Biography of Monica Bellucci
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci was born on September 30, 1964 in the small picturesque Italian town of Citta di Castello. Her parents perceived the birth of the baby as a miracle, because the mother was diagnosed with infertility. Monica has no brothers or sisters; later, when the girl grew up, her mother consoled herself with the thought that this was for the best - after all, they could be jealous of her successes.
Monica's beauty, which was largely the key to her success, did not blossom immediately. However, at the age of 12 it already became clear that the girl had phenomenal external data. Nevertheless, young Monica entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Perugia. The family - my mother is a housewife, my father is the owner of a small truck manufacturing company - did not have a lot of money. To pay for her studies, the girl worked part-time as a waitress in a pizzeria, and then signed a contract with a small modeling agency. The model's career began to develop so successfully that she soon faced a choice - to complete her studies as a lawyer or become a catwalk star. Bellucci chose the second and soon left for Milan.
Career of Monica Bellucci
Bellucci signed her first major modeling contract at the age of 24 with the Italian branch of the prestigious global agency Elite Model Management. A year later, she was already shining on the catwalks in Paris and New York, collaborating with Dolce & Gabbana and Elle. In 1990, Monica tried herself in cinema. Soon, episodes in Italian films were replaced by her first big role - one of the vampire’s brides in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. And although this was not a breakthrough in her acting career, it was after her that the beauty was noticed and not only in Hollywood.
Acting success came to Monica Bellucci in 1996. She was nominated for the French National Film Award "Cesar" for her role as Lisa in the film "The Apartment". This was followed by such major projects as “Malena”, “The Brothers Grimm”, “The Matrix: Revolution” and “The Matrix Reloaded”, “The Passion of the Christ”.
The role in the French dramatic thriller “Irreversible” deserves special attention. The scene of the rape of the main character, played by Bellucci, already at the premiere screening in Cannes, among an audience accustomed to many things, shocked the audience so much that more than 200 people were forced to leave the hall, some requiring medical assistance. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci's husband at that time, ran out of the hall in tears. And this despite the fact that Cassel himself starred in the film and played in the murder scene, which became a second shock for the public, sending some into a deep faint.
The role in the film “007: Spectre” was also significant for Bellucci. The actress was 51 years old when she was invited to play in Bond and she became the oldest Bond girl.
Both Bellucci's acting and modeling careers are unfinished. She becomes the face of prestigious brands, appears on the covers of fashion magazines, and continues to act in films. In 2021, the Australian horror film “The Necromancer” was released on world screens, which Russian audiences will get to know in the summer of 2021. In it, Monica Bellucci played the queen of the other world. The spy thriller “Spider in the Web” is in production, where the actress starred in one of the main roles.
Monica Bellucci's husband
The Italian actress and model is one of those women who do not experience a shortage of male attention.
Monica has been in the TOP 100 most beautiful women on the planet for many years, she even topped this list. Despite this, Bellucci does not have a stormy personal life. In 1990, the actress married Claudio Carlos Basso, but family life did not work out and after four years of marriage they separated. In 1996, on the set of the film “The Apartment,” Monica met the popular French actor Vincent Cassel. After several years of a whirlwind romance, they got married in August 1999. For a long time, Vincent and Monica were considered the most beautiful and happiest couple. During their marriage, they had two daughters, and the couple always appeared in public places together. Therefore, many were taken by surprise by the news of the separation of Cassel and Bellucci. In August 2013, the couple separated; Monica Bellucci did not comment on the divorce for a long time, and then stated that she and her husband simply became strangers to each other. Nevertheless, the actors communicate, because they have two wonderful daughters growing up. Monica admitted that they had a perfect marriage, but nothing can last forever.
Monica Bellucci's ex-husbands
The first husband of the model and actress was fashion photographer Claudio Carlos Basso. Their romance began in 1989, and a year later they got married. The marriage lasted 18 months, but the divorce was finalized only in 2004.
