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.
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
To Rome with Love
Pia Fusari
Flash Gordon
Princess Aura
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Graziella Lespinasse
Oscar
Sofia Provolone
The Taming of the Scoundrel
Lisa Silvestri
Department Store
Se stessa / Luisa, commessa del reparto abbigliamento per bambini
Madly in Love
Principessa Cristina
The New Monsters
l'autostoppista/la hostess
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 |