{monica bellucci as persephone}
MONICA BELLUCCI is perhaps best known for her sizzling performance
as Malena, the beautiful young widow who turns a small Italian
village upside down in the film Malena by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Bellucci began her career as a model while studying law at
the University of Perugia. In 1990 Dino Risi cast her for
the Italian television series Vita Coi Figli and she made
a rapid transition to entertainment. She then made her feature
film debut in Francesco Laudadio’s La Riffa.
Francis Coppola gave Bellucci a small role in Bram Stoker’s
Dracula with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and
Keanu Reeves and she went on to star in numerous Italian features.
More recently, she appeared with Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman
in Under Suspicion and in the French sensation Le Pacte des
Loupes (Brotherhood of the Wolf). Bellucci recently starred
in Gaspar Noé’s riveting Irréversible and
also appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Antoine Fuqua’s
Tears of the Sun. She has completed filming The Passion for
director Mel Gibson.
Bellucci lives in Paris and London.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) ... Persephone
Hostile Rescue (2003)
Ricordati di me (2003)
Irréversible (2002) ... Alex
Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre
(2002) .... Cléopâtre
Le Pacte des Loups (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) ...
Sylvia
Malèna (2000) ... Malena Scordia
Franck Spadone (2000) ... Laura
Under Suspicion (2000) ... Chantal Hearst
Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (aka Like a Fish Out of Water)
(1999) ... Myrtille
Compromis (1998)
Méditerranées (1998) ... Marguerite
A los que aman (aka Those who Love) (1998) ... Valeria
L' Ultimo capodanno (aka Humanity's Last New Year's Eve) (1998)
... Giulia
Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) (aka Pleasure (and it's
Little Inconveniences)) (1998) ... La jeune fille éplorée
Stressati (1997)
Mauvais genre (1997) ... Camille
Dobermann (1997) ... Nat the gipsy
Come mi vuoi (aka As You Want Me) (1996) ... Nellina
L' Appartement (1996) ... Lisa
Il Cielo è sempre più blu (aka Bits and Pieces)
(1995)
Palla di neve (aka Snowball) (1995) ... Melina
I Mitici (aka The Heroes) (1994) ... Deborah
Ostinato destino (1992) ... Marina and Angela
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) ... Dracula's Bride
La Riffa (1991) ... Francesca
Briganti (aka Bandits: Love and Liberty) (1990)
Vita coi figli (1990)
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