When Monica met Vincent Cassel, and this happened on the set of the film “The Apartment,” the girl was engaged to the Italian actor Nicola Farron. They were considered the most beautiful couple in Italy. She didn’t like Vincent - he seemed like an arrogant upstart. The actor decided that this was another stupid model. However, hostility was soon replaced by ardent romantic feelings. The couple were together for three years and three times Vincent asked Monica to marry him. In 1999, Kassel was involved in an accident. Fearing for him, Bellucci agreed to the marriage.
For twelve years, the marriage of Bellucci and Cassel was considered unbreakable. Although the actors often lived in different cities, their relationship was very tender. The marriage produced two children - girls Deva and Leonie. When the first rumors of divorce began in 2013, many could not believe them and considered them a newspaper duck. However, it soon became clear that Kassel was having a hot affair with a very young model Tina Kunaki. Soon after the divorce, the actor married her.
What is known about the personal life of film star Monica Bellucci
Millions of men are in love with the most beautiful woman on the planet. The film actress knows the magic of her beauty. A huge number of representatives of the stronger half of humanity dream of winning the heart of a beauty. The most beautiful and rich lady values sincere feelings and decency. The actress has always wanted and wants to be close to a person who can be completely trusted.
First husband: Claudio Carlos Basso
In the late 80s, Monica signed a contract with Elite Model himself and moved to Milan. The charming model began posing for glamor magazines and advertising the most famous brands. In 1989, Monica flew to the USA; the beauty wanted to try her hand as an actress and get into Hollywood. At one of the photo shoots, she met a photographer named Claudio Carlos Basso. Monica fell in love with Claudio and returned to Italy with him.
In 1990, the 26-year-old beauty married a 31-year-old photographer. The wedding was modest, attended only by relatives and close friends. The media did not write anything about Bellucci’s marriage. After all, no one knew Monica’s name at that time.
The actress's first husband, Claudio, was born in 1959 in France. His parents emigrated to Argentina and from there came to Italy. Claudio was interested in photography from a young age. At first he worked as a photographer's assistant in Milan. At the age of 21, Claudio became a freelance fashion photographer. Soon fate brought him together with Eileen Ford. Thanks to this woman, Claudio received a lucrative contract and went to work as a photographer in the USA. In America, he met the aspiring actress Bellucci.
Monica and Claudio lived together for only six months. Also in 1990, the actress became interested in a young actor named Nicola Farron. In 1994, Claudio Carlos Basso and Monica Bellucci officially filed for divorce. Currently, Claudio is 62 years old. The photographer has made a successful career in the USA. True, ex-husband Claudio does not like to talk about his personal life and his romances after breaking up with Bellucci.
Relationship with Nicola Farron
In 1990, on the set of the Italian film Life with Children, the charming Monica met the handsome Nicola Farron. At the time they met, the film actress was married to Claudio Carlos Basso. However, the passion that flared up on the set grew into a long-term romance and destroyed the movie star’s marriage. Monica began dating Nicola. Their love lasted about 5 years.
Nikola is the same age as Monica. In the 90s, he dreamed of a career as a film actor, not marriage. True, he loved the actress with all his heart. Soon Monica was invited to act in Hollywood. Nikola remained in Italy. Their love was killed by distance. Nicola has made a good career, starring in 27 Italian films. Nicola Farron's net worth is estimated at approximately $16 million. There is no information about the actor’s personal life.
Romance and marriage with Vincent Cassel
In 1996, on the set of the French film “The Apartment” directed by Gilles Mimouni, charming Monica met a young actor named Vincent Cassel. Bellucci had to play a loving couple with this Frenchman. True, at the time of their first meeting, Monica and Vincent did not like each other. It seemed to the Frenchman that the young actress could not act. Bellucci decided that Vincent Cassel was very arrogant.
A few days passed and both actors changed their minds. Cassel realized how wrong he was. Bellucci turned out to be an intelligent, insightful and very hardworking actress.
