Isabella Rossellini
Born 18/06/1952
(72 years old)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Biography
Isabella Rossellini grew up in Paris and Rome. At the age of 19, she moved to New York, where she became a translator and later a reporter for RAI-Italian Television. Her popular segments led to appearances as New York correspondent for the weekly Italian comedy show THE OTHER SUNDAY with Roberto Benigni.
Rossellini began a modeling career at the relatively advanced age of 28, when she was photographed by Bruce Weber for British Vogue and Bill King for American Vogue. She has since worked with the industry's most distinguished photographers- from Richard Avedon to Steven Meisel, from Helmut Newton to Peter Lindbergh, from Norman Parkinson to Eve Arnold. She has appeared on the cover of such magazines as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Bazaar and Vanity Fair. An exhibition of photographs of Rossellini, “Portrait of a Woman”, was held in March 1988 at the Museum of Modern Art of the city of Paris.
She made her cinematic debut in 1979 in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's IL PRATO (THE MEADOW). Her American film debut was opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines in Taylor Hackford's WHITE NIGHTS. In 1986, she starred opposite Dennis Hopper as Dorothy Vallens, the tortured lounge singer, in David Lynch's haunting and controversial BLUE VELVET.
Other films include ROGER DODGER, COUSINS, ZELLY AND ME, WILD AT HEART, DEATH BECOMES HER, FEARLESS, WYATT EARP, BIG NIGHT, THE IMPOSTORS, and THE FUNERAL. Her portrait of the Jewish Hassidic mother in LEFT LUGGAGE, directed by Jeroen Krabbe, won a special award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1998.
Rossellini’s television work includes MERLIN, DON QUIXOTE, THE ODYSSEY, THE FRIGHTENING FRAMMIS, THE GIFT, CRIME OF THE CENTURY (Golden Globe nomination), and a two-episode arc of the series CHICAGO HOPE (Emmy nomination). Isabella recently appeared as Empress Josephine in NAPOLEON for A&E opposite Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich and Sophie Loren.
Her modeling and acting career also led Rossellini into the world of cosmetics. Beginning in 1982, she was the exclusive spokesmodel for the international cosmetics brand Lancôme for 14 years. In 1990, Lancome launched the very successful fragrance Trésor, which was Rossellini's first involvement with product development. In 1995, Isabella began a collaboration with Lancaster Group to develop her own brand of cosmetics, Manifesto, which launched internationally in May 1999.
Rossellini's self-described fictional memoir Some of Me was published in the USA in 1997. The book has since also been published in Italian, German and French language editions. Also in 1997, the George Eastman House (USA) honored Rossellini for her work in preserving the films of her parents, Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini Isabella. Rossellini lives in New York City with her two children.
Sony Pictures Classics
Actress
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Wuthering Cats: Floodland |
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Dave Stewart: Jealousy |
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Madonna: Erotica |
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The Rabbit Hunters |
2009 |
Flat Love - narratress |
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair |
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1994 |
The Gift (TV movie) |
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C à vous |
Red Carpet Report |
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Talk Stoop |
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2003 |
Che tempo che fa |
2001 |
Richard & Judy |
1999 |
Beckmann |
1998 |
Først & sist |
Na plovárně |
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1997 |
54th Golden Globe Awards |
Leute heute |
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1996 |
Mundo VIP |
1995 |
Lauren Hutton and... |
1992 |
Gomorron |
1991 |
Boulevard Bio |
1988 |
Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches |
1987 |
The 59th Annual Academy Awards |
1981 |
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards |
1979 |
CBS News Sunday Morning |
1975 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche |
Director
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2011 |
Animals Distract Me |
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2013 |
Mammas (series) |
2010 |
Isabella Rossellini: Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings (TV movie) |
Screenwriter
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2011 |
Animals Distract Me |
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2015 |
Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live (TV movie) |
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