Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy; is married to fellow actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films and has a daughter, named Deva (born September 12, 2004). In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.

In 1988, Bellucci moved to one of Europe’s fashion centres, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City.

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