Whether as a Bride of Dracula, Cleopatra, or a Bond girl; Monica Bellucci has always cut a “bella figura”. Today the Italian actor and model celebrates her 56th birthday – Buon compleanno! | DW Euromaxx

Before Monica Bellucci became the symbol of timeless beauty, she was a small-town girl from Città di Castello, Italy — dreaming of art, not fame. She studied law at the University of Perugia, working as a model to pay her tuition. But destiny had a different script. Her classical beauty, reminiscent of Renaissance paintings, soon drew the attention of elite fashion houses. #actress #fashion #monicabellucci | Scrolls of the Ages