Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or (occasionally) an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or sexual puns, such as Plenty O' ...
Honey Ryder in the first
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
film, ''
Dr. No'' (1962). She later starred as
Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody ''
Casino Royale''. Other credits include ''
Fun in Acapulco'' (1963), ''
4 for Texas'' (1963), ''
She'' (1965), ''
The 10th Victim'' (1965), ''
The Blue Max
''The Blue Max'' is a 1966 war film , WW I film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, and Jeremy Kemp. The film was made in DeLuxe Color and was one of the last movies filme ...
'' (1966), ''
The Southern Star'' (1969), ''
Perfect Friday'' (1970), ''
Red Sun'' (1971), ''
The Sensuous Nurse'' (1975), ''
Slave of the Cannibal God'' (1978), ''
The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979), ''
Clash of the Titans'' (1981), and ''
Peter the Great
Peter I (, ;
– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...
'' (1986).
Early life
Ursula Andress, the third of six children, was born on 19 March 1936 in
Ostermundigen,
Canton of Bern
The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...
, to a Swiss mother, Anna, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. Her father was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons and her grandfather, a garden designer, became her guardian. She has a brother, Heinz, and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela, and Kàtey.
Andress went to school in
Bern
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until she was 16 and learned several languages, including English, French, German, and Italian. She studied art in Paris for a year, then went to Rome, where she worked various jobs including being a children’s nanny.
Career
Andress was at a party when she met a film producer who offered her a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and was cast in walk-on parts in ''
An American in Rome'' (1954) (starring
Alberto Sordi
Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter.
Sordi is considered one of the most important actors in the history of Italian cinema and one of the b ...
), ''
Sins of Casanova'' (1955) (starring later Bond ally
Gabriele Ferzetti
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti; 17 March 1925 – 2 December 2015) was an Italian actor with more than 160 credits across film, television, and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ferzetti's first leading rol ...
), and ''La catena dell'odio'' (1955).
She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood.
Andress arrived in Hollywood in late 1955. That spring she was signed to a seven-year contract with
Paramount Pictures
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, starting at $287 a week. The contract brought no acting roles, owing to her reluctance to learn English.
[James Bacon (22 June 1977)]
Ursula Andress Lonely, Living Like a Saint
. '' Sarasota Journal''. "I spent most of my time watching old
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however, Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
movies", she said. Andress received some publicity for dating
James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, despite a career that lasted only five years. His impact on cinema and popular culture was p ...
shortly before the actor's death. She bought herself out of her contract
and in 1956 signed with
Columbia Pictures
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. She made no films for them either. She stayed in Hollywood when she married
John Derek in 1957. In 1959, it was announced she and Derek would star in a film, ''High Variety'', but no film resulted.
Andress returned to acting in 1962 in an episode of ''
Thriller'', "La Strega" (1962), with
Alejandro Rey. She became internationally famous as
Honey Ryder, a shell diver and
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...
's object of desire in ''
Dr. No'' (1962), the first Bond film, even though her dialogue had to be dubbed by
Nikki van der Zyl. In what became an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history,
she rose out of the
Caribbean Sea
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in a
white bikini sporting a large diving knife on her hip. The
calypso singing her character did in that scene was dubbed by
Diana Coupland
Betty Diana Coupland (5 March 1928 – 10 November 2006), billed as Diana Coupland, was an English actress and singer, best remembered for her role, which she played from 1971 to 1976, in the sitcom '' Bless This House'', as Jean Abbott, wife ...
. The scene made Andress a "quintessential"
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or (occasionally) an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or sexual puns, such as Plenty O' ...
. Andress later said that she owed her career to that white bikini: "This bikini made me into a success. As a result of starring in ''Dr. No'' as the first
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or (occasionally) an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or sexual puns, such as Plenty O' ...
, I was given the freedom to take my pick of future roles and to become financially independent".
The bikini she wore in the film sold at auction in 2001 for
£41,125. In 2003, in a UK Survey by
Channel 4
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, her entrance in ''Dr. No'' was voted #1 in "the 100 Greatest Sexy Moments". Andress won the
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in 1964 for her appearance in the film.
Andress followed it playing the female lead in an
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the ...
musical, ''
Fun in Acapulco'' (1963). She was billed after
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...
,
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...
, and
Anita Ekberg in ''
4 for Texas'' (1963); her casting in the latter led to the title being changed from ''Two for Texas''. Both films were widely seen. Less so was a film Andress starred in alongside Derek, ''
Nightmare in the Sun'' (1965).
