Born in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, Bellucci originally pursued a career in the legal profession. While attending the University of Perugia, she modeled on the side and this led to her modeling career. In 1988, she moved to Milan and joined Elite Model Management. She made her acting debut on TV in 1990, and her American film debut in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). L'appartement (1996), shot her to stardom as she won the French equivalent of an Oscar nomination. (IMDB)

Credits include: All Quiet on the Western Front, In My Skin, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, The Pornographer and The Odyssey

Credits include: Pour elle, Round Midnight, La Captive, Dix pour cent and Le Fils de l'épicier

Credits include: Dix pour cent, La neige au village, 16/11/2028 - Appels téléphoniques (Paris - New York), Line et Françoise and Adieu Jean-Pat

Credits include: Knife+Heart, Dix pour cent, You and the Night, Perdrix and Garçon chiffon

Credits include: Ava, Staying Vertical, À plein temps, Seules les bêtes and Un plan parfait

Credits include: Bad Sisters, Outside the Law, Dix pour cent, The Bay of Silence and Overdose

Credits include: Allied, House of Gucci, A Haunting in Venice, Stillwater and Golda

Credits include: School's Out, Upgraded, Dix pour cent, Les Parfums and Transatlantic

Credits include: Amanda, Pandemonium, Belle a croquer, Tapie and And Yet We Were All Blind

Credits include: Balle perdue, Dix pour cent, Balle perdue 2, Antigang and Balle perdue 3