Acting

Ornella Muti

born 1955 · Acting

59.0avg grm
4titles
12honors

Honors

12
2015Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1970Grolla d'oro — Best New Actress
1998Grolla d'oro — Lifetime Achievement
1976Targa d'Oro
1979Grolla d'oro — Best Leading Actress
Honors
  • 2015Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1970Grolla d'oro — Best New Actress
  • 1998Grolla d'oro — Lifetime Achievement
  • 1976Targa d'Oro
  • 1979Grolla d'oro — Best Leading Actress
  • —Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actress
  • —Globo d'oro — Livetime Achievement
  • —Q3772364
  • —Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress
  • —Premio Pasinetti
  • —Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • —Taormina Arte Award

Bio

Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). 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 British 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 TV commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta. 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. Since 1998, Muti has been living with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon. 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. She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty. She insured her breasts for $350,000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ornella Muti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography

Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). 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 British 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 TV commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta. 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. Since 1998, Muti has been living with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon. 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. She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty. She insured her breasts for $350,000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ornella Muti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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1990s2 titlesCThe Count of Monte Cristo1998 · as Mercedes · series63.6VThe Voyage of Captain Fracassa1990 · as Serafina56.9
1980s1 titleTThe Taming of the Scoundrel1980 · as Lisa Silvestri59.1
1970s1 titleMThe Most Beautiful Wife1970 · as Francesca56.5

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Ornella Muti

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born1955
known forActing
titles on site4
avg GRM59.0
honors12 · Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2015
Honors
  • 2015Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1970Grolla d'oro — Best New Actress
  • 1998Grolla d'oro — Lifetime Achievement
  • 1976Targa d'Oro
  • 1979Grolla d'oro — Best Leading Actress
  • —Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actress
  • —Globo d'oro — Livetime Achievement
  • —Q3772364
  • —Nastro d'Argento — Best Actress
  • —Premio Pasinetti
  • —Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • —Taormina Arte Award
Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). 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 British 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 TV commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta. 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. Since 1998, Muti has been living with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon. 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. She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty. She insured her breasts for $350,000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ornella Muti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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