Global InformationList of Monica Bellucci performances information
Monica Bellucci is an Italian actor whose international filmography primarily encompasses films and television programs in her native Italy, the United States, and France.[1][2] She made her Italian debut in the television miniseries Vita coi figli in 1991 and in the film La Riffa the same year.[1][3] Her first credited named role in the United States was as one of the three brides in Francis Ford Coppola's horror film Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992.[1] She starred in Italian productions for the next four years and in the television miniseries, Joseph (1995).[4][5] Her French debut and breakthrough role was in the arthouse film The Apartment (1996), which garnered Bellucci a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress.[6][7] Her role as Giulia Giovannini in the Italian comedy-drama film L'ultimo capodanno earned her a Globo d'oro Award for Best Actress in 1998.[8][9]
Bellucci performed her first English-language lead role in the American thriller Under Suspicion in 2000.[10] The same year she portrayed Malèna Scordia in the drama Malèna, which launched her global popularity.[11] She appeared consecutively in two French blockbuster films, the historical epic Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) and the comedy Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002).[12][13] She co-starred in the 2002 French thriller Irréversible, regarded as a highly controversial film.[14] Bellucci played Alessia in the Italian film Remember Me, My Love (2003), for which she received the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Supporting Actress and her first nomination for the David di Donatello awards in the same category.[15][16] She then portrayed Persephone in two sci-fi films from The Matrix franchise released in 2003, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.[17] For her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the Mel Gibson-directed drama The Passion of the Christ (2004), she was nominated for a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress.[18][19] In 2006, she lent her voice to the French version of the American animated film Robots.[20]
In 2010, Bellucci portrayed Laura Leviani in Larysa Kondracki's biopic drama thriller The Whistleblower.[21] She starred opposite Robert De Niro in The Ages of Love (2011) and Iranian Behrouz Vossoughi in Rhino Season (2012).[22][23] For her portrayal of Sophie in the Canadian film Ville-Marie in 2015, she received Best Actress from the Dublin Film Critics' Circle.[24][25] She followed this with Spectre (2015), in which she played Lucia Sciarra, becoming at the age of 50 the oldest Bond girl in 007 history.[26] She portrayed opera singer Alessandra in the third season (2016) of the American comedy-drama streaming television series Mozart in the Jungle.[27] That same year she starred in Emir Kusturica's On the Milky Road, a story that took place during the 1990s Balkan Wars, and it earned her the European Silver Ribbon Award.[28][29] In 2018, she guest starred on the French television series Dix pour cent, and played an evil demon in the Australian comedy science fiction film Nekrotronic.[30][31] In 2019 she made her stage debut in Paris, performing a series of monologues based on the letters and memoirs of Maria Callas under the direction of Tom Volf at the Marigny Theatre.[32]
- ^ a b c Moliterno 2020, p. 62.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (25 January 2023). "Monica Bellucci Tries on the Dress, and Life, of Maria Callas". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Caprara, Valerio (1993). Dino Risi: maître de la comédie Italienne [Dino Risi: master of Italian comedy] (in French). Translated by Bovard, C.; Piauton, M. Rome: Gremese. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-8-8730-1020-3. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Campion, Chris (18 January 2003). "Fantasy made flesh". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Joseph − Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. n.d. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ Hodge, Gavanndra (5 December 2021). "Monica Bellucci: 'Women are feeling free to get old in a different way'". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Williams, Sally (8 September 2017). "'I'm completely in charge of my life': Monica Bellucci's role in the Hollywood age revolution". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "L'ultimo capodanno (1998)". British Film Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Arriva il David speciale per Monica Bellucci 'Un'icona di bellezza'" [Here comes the David Special for Monica Bellucci, 'An icon of beauty']. L'Arena (in Italian). 9 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Winters, Laura (17 December 2000). "Film; Beauty, Her Moreau Eyes Say, Isn't Everything". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Pickle, Betsy (26 August 2005). "Monica Bellucci". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Maher, Kevin (12 May 2023). "Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) review – a nutty Gallic mash-up". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Reynaud, Floriane (12 August 2022). "5 actress who played Cleopatra". Vogue France. Translated by Isabella Martin. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ Austin Collins, K. (16 February 2023). "One of the Most Controversial Movies Ever Is Back in Theaters". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Jennings, Sheri (15 May 2003). "D'Argento awards note top 2 helmers". Variety. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Chiari, Valeria (18 March 2003). "David 2003 Nominations − 11 David nominations for Ozpetek". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci". The Times. 30 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Scott, A. O. (25 February 2004). "Film Review; Good and Evil Locked In Violent Showdown". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Morgoglione, Claudia (22 January 2005). "Gianni Amelio contro Sorrentino nella corsa ai Nastri d'argento" [Gianni Amelio against Sorrentino in the race for the Nastro d'Argento]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Tulard, Jean (2013). Le Nouveau guide des films − Intégrale [The New Films Guide − Full] (in French). Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont. p. 6524. ISBN 978-2-2211-2486-4.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (4 August 2011). "American in Bosnia Discovers the Horrors of Human Trafficking". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Senjanovic, Natasha (24 February 2011). "Manual of Love 3: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Rhino Season film 'rebirth for exiled Iran director'". BBC News. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Brady, Tara (22 February 2016). "ADiff review: Monica Bellucci impresses in Ville-Marie". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2 March 2016). "Viva, Mustang, Evolution win at Dublin". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Child, Ben (23 February 2015). "Monica Bellucci on joining Spectre: 'I thought I was replacing Judi Dench'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Rampton, James (8 December 2016). "Mozart In the Jungle: The fact that Placido Domingo and Monica Belluci have agreed to appear underscores the show's global popularity". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Young, Neil (9 September 2016). "'On the Milky Road' ('Na Mlijecnom Putu'): Film Review | Venice 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci nastro d'argento europeo". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (in Italian). 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Raja, Norine (30 May 2018). "Tout ce qu'on sait déjà sur la saison 3 de 'Dix pour cent'" [Everything we already know about season 3 of 'Ten percent']. Vanity Fair (in French). Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (28 September 2018). "'Nekrotronic': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Monica Bellucci fait revivre Maria Callas" [Monica Bellucci revives Maria Callas]. Vanity Fair (in French). 27 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 April 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.