Date of birth: 30 September 1968,
Location: Citta' di Castello, Perugia, Italy
Occupation: actress, model

Born in 1968 in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, Monica Bellucci originally pursued a career in the legal profession. While attending the University of Perugia, she modeled on the side to earn money for school, and this led to her modeling career. In 1988, she moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, and joined Elite Model Management. Although enjoying great success as a model, she made her acting debut on TV in 1990, and her American film debut in 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1990). Her role in the 1996 French thriller, L'Appartement (1996), shot her to stardom as she won the French equivalent of an Oscar nomination. Other credits include Malena (2000), Under Suspicion (2000) with Morgan Freeman, Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) with Mark Dacascos, Irreversible with Vincent Cassell.

Facts about Monica Bellucci:

She appeared in a black & white TV commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. The director was Giuseppe Tornatore, who also directed her in the movie "Malena".

She is to star in two upcoming sequels to the sci-fi thriller The Matrix and is currently filming Hostile Rescue with Bruce Willis in Hawaii.

Monica Belluci was nominated César Awards for Most Promising Young Actress category in L'APPARTEMENT (1997)

Measurements: 35-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine.)

Bellucci and her husband Cassel are separating just months after making the sexually explicit IRREVERSIBLE together after three years of marriage.