Ornella Muti
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 Ornella Muti at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Francesca Romana Rivelli 9 March 1955 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse(s) | Alessio Orano (m. 1975–1981)(divorced) Federico Facchinetti (1988–1996) (separated) 2 children |
| Partner(s) | Stefano Piccolo (1998-2008) Fabrice Kerhervé (2008-present) |
Ornella Muti (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress.
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Early life [edit]
She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother Ilse Renata Krause. Her maternal grandparents immigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Russia, to Estonia.[1] She has an older sister, Claudia (born 1951).
Career [edit]
Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in 1970 in La moglie più bella (aka The Most Beautiful Wife).
She has primarily worked in Italian films but she made her English-speaking film debut as Princess Aura in Flash Gordon in 1980. American movies she appeared in include Oscar (1991) and Once Upon a Crime (1992). She is mostly known to the French for appearing in a television commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta.
Muti was voted "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" in 1994 by a worldwide poll of readers of the magazine Class.
In 2008, Ornella Muti introduced her own line of jewellery.[2] She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty.
She insured her breasts for $350,000.[3]
Personal life [edit]
Muti has been married twice, to Alessio Orano (her fellow actor in the film "The Most Beautiful Wife", 1975–1981), and Federico Facchinetti (1988–1996).
Muti has three children: Naike Rivelli (b. 1974), who is also a model and actress having a close resemblance to her mother, and whose father is Spanish film producer José Luis Bermúdez de Castro Acaso; a son, Andrea, and a second daughter, Carolina, both from her marriage to Facchinetti.
From 1998 to 2008, Muti lived with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon.
Since 2008, her romantic partner is Fabrice Kerhervé.[4][5]
Selected filmography [edit]
- La moglie più bella (The Most Beautiful Wife, 1970)
- Il Sole nella pelle (1971, also known as Summer Affair, Sun on the Skin)
- Le Monache di Sant'Arcangelo (1973, also known as Sisters of Satan, The Nuns of Saint Archangel, The Nun and the Devil)
- Romanzo popolare (1974, also known as Come Home and Meet My Wife)
- The Sensual Man (1974)
- Appassionata (1974, also known as Passionate)
- Leonor (1975)
- Pure as a Lily (1976)
- La Dernière femme (1976, also known as The Last Woman, L'Ultima donna)
- La stanza del vescovo, (1977, also known as The Bishop’s Room)
- Mort d'un pourri (1977, also known as Death of a Corrupt Man, The Twisted Detective)
- I nuovi mostri (1977)
- Neapolitan Mystery (1978)
- Primo amore (1978)
- Ritratto di borghesia in nero (1978, also known as Nest of Vipers, Portrait of a Bourgeois in Black)
- La Vita è bella (Life is Beautiful, 1979)
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Il Bisbetico Domato (1980)
- Innamorato pazzo (Madly in Love, 1981)
- Storie di ordinaria follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness, 1981)
- Love and Money (1982)
- La Ragazza di Trieste (The Girl from Trieste, 1983)
- Il futuro è donna (The Future Is Woman, 1984)
- Un amour de Swann (1984, also known as Eine Liebe von Swann, Swann in Love)
- Io e mia sorella (Me and My Sister, 1987)
- Casanova (1987)
- Cronaca di una morte annunciata (Chronicle of a Death Foretold, 1987)
- 'O Re (The King of Naples) (1989)
- 'Codice privato (1989)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
- Il Viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990, English titles: Captain Fracassa's Journey, The Voyage of Captain Fracassa)
- Oscar (1991)
- Once Upon a Crime (1992)
- El Amante Bilingüe (1993)
- Mi fai un favore (1996, US title: Stella's Favor)
- Compromesso d'amore (1995, Spanish title: Tatiana, la muñeca rusa, US title: Love Deal)
- Pour rire! (1996)
- Somewhere in the City (1998)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1998, miniseries)
- The Unscarred (1999), co-starred with daughter Naike Rivelli
- Dirty Linen (1999)
- Tierra del fuego (2000)
- Domani (2001, English title: Tomorrow)
- Il figlio prediletto (2001 Brazil, Portuguese title: Um Crime Nobre)
- Last Run (2002)
- Cavale (2002, also known as Trilogy: One, On the Run, One)
- Un couple épatant (2002, also known as Trilogy: Two, An Amazing Couple, Two)
- Après la vie (2002) (also known as Trilogy: Three, After the Life, Three)
- Hotel (2003)
- On the Run: Trilogy 1 (2004)
- An Amazing Couple: Trilogy 2 (2004)
- After the Life: Trilogy 3 (2004)
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
- Doc West (2009)
- To Rome with Love (2012)
References [edit]
- ^ Interview with Ornella Muti (Интервью с Орнеллой Мути)
- ^ ORNELLA MUTI & FABRICE KERHERVÉ look forward to meeting you at RIGA on the 19th-20th-21th JULY 2008
- ^ "Top 23 Insured Celebrity Bodyparts". gawno.com.
- ^ Ornella Muti ha trovato l’uomo della sua vita (in Italian) - 2008-07-31
- ^ Ornella Muti ama il selvaggio Fabrice (in Italian) - 2009-04-17
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ornella Muti |
- Ornella Muti Official Fan Club Website
- Ornella Muti at the Internet Movie Database
- Ornella Muti at the TCM Movie Database
- Ornella Muti at AllRovi
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