Name: Monica Anna Maria Bellucci
Birth Date: September 30, 1964
Birth Place: Città di Castello (Perugia), Italy
Nationality: Italian
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Height: 5' 9'' (1.75 m)
Weight: 143.3 lbs (65 kg)
Measurements: 35C-24-35 (89-61-89 cm)
Shoe Size: 10
Education: for the first high school year she attended Liceo Linguistico Elia Volpi, but she graduated from Liceo Classico Plinio il Giovane. She then attended the first year of law school at the University of Perugia.
Profession: actress, model
Marital Status: married
Husband: Vincent Cassel
Spoken Languages: Italian, French, English
Zodiacal Sign: Libra
Favourite Movie: Una Giornata Particolare, by Ettore Scola
Favourite Poem: A Silvia, by Giacomo Leopardi

She appeared in a black and white commercial for Dolce & Gabbana. The director was Giuseppe Tornatore, who also directed her in Malèna.

She is the face of the perfume "Sicily" by Dolce & Gabbana.

She was originally casted as Mina Harker in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict. The part then went to Peta Wilson.

Daughter, Deva Cassel (b. September 12, 2004 in Rome, Italy). Deva is a Sanskrit name which means "heavenly creature."

The national furniture exhibition held in Città di Castello, Monica's hometown, gifted her with a precious wooden crib in order to celebrate the birth of her daughter.

She was married for a short period to Claudio Carlos Basso, a photographer, whom she met when she was a model. The couple divorced amicably.

Engaged to actor Nicola Farron until 1995.

She ranked #6 in Maxim's Sexiest Women in 1999.

She ranked #9 in Maxim's Sexiest Women in 2002.

She ranked #1 in Askmen's Most Desirable Women in 2002.

She was elected most beautiful woman in the world by French viewers of tv show La Plus Belle Femme du Monde on November 8, 2004.

An old friend of hers, owner of a bar in Città di Castello, invented a cocktail named after her. It contains, among other ingredients, sparkling wine and passion fruit.

Bellucci is a name that derives from the Latin Bellautus, who seems to have given names to loads of Italian noble families (Belluccio, Belluzzi, etc...), and is a typical name from the center of Italy, in fact she is from Umbria.

A life-size wax figure of Monica is displayed at Paris's much visited Musée Grévin.

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