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2012 Top 10 Most Beautiful Women in the World Above 40
 Monica Bellucci, Age 48 Years :
Monica Bellucci is an Italian actress and fashion model.Bellucci was born in
Citt� di Castello, Umbria, Italy on September 30th, 1964 as the only child of
Brunella Briganti and Pasquale Bellucci, and she grew up in San Giustino.
Monica Bellucci began modeling at age 13 by posing for a local photo
enthusiast.In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan,
where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming
prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City.
She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year,
Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The
February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Bellucci on the cover and in
an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim. Men's Health
also named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No.
21. AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman in 2002.
Bellucci's modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is
considered an Italian sex symbol. From 2006 to 2010 she was the face of a range
of Dior products. Bellucci is signed to D'management group in Milan and also to
Storm Model Management in London.
In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the
Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws, that prevent the
use of donor sperm. She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the magazine's
April 2010 issue.
In 2012 she became the new face of Dolce & Gabbana.
Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. She played some minor roles in
La Riffa and Bram Stoker's Dracula . In 1996 she was nominated for a C�sar Award
for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Lisa in L'Appartement and
strengthened her position as an actress. She became known and popular with
worldwide audiences, following her roles in Mal�na , Brotherhood of the Wolf,
and Irr�versible . She has since played in many films from Europe and Hollywood
like Tears of the Sun , The Matrix Reloaded , The Passion of the Christ , The
Brothers Grimm, Le Deuxi�me souffle , Don't Look Back , and The Sorcerer's
Apprentice .
She was supposed to be seen portraying Indian politician Sonia Gandhi in the
biopic Sonia, originally planned for release in 2007, but it has been shelved.
 Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film
Shoot 'Em Up . She also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia:
Warrior Within, and the French voice of Cappy for the French version of the 2005
animated film Robots.
Empire magazine selected her as twenty-first on their list of "The Sexiest 25
Characters in Cinema - The Women" for her role of "Persephone" in the Matrix
series.
Bellucci is married to French actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared
in several films. They have two daughters, Deva was born in 2004 and L�onie born
in 2010.
In the documentary movie The Big Question, about the film The Passion of the
Christ, she stated: "I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested
in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy;
the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and
beings."
In September 2012 at a Toronto International Film Festival press conference for
the Iranian movie Rhino Season, Monica stated that she can speak four languages:
Italian, French, English and Persian.
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Dated 15 December 2012
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