Monica Bellucci as Persephone Monica Bellucci is perhaps best known for her sizzling performance as Malena, the beautiful young widow who turns a small Italian village upside down in the film Malena by Giuseppe Tornatore. Bellucci began her career as a model while studying law at the University of Perugia. In 1990 Dino Risi cast her for the Italian television series Vita Coi Figli and her acting career was born. She then made her feature film debut in Francesco Laudadio’s La Riffa. Francis Coppola gave Bellucci a small role in Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves and she went on to star in numerous European features. She appeared with Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman in Under Suspicion and in the French sensation Le Pacte des Loupes (Brotherhood of the Wolves). In addition to her performance as Persephone in THE MATRIX RELOADED, Bellucci recently starred in Gaspar Noé’s riveting Irréversible and also appeared opposite Bruce Willis in Antoine Fuqua’s Tears of the Sun. She will next be seen in director Mel Gibson’s The Passion. Bellucci lives in Paris and London. Filmography Agents Secrets (2003) ... Barbara/Lisa The Matrix: Revolutions (2003) ... Persephone The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) ... Persephone Ricordati di me (2003) Irréversible (2002) ... Alex Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002) .... Cléopâtre Le Pacte des Loups (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) ... Sylvia Malèna (2000) ... Malena Scordia Franck Spadone (2000) ... Laura Under Suspicion (2000) ... Chantal Hearst Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (aka Like a Fish Out of Water) (1999) ... Myrtille Compromis (1998) Méditerranées (1998) ... Marguerite A los que aman (aka Those who Love) (1998) ... Valeria L' Ultimo capodanno (aka Humanity's Last New Year's Eve) (1998) ... Giulia Le Plaisir (et ses petits tracas) (aka Pleasure (and it's Little Inconveniences)) (1998) ... La jeune fille éplorée Stressati (1997) Mauvais genre (1997) ... Camille Dobermann (1997) ... Nat the gipsy Come mi vuoi (aka As You Want Me) (1996) ... Nellina L' Appartement (1996) ... Lisa Il Cielo è sempre più blu (aka Bits and Pieces) (1995) Palla di neve (aka Snowball) (1995) ... Melina I Mitici (aka The Heroes) (1994) ... Deborah Ostinato destino (1992) ... Marina and Angela Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) ... Dracula's Bride La Riffa (1991) ... Francesca Briganti (aka Bandits: Love and Liberty) (1990) Vita coi figli (1990)