A spark of love flared up between Monica and Vincent, which grew into a real romance. For several years, Bellucci and Cassel often starred in the same films (“Dobermann”, “How Do You Want Me?”, “Unruly”). The actors lived separately. It seemed as if they specifically agreed to play in common projects just to be together.
Bellucci lived and worked in Italy. Cassel regularly played villains in France. In 1999, Vincent proposed to Monica. The actress agreed to become the wife of the popular French actor-heartthrob. The marriage lasted 14 years, despite the fact that the couple constantly lived in different countries due to filming. Monica gave birth to two children for Vincent.
Birth of daughters
In 2004, Monica gave birth to her first daughter, Virgo. At the time of the birth of her first child, the actress was almost 40 years old. In 2010, Bellucci decided to have another child. At the age of 46, the film actress gave birth to another daughter, Leoni. 3 years after the birth of their youngest child, the actors’ marriage broke up.
Divorce from Vincent
Bellucci and Cassel were together for 18 years, and their marriage lasted 14 long years. Throughout almost their entire married life they lived separately. The fact is that Monica and Vincent were popular actors in their homeland. They starred with different directors in different films. True, the actors played together in 10 films together. Bellucci jokingly called her marriage free.
Monica often said that she was not jealous of her popular husband. Although no one knew what was really going on in her soul. The actress gave her beloved husband two daughters. At one point, the couple realized that they had a lot in common, but there was no point in living together. In 2013, Monica and Vincent divorced.
Later, in an interview with Paris Match, Bellucci admitted that she took the divorce painfully and was very worried. In 2021, the actress's ex-husband married for the second time to a black model named Tina Kunaki. In 2021, his second wife gave birth to Vincent’s daughter, Amazoni.
Monica's romance with actor Gilles Lellouche
In January 2021, the media wrote that the then 52-year-old film star was having an affair with a 44-year-old Frenchman named Gilles Lellouche. The couple was spotted having dinner at Sidaction in Paris. Some of the guests decided that the actors behaved like lovers, they came together and left the event at the same time.
Gilles Lellouche was born in 1972, he is 8 years younger than Bellucci. By profession, Gilles is an actor and director. In January 2021, journalists noticed the couple at another event in Paris - “Cesar – Revelations”. It turns out that the actors have known each other for a long time. Together they starred in the television series “Ten Percent” (2015) and “Platane” (2011). In 2021, Monica and Gilles more than once came to celebrations dedicated to film presentations in Paris. The movie star never claimed that Gilles Lellouche was her lover. Most likely, the actors were connected only by joint projects.
Relationship with French artist Nicolas Lefebvre
In 2021, Monica began an affair with a young French artist and gallery owner - Nicolas Lefebvre. For some time no one knew about their relationship. In 2021, the couple attended the Chanel show together as part of Paris Fashion Week. Nicholas was immediately named the first official boyfriend of the movie star after her divorce from Cassel.
The film star’s new lover was born in 1982 in the suburbs of Paris. He is 18 years younger than Monica. Nicholas is an artist by training and a specialist in African art. He graduated from the School of Art at the Louvre. I lived in Peru for some time and was looking for antiques. Then he returned to Paris and worked with the antique dealer Axel Vervoordt.
In 2008, Nicolas Lefebvre opened his own gallery, the exhibits of which can be seen on his Instagram (nicolaslefebvre.artist). In the past, Nicholas had an affair with one woman, which resulted in the birth of his daughter Anahi. The girl (2021) is about 8 years old. She spends a lot of time in the company of her father.
Monica is a passionate collector, lover of antiques and jewelry. This hobby of the actress brought her together with Nicholas. The gallery owner often travels in search of exhibits for his exhibition. The movie star also loves traveling. Thanks to their common hobbies, the relationship between Monica and Nicholas lasted about 3 years. In 2020, the couple announced their separation.
