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Ornella Muti Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1955-03-09

Birthplace:
Roma, Lazio, Italy

Credits:
140 Total Roles

Ornella Muti

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2023 The Undecided Groom MOVIE Barbara
2022 Il était une fois Champs-Élysées TV Self (archive footage)
2022 The Christmas Show MOVIE Grandma Rita
2022 Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto MOVIE Self
2022 La voglia matta di vivere MOVIE Self
2021 Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti MOVIE Self
2020 Quiz ohne Grenzen TV Self
2018 Magical Nights MOVIE Federica, the diva
2018 Mare di grano MOVIE Self
2018 Wine to Love MOVIE Anna

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