Monica Bellucci's role in Hollywood's age revolution

By Sally Williams
Updated September 8 2017 - 10:10am, first published 9:37am

Most actors nowadays only give interviews if they have a new project to sell. But Monica Bellucci is not your average actor. Like Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Silvana Mangano before her, she has Italian film-star glamour - voluptuous, dark haired with a sensuous beauty. Unlike the post-war icons, however, Bellucci has been in regular work beyond her 40s. At 51, she made headlines as the "oldest Bond girl ever" for her role as Lucia Sciarra, widow of a notorious assassin, in Spectre.

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