
MOST POPULAR MONICA BELLUCCI MOVIES
From starring in independent dramas to huge blockbusters, Bellucci is at ease playing a variety of characters.
The Italian star, who began her career as a 13-year-old model, has remained an evergreen presence on the international cinematic landscape. Here the most popular movies of Monica Bellucci.
The Italian star, who began her career as a 13-year-old model. She has been a regular fixture on the covers of fashion magazines and at international film festivals. While pregnant with both her children, she posed semi-nude on the cover of Vanity Fair and has appeared on several ‘sexiest of the year’ lists.
Her beauty and haughty glamor never cease to inspire the fantasies… of filmmakers. After Philippe Garrel, it is Emir Kusturica who offers him the main role of his next film, Love and Peace. Confidences in italiano from the make-up muse Dolce & Gabbana.
Observing her in her three-piece suit with a very masculine cut, one thing is obvious: we may love androgynous silhouettes in tuxedos, as soon as Monica appears, it is the reptilian brain that takes over. Case closed. With maturity, this Italian splendor has gained in dramatic consistency: it can now afford to work with Philippe Garrel or Emir Kusturica ( Love and Peace , currently filming) without anyone finding fault with it.
Supermodel of the 1990s (she posed for the greatest, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton or Peter Lindbergh), Monica Bellucci does not forget her duties towards fashion. Mamma Monica has found her green bean line,Dolce & Gabbana and signed a make-up collection (True Monica at D&G). Confidences in Italian on the shooting of Madame Figaro in Paris.
Monica Bellucci started modeling as a teenager. After working as a model, she appeared in Bram Stoker’s Dracula and The Apartment. Bellucci’s film career began in the early 1990s.
