Born in 1964 in the Italian village of Città di Castello, Umbria, 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 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Her role in the 1996 French thriller, L'appartement (1996), shot her to stardom as she wo...

Monica Bellucci has appeared nude in L' Uomo che ama, Shoot 'Em Up, Ostinato destino, Vita coi figli, Napoléon et moi, How Much Do You Love Me?, Malèna, Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, Dracula, Mauvais genre, Franck Spadone, Under Suspicion, Irréversible, L' Ultimo capodanno, La Riffa, Briganti, Agents secrets, Le Concile de pierre, and The Brotherhood of the Wolf.