Monica Bellucci was born on September 30, 1968 in Citt� di Castello, Italy.

While attending the University of Perugia, Monica modeled on the side to earn money for school, and this led to her modeling career. In 1988 she moved to Milan and she got a good start in her model career. A year later she was entirely successful in Paris and in New York. Monica is one of the few Italian models to have reached the top of her profession, but she decided to study acting, hoping to find parts in films.
In 1990 Monica began to work on television in the film "Vita con i figli" and in 1992 on cinema, as Dracula's bride, in "Bram Stoker's Dracula". Monica was nominated for the C�sar as best promise actress in the movie "L'appartement" In 1996. Other credits include "Mal�na" (2000), "Under Suspicion " (2000) and "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003).

Monica Bellucci was elected the most beautiful woman in the world by French viewers in the tv show "La plus belle femme du monde" in 2004.
 

Misspellings & aliases:
Monika, Monicka, Moniqa, Monicha, Monnica, Monicca, Beluci, Belucci, Belluci, Bellucki, Belluchi, Belluccie, Beluchi, Belucchi, Belluccy.