Scene from L'ultimo capodanno (1998)

Alternate Names: Monica Anna Maria Bellucci, Μόνικα Άννα Μαρία Μπελούτσι, مونیکا بلوچی, Моника Беллуччи

Physical Characteristics:

• Height: 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
• Eye Color: hazel
• Hair Color: dark brown hair
• Weight: 64.0kg

First Appearances:

• Life with the Kids (1990) as Elda

Most Important Roles:

• Irreversible (2002) as Alex
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as Persephone
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) as Persephone
• The Passion of the Christ (2004) as Magdalena
• Under Suspicion (2000) as Chantal Hearst
• Joseph (1995) as Pharaos Frau
• Dobermann (1997) as Nathalie
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007) as Donna Quintano
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) as Cléopâtre
• Manual of Love 2 (2007) as Lucia

Career Highlights:

• Irreversible (2002)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• The Passion of the Christ (2004)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Joseph (1995)
• Dobermann (1997)
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
• Manual of Love 2 (2007)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award - Female (2003)
• Nominated for 1 Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress (2002)
• Nominated for 1 César - Most Promising Actress (Meilleur jeune espoir féminin) (1997)
• Won Special David (2021)
• Nominated for 1 David - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice non Protagonista) (2003)
• Won Silver Ribbon Doc - Protagonist of the Year (2024)
• Won European Silver Ribbon (2017)
• Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (2007)
• Nominated for 1 Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (2005)
• Won Silver Ribbon - Best Supporting Actress (Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista) (2003)
• Nominated for 1 MTV Movie Award - Best Kiss (2004)
• Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
• Nominated for 1 Teen Choice Award - Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female (2003)
• Won Honorary Golden Alexander (2023)
• Won Chainsaw Award - Best Supporting Actress (2003)
• Won NRJ Ciné Award - Most Glamorous Actress (Actrice la plus glamour) (2004)
• Won Career Golden Globe (2024)
• Won European Golden Globe (2005)
• Won Golden Globe - Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) (1998)
• Nominated for 1 CinEuphoria - Best Supporting Actress - International Competition (2025)

Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (Italian: [ˈmɔːnika belˈluttʃi]; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American and French films.

Bellucci played a Bride of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror romance film Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and Malèna Scordia in the Italian-language romantic drama Malèna (2000). She was in the controversial Gaspar Noé arthouse horror film Irréversible (2002), and portrayed Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's biblical drama The Passion of the Christ (2004).

In the 2003 science-fiction films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, she played Persephone. In the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, she became the oldest Bond girl in the history of the franchise.