From starring in independent dramas to huge blockbusters, Bellucci is at ease playing a variety of characters.
The Italian star, who began her career as a 13-year-old model, has remained an evergreen presence on the international cinematic landscape.
Here the most popular movies of Monica Bellucci…
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
20. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gays, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in an important restaurant has a liaison with Cecilia the new young Spanish help in cuisine.
19. Manual of Love (2007)
18. Wild Blood (2008)
The story of rising, fancy life and falling of Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida, two of the stars of the Italian cinema during the Fascism period of Italy. The story of rising, fancy life and falling of Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida (Monica Bellucci), two of the stars of the Italian cinema during the Fascism period of Italy.
17. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation. Persephone is a fictional character in The Matrix franchise. She is portrayed by Monica Bellucci. In the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Persephone is the wife of the Merovingian.
16. Spectre (2015)
A cryptic message from the past leads James Bond (Daniel Craig) to Mexico City and Rome, where he meets the beautiful widow (Monica Bellucci) of an infamous criminal. After infiltrating a secret meeting, 007 uncovers the existence of the sinister organization SPECTRE. Needing the help of the daughter of an old nemesis, he embarks on a mission to find her. As Bond ventures toward the heart of SPECTRE, he discovers a chilling connection between himself and the enemy (Christoph Waltz) he seeks. Monica Bellucci is oldest bond woman.
15. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
In a dystopia overrun by robots, Neo (Keanu Reeves), mankind’s greatest hope, is trapped in a limbo world. Meanwhile, the majority of the planet’s population remains in a state of suspended virtual reality. The few humans who are cognizant of the grim realities of the world desperately try to hold off their mechanical enemies long enough for Neo to escape and save the day, but things turn disastrous when all-powerful computer program Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) arrives in the flesh. Persephone is a fictional character in The Matrix franchise. She is portrayed by Monica Bellucci. In the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Persephone is the wife of the Merovingian.
14. Irreversible (2002)
A woman’s (Monica Bellucci) lover (Vincent Cassel) and her former boyfriend (Albert Dupontel) take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist.
13. Dobermann (1997)
A crook known as Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) has a soft spot for guns, and he loves using them — especially to rob banks. Flanked by his deaf but equally violent lover Nat the Gipsy (Monica Bellucci), plus a brutal and bizarre pack of fellow thieves, Dobermann pulls off a tricky job that results in the death of police officers. After the heist, the group is pursued by the rogue cop Cristini (Tcheky Karyo), who spits bile and will stop at nothing to take down the gang.
12. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
In this version of Christ’s crucifixion, based on the New Testament, Judas expedites the downfall of Jesus (Jim Caviezel) by handing him over to the Roman Empire’s handpicked officials. To the horror of his mother, Mary (Maia Morgenstern), Magdalen (Monica Bellucci), whom he saved from damnation, and his disciples, Jesus is condemned to death. He is tortured as he drags a crucifix to nearby Calvary, where he is nailed to the cross. He dies, but not before a last act of grace.
11. Under Suspicion (2000)
“Under Suspicion” is an intense, psychological thriller, with veteran Police Captain Victor Benezet squaring off against prominent tax attorney Henry Hearst — two life-hardened and well-matched opponents motivated by reasons more complex and personal than the pursuit of duty or the defense of reputation. Exploring the darkest recesses of the human imagination, bringing to light the dangerous psychological ramifications of a guilty conscience.
10. Secret Agents (2004)
Georges (Vincent Cassel) and Lisa (Monica Bellucci) are top field agents with the French secret service. But, while Georges is addicted to the work, Lisa is weary of it. So when they are sent to Morocco to thwart an arms smuggler, Lisa insists it’s her last mission. The operation succeeds, but when Lisa is framed for drug trafficking and another agent is murdered, Georges realizes someone has betrayed them, and he must strike out on his own to find out who and why.
9. Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra (2002)
The superheros of 50 B.C., Asterix (Christian Clavier) and Obelix (Gérard Depardieu), are called to Egypt to help an architect, Edifis (Jamel Debbouze), win a bet for Cleopatra (Monica Bellucci). Defending the greatness of her people, Cleopatra has told Julius Caesar that she will erect a great palace for him within three months. Then she tells her architect that, if he does not make the schedule, he is going to be fed to the crocodiles. Asterix and Obelix do their best to keep him alive.
8. On the Milky Road (2016)
During wartime, a milkman’s quiet life is turned upside down by his forbidden love affair with a mysterious Italian woman.
7. Don’t Look Back (2009)
Panic attacks and memory loss signal the plight of a writer (Sophie Marceau) whose body is inexplicably being taken over by another woman (Monica Bellucci).
6. Tears of the Sun (2003)
The Nigerian government has fallen, and the country is on the verge of civil war. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) has been assigned to lead a team of soldiers into the Nigerian jungle to rescue Dr. Lena Kendricks (Monica Bellucci). When Waters and his team locate Kendricks, she tells them she won’t leave her helpless patients to be slaughtered by rebels. The team incurs the wrath of both U.S. and Nigerian forces when they side with Kendricks and attempt to march the refugees to safety.
5. How Much Do You Love Me? (2008)
After winning a lottery, an office worker (Bernard Campan) pays a beautiful prostitute (Monica Bellucci) a large amount of money to live with him.
4. L’Appartement (1996)
Following the romantic obsession of Max, a young corporate hotshot who leaves his successful new world behind to search for his elusive lost love Lisa.
3. Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)
After saving a newborn infant from assassins, carrot-crunching gunman Mr. Smith (Clive Owen) teams up with a prostitute named DQ (Monica Bellucci) to protect the baby from further attacks. With hit man Hertz (Paul Giamatti) hot on their trail, Smonith and DQ uncover a dying senator’s plot to harvest bone marrow from babies just like the one in their arms.
2. The Ages of Love (2011)
A stripper (Monica Bellucci) helps an aging man (Robert De Niro) rediscover his youth in one of three stories about love.
1. Malèna (2000)
In 1941, Renato was 13 years old and although the world was at war, nothing ever happened in this sleepy village in Sicily. Until the day he discovered something that would change his life forever… Malna, the beautiful young war widow who was the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. Because of her, Renato will come to learn all of life’s lessons and find himself in places he never could have imagined.