Monica 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 her acting career was born. She made her feature film debut in Francesco Laudadio's "La Riffa" (1991).

Francis Coppola gave Bellucci a small role in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves, and she went on to star in numerous European features. In 2000, she appeared with Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman in "Under Suspicion". The following year, she co-starred in the French sensation "Le Pacte des Loupes" (2001).

Bellucci made a major impression when she starred as a raped woman in Gaspar Noé's harrowing "Irréversible" (2002) and the actress also hit the radar of mainstream audiences when she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Antoine Fuqua's "Tears of the Sun" (2003). Later that same year, Bellucci entranced blockbuster-craving crowds when she was cast in the highly-anticipated back-to-back sequels "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolution" playing the beautiful and enigmatic Persephone. In 2004 Belucci had a small role, comported with much modesty, as Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's controversial and brutal depiction of the Crucifixtion, "The Passion of the Christ," and she also appeared in director Spike Lee's middling sex comedy "She Hate Me" (2004) as the lesbian daughter of a Mafioso who pays to be impregnated by the film's lead character (Anthony Mackie). The following year she appeared as the icy, evil Mirror Queen in director Terry Gilliam's visually arresting but disappointing fairy tale tweaking "The Brothers Grimm" (2005).

Filmography

> Sheitan (2006) .... La belle vampiresse
> Combien tu m'aimes? (2005) .... Daniela
> The Brothers Grimm (2005) .... Mirror Queen
> The Matrix Online (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Persephone
... aka MxO (USA: promotional abbreviation)
> Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Kaileena
> She Hate Me (2004) .... Simona Bonasera
> Agents secrets (2004) .... Barbara/Lisa
... aka Spy Bound (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
... aka Secret Agents (International: English title)
> The Passion of the Christ (2004) .... Magdalen
... aka The Passion Recut (International: English title: cut version)
> The Matrix Revolutions (2003) .... Persephone
... aka The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
> Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (voice: french version) .... Marina
> Enter the Matrix (2003) (VG) .... Persephone
> The Matrix Reloaded (2003) .... Persephone
... aka The Matrix Reloaded: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
> Tears of the Sun (2003) .... Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks
> Ricordati di me (2003) .... Alessia
... aka Remember Me (International: English title)
... aka Remember Me, My Love (USA)
... aka Souviens-toi de moi (France)
> Irréversible (2002) .... Alex
... aka Irreversible (International: English title)
> Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002) .... Cléopâtre
... aka Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (UK) (USA)
... aka Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra (Germany)
... aka Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra (USA: new title)
> Pacte des loups, Le (2001) .... Sylvia
... aka Brotherhood of the Wolf (USA)
> Malèna (2000) .... Malena Scordia
> Under Suspicion (2000) .... Chantal Hearst
... aka Suspicion (France)
> Franck Spadone (2000) .... Laura
> Méditerranées (1999) .... Marguerite
> Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999) .... Myrtille
... aka Like a Fish Out of Water (USA: video title)
> A los que aman (1998) .... Valeria
... aka Heure des nuages, L' (France: TV title)
... aka Those Who Love
> Ultimo capodanno, L' (1998) .... Giulia
... aka Humanity's Last New Year's Eve
... aka Ultimo capodanno dell'umanità, L' (Italy)
> Compromis (1998) .... Monique, la jeune première
> Plaisir (et ses petits tracas), Le (1998) .... La jeune fille éplorée
... aka Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences) (USA)
> Come mi vuoi (1997) .... Nellina
... aka As You Want Me (USA)
... aka Embrasse-moi Pasqualino! (France)
> Mauvais genre (1997) .... Camille
> Dobermann (1997) .... Nathalie/Nat the gipsy
> Stressati (1997)
> Appartement, L' (1996) .... Lisa
... aka Appartamento, L' (Italy)
... aka Flash-back (El apartamento) (Spain)
... aka The Apartment
> Sorellina e il principe del sogno (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Princess
... aka Im Brunnen der Träume (Italy)
... aka Prinzessin Alisea
> Joseph (1995) (TV) .... Pharaoh's Wife
... aka Bibel: Josef, Die (Germany)
... aka Joseph in Egypt (UK)
... aka The Bible: Joseph
> Cielo è sempre più blu, Il (1995)
... aka Bits and Pieces
> Palla di neve (1995) .... Melina
... aka Snowball (USA: cable TV title)
> Mitici, I (1994) .... Deborah
... aka Colpo gobbo a Milano (Italy: subtitle)
... aka Mitici - Colpo gobbo a Milano, I (Italy)
... aka The Heroes
> Dracula (1992) .... Dracula's Bride
... aka Bram Stoker's Dracula (USA: complete title)
> Ostinato destino (1992) .... Marina and Angela
> Riffa, La (1991) .... Francesca
> Briganti (1990)
... aka Amore e libertà (Italy)
... aka Bandits: Love and Liberty (UK)
> Vita coi figli (1990) (TV)

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