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Breve Biografia

MONICA BELLUCCI

For Monica, there was no quick rise to international stardom; born in 1968 in Citta di Castello, central Italy, she spent several years modelling and gradually breaking into acting, firstly in her home nation, then in America and France. Her first exposure to the English-speaking world was a small part as an erotic vampire in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) (she was one of those drinking the blood of Keanu Reeves).

Frustrated by the limitations of the Italian film industry, Monica headed for France and now divides her time between those two countries; as a trilingual actress she has been making headway in French film-making while being noticed by Hollywood, leading to her role in Under Suspicion (2000). Her biggest French film was L'Appartement (1996), which cemented her presence in France. Not forgetting her Italian roots, Monica took the lead role in Malèna (2001), a controversial film set in Sicily during the Second World War.
Monica is poised to set Hollywood alight when the time comes, with a role in the two sequels to The Matrix; but for the moment she remains little-known within the English-speaking countries.