
Ornella Muti
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
The Undecided Groom as Barbara
2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2022The Christmas Show as Grandma Rita
2022Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto as Self
2022La voglia matta di vivere as Self
2021Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti
2020Quiz ohne Grenzen as Self
2018Magical Nights as Federica, the diva
2018Mare di grano
2018Wine to Love as Anna
2017Sirens as Ingrid
2017Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary as Self
2015Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
2012To Rome with Love as Pia Fusari
2011Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1 as Self (archive footage)
2010Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano as Self
2010Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
2010Deutschland gegen… – Das Duell as Self
2010Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 2 as (archive footage)
2009Doc West II : Triggerman as Debra 'Tricky' Downing
2008Io non ci casco as Professoressa Lamberti
2008Postcards from Rome as Ornella
2008Il sangue e la rosa as Barbara Forleis
2008Il sangue e la rosa as Baronessa Barbara Forleis
2007Civico zero as Nina
2007The Final Inquiry as Maria Maddalena
2007L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII as Maria Maddalena
2006Yo-Rhad - Un amico dallo spazio as Marianna (voice)
2006French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever as Graziella Lespinasse
2006Semperopernball as Self
2005A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper as Mathilde Figura
2005The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish as Mathilde Figura
2005La bambina dalle mani sporche as Wanda Rossi
2004The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things as Grandmother
2004Kulturplatz as Self
2004The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea as Mathilde Figura
2004People : Jet Set 2 as Aphrodita
2004Say I Do as Francesca, la dircetora
2003The Lion as Sybil Bullit
2003The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story as Mathilde Figura
2003After Life as Cécile Rivet
2003On the Run as Cécile Costes
2002An Amazing Couple as Cécile Costes
2002Lo zio d'America as Maria Monticelli
2001Hotel as Flamenco Spokesperson
2001Last Run as Danny
2001Favorite Son as Claudia Maccari
2001A Long Long Long Night of Love as Egle
2001Tomorrow as Stefania Zerenghi
2000Un Colpo al Cuore as Giulia Pascoli
2000Jet Set as Camilla Balbeck
2000The Unscarred as Rafaella
2000Tierra del fuego as Armenia
1999Esther as Königin Waschti
1999Dirty Linen as Bruna
1998Ciao Darwin as Presidente di giuria
1998The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercédès Herrera
1998L'Inconnu de Strasbourg as Madeleine Wals
1998Somewhere in the City as Marta
1998Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show as Self
1998Widows as Maria Sommer
1997L'avvocato Porta as Chiara
1997Mordbüro as Madame Behar
1997Just for Laughs as Maître Alice Obini
1996Stella's Favor as Stella
1995Love Deal as Tatiana
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
1995Il Grande Fausto as Giulia Occhini
1993The Bilingual Lover as Norma
1993Zone interdite as Self
1992Non chiamarmi Omar as Viola
1992Once Upon a Crime as Elena Morosco
1991Christmas Vacation '91 as Giuliana
1991Especially on Sunday as Anna
1991Il Conte Max as Isabella Matignon
1991Oscar as Sofia Provolone
1990Tonight at Alice's as Alice
1990A Season of Giants as Onoria
1990The Voyage of Captain Fracassa as Serafina
1989Wait Until Spring, Bandini as Maria
1989'o Re as Maria Sophie of Bavaria
1988Codice privato as Anna
1988The Sparrow's Fluttering as Silvana
1987My Sister and I as Silvia
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self
1987Chronicle of a Death Foretold as Angela Vicario
1987live - die ZDF-talkshow as Self
1987Casanova as Henriette
1986Stregati as Anna
1986Department Store as Se stessa / Luisa, commessa del reparto abbigliamento per bambini
1985Blame it on Paradise as Celeste
1984The Future Is Woman as Malvina
1984Swann in Love as Odette de Crécy
1983Rich and Poor as Marta
1983Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style as Rosetta Foschini
1982The Girl from Trieste as Nicole
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1982Famous T & A as Lisa (archive footage)
1981Madly in Love as Principessa Cristina
1981Nobody's Perfect as Chantal
1981Tales of Ordinary Madness as Cass
1981Love & Money as Catherine Stockheinz
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980The Taming of the Scoundrel as Lisa Silvestri
1980Flash Gordon as Princess Aura
1979Life Is Beautiful as Maria
1979Atrocious Tales of Love and Death as Lucia Navarro
1978First Love as Renata
1978Break Up as Ussena / Sena
1978Nest of Vipers as Elena Mazzarini
1977The New Monsters as l'autostoppista/la hostess
1977Death of a Corrupt Man as Valérie Agostinelli
1977The Bishop's Bedroom as Matilde
1977Without Words
1976The Last Woman as Valérie
1976Pure as a Lily as Lucia Mantuso
1975La joven casada as Camino
1975Leonor as Catherine
1975Numéro un as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1974Come Home and Meet My Wife as Vincenzina Rotunno Blasetti
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1974Appassionata as Eugenia Rutelli
1974Forbidden Passion as Maribel
1974Una chica y un señor as Caridad
1973The Sensual Man as Giovanna
1973All Sons of the Saintest Mother as Santazza
1973The Nun and the Devil as Isabella
1972Experiencia prematrimonial as Sandra
1972Fiorina the Cow as Teresa - daughter of Betta
1972The House of Doves as Sandra
1971Oasis of Fear as Ingrid Sjoman
1971Summer Affair as Lisa
1970The Most Beautiful Wife as Francesca Cimarosa
1970Rischiatutto
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1951Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Co-host
1948Bambi as Self
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