Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Appearance
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Born | Maria Grazia Cucinotta 27 July 1968 Messina, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Citizenship | Italian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990-present |
Spouse | Gino Macari (1995-present) (1 child) |
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990. She has also worked as a producer, screenwriter and model.
Cucinotta was born in Messina, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. She is well known in Italy as a movie and television actress, but internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, credited as the Cigar Girl, in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
She guest starred in The Sopranos episode "Isabella". She also appeared on The Simpsons episode "The Italian Bob" voicing Sideshow Bob's wife, Francesca.
She won the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2010.[citation needed]
Filmography
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- Vacanze di Natale '90 (1990)
- Viaggio d'amore (1990)
- Alto rischio (1993)
- Cominciò tutto per caso (1993)
- Abbronzatissimi 2 - un anno dopo (1993)
- Il Postino (1994)
- I Laureati (1995)
- El día de la Bestia (1995)
- Il Sindaco (1996)
- Italiani (1996)
- Il Decisionista (1997)
- A Brooklyn State of Mind (1997)
- Camere da letto (1997)
- Ballad of the Nightingale (1998)
- La Seconda moglie (1998)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999)
- Picking Up the Pieces (2000)
- Just One Night (2000)
- Stregati dalla luna (2001)
- Strani accordi (2001)
- Vaniglia e cioccolato (2004)
- Mariti in affitto (2004)
- Miracolo a Palermo! (2005)
- All the Invisible Children (2005)
- Uranya (2006)
- Last Minute Marocco (2007)
- Sweet Sweet Marja (2007)
- Purple Sea (2009)
- Fly Light (2009)
- Flores negras (2009)
- L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2009)
- Death of the Virgin (2009)
- La bella società (2009)
- Un giorno della Vita (2010)
- The Museum of Wonders (2010)
- The Rite (2011)
- Magic Card (2015)
- The Wonder (2016)
Television appearances
- Andy e Norman (1991)
- La Ragnatela (1991)
- Scherzi a parte (1992)
- Alta società (1995)
- La Signora della città (1996)
- Solomon (1997)
- Il Quarto re (1997)
- Padre papà (1998)
- Wildside - Lawyer episode (1998)
- In punta di cuore (1999)
- "Isabella" (1999, episode of The Sopranos)
- L' Avvocato Porta (1997)
- Amici di Gesù (2000)
- Il Bello delle donne (2001)
- Amici di Gesù (2001)
- Marcinelle (2003)
- "The Italian Bob" (2005, episode of The Simpsons)
- Pompei (2007)
- VIP (2008)
References
External links
- Official website Template:It icon [dead link]
- Official website Template:En icon
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta on X
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta at IMDb
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta at askmen.com
- CNN interview with Maria Grazia Cucinotta