Monica Bellucci is regularly at the top of the lists of the most beautiful women in the world, and she has been recognized as such for several decades in a row. She sets the example that says a woman can be gorgeous, even after 50, and at any size. Monica became successful after 30, became a mother at almost 40, and she proves that a woman is capable of creating her own destiny.
At Bright Side, we decided to reminisce about the path of this talented actress and find out why she is loved by so many.
From the Faculty of Law to fashion
In her youth, Monica dreamed of becoming a lawyer and even entered the Faculty of Law. As a student, she had a part-time job at a modeling agency. She was noticed there and invited to go to Milan. So, she said goodbye to her dream of becoming a lawyer and went to conquer the famous fashion houses.
It’s unbelievable, but Bellucci’s popularity grew alongside her age. If at the dawn of her career she starred in commercials and walked on the runway, in her prime, she was on the covers of magazines, starring in iconic movies, and gaining the status of one of the most attractive women on the planet. The actress is proud of her age. One day she said: “I wouldn’t want to be 20 again for anything.”
Great career after 30
Monica’s first movie was Vita coi figli when she was about 25, but she was internationally recognized after playing the role of Dracula’s bride in Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. But her most remarkable movie became Malèna, a movie about a woman with stunning beauty for which she was hated by the entire town. At that time, Bellucci was 36 years old.
Monica scoffs at the suggestion that actresses can no longer play love interests after a certain age. And she proves it in practice. At 51, she became the most mature girlfriend of James Bond in Specter, and a year later she starred in Emir Kusturica’s On the Milky Road playing the love interest of a Serbian milkman.
Since the late 1990s, almost every film where Monica appeared has become iconic. The drama L’Appartement brought Bellucci her first César Award nomination and made her position in the movie industry stronger. During that movie production, she met Vincent Cassel, and their relationship became really important for Bellucci.
