Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini
Rossellini at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini

(1952-06-18) 18 June 1952 (age 72)
Rome, Italy
Citizenship
  • Italy
  • United States
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
Spouses
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    (m. 1979; div. 1982)​
  • Jonathan Wiedemann
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    (m. 1983; div. 1986)​
Partners
Children2, including Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann
Parents
Relatives

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (Italian: [izaˈbɛlla rosselˈliːni]; born 18 June 1952)[1] is an Italian and American[2][3] actress, model, and animal behaviorist[4]. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model and an established career in American and European cinema. She has received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award.

She gained recognition as an actress after her breakthrough role in White Nights (1985) and again in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) for which she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Other notable films include Cousins (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Death Becomes Her (1992), Fearless (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), Big Night (1996), Roger Dodger (2002), Infamous (2006), Two Lovers (2008), Enemy (2013), Joy (2015), La chimera (2023), and Conclave (2024). She has voiced roles in Incredibles 2 (2018) and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021).

Rossellini received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the HBO film Crime of the Century (1996). She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination for Chicago Hope (1997). She also has guest starred in the sitcoms Friends and 30 Rock as well as the dramas Alias and The Blacklist. She portrayed Simone Beck in the HBO series Julia (2022).

  1. ^ "Isabella Rossellini". The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
    - "18th June, Isabella Rossellini at 60 – The 60th birthday of Isabella Rossellini". Magnum Photos. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
    - "Isabella Rossellini". la Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Silversea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rossellini, Isabella (6 November 2001). "In Defense of Fallaci". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2007.
  4. ^ Brian Hare, Isabella Rossellini (7 November 2024). Puppy Development with Isabella Rossellini and Brian Hare. Museum of Science (Boston).