In 1965, nude photographs of her from ''Nightmare in the Sun'' were published in ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' (stylized in all caps) is an American men's Lifestyle journalism, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, available both online and in print. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, funded in part by a $ ...
''; it was the first of seven times she was pictured in the magazine over the next fifteen years.
When asked why she had agreed to do the ''Playboy'' shoot, Andress replied coolly, "Because I'm beautiful".
Andress was cast in the title role of ''
She'' (1965), playing an immortal queen, for
Hammer Films and
Seven Arts Productions
Seven Arts Productions was a production company which made films for release by other studios. It was founded in 1957 by Eliot Hyman, Ray Stark, and Norman Katz.
Formation
The company was formed in 1957. It came out of the company, Associa ...
, shot in England and Israel. Andress agreed to make it as part of a two-picture deal with
Seven Arts; it was a financial success at the box office. Andress did not appear in the sequel, ''
The Vengeance of She'', as her contract expired before the film was produced.
Andress had a supporting role in the comedy ''
What's New Pussycat?'' (1965) for producer
Charles K. Feldman which was a huge hit. She went to France to play
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...
's love interest in ''
Up to His Ears'' (1965), which was popular in France; she and Belmondo became romantically involved, leading to her and Derek divorcing (although they had already been separated for a year). Andress moved to Paris to live with Belmondo and it was her home for the next seven years.
In Italy, she starred opposite
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...
in the science fiction movie ''
The 10th Victim'' (1965). She returned to Hollywood to play
George Peppard
George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), and later portrayed a character ...
's love interest in the World War One film ''
The Blue Max
''The Blue Max'' is a 1966 war film , WW I film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, and Jeremy Kemp. The film was made in DeLuxe Color and was one of the last movies filme ...
'' (1966), another success at the box office.
Andress made her second film for Seven Arts: another with Derek, who again starred and directed, ''
Once Before I Die'' (1966), shot in the Philippines. More widely seen was the
Bond satire ''
Casino Royale'' (1967), also produced by Feldman, where Andress played
Vesper Lynd, an occasional spy who persuades
Evelyn Tremble, played by
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series ''The Goon Show''. Sellers featured on a number of hit comi ...
, to carry out a mission. It was a big box office hit. Her fee was a reported £200,000.
Val Guest
Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer (and later director) of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer Film Productions, ...
directed Andress in ''Casino Royale'' and said "I don't think I have ever met someone who was so universally loved by everyone in a studio. They'd all do anything for her and this is really quite something. One day someone is going to get the real Ursula on the screen in a comedy and she's going to astound everybody. The trouble is that she's so tense".
In Italy, she appeared alongside fellow former Bond girl
Claudine Auger in ''
Anyone Can Play'' (1968) for director
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school in Rome.
He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940 ...
. She then went to Africa to make ''
The Southern Star'' (1969) with
George Segal
George Segal Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American actor. He became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. After first rising to prominence with roles in acclaimed films such as '' Ship o ...
, which was a hit in England. She appeared nude or semi-nude in nearly all of her film roles between 1969 and 1979, earning her the nickname "Ursula Undress".
Andress went to England to appear in ''
Perfect Friday'' (1970), a heist film starring
Stanley Baker and
David Warner. In Spain, she appeared in ''
Red Sun'' (1971), a Western with an international cast including
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in ...
,
Toshiro Mifune
was a Japanese actor and producer. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, he is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time. He often played hypermasculine characters and was noted for his commandin ...
, and
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...
. In a 1972 interview, she said "I think my image, especially to Americans, is that of a femme fatale, a man-eating woman. I'm not empty-headed or calculating and cool. But maybe my looks give that impression. I'm disciplined in my doings and undisciplined in my emotions. I can't control the things I feel or hide my feelings".
Andress did some action films, ''
Stateline Motel'' (1973), ''
Loaded Guns'' (1975), and ''
Africa Express'' (1975). She played the title role in ''
The Sensuous Nurse'' (1975) and did a comedy with another former Bond girl,
Barbara Bouchet, ''
Spogliamoci così, senza pudor...'' (1976).
Andress played
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Joséphine Bonaparte (, born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814) was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 Janua ...
in the swashbuckling spoof ''
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche'' (1976) with
Michael Sarrazin. She made a sequel to ''Africa Express'', ''
Safari Express'' (1976), then did another with Mastroianni, ''
Double Murder'' (1978).
Andress was in the cult favorite ''
Slave of the Cannibal God'' (1978) with
Stacy Keach
Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. Keach first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and remains a prominent figure in American theatre across his ...
; the anthology sex comedy ''
Tigers in Lipstick'' (1979) for
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school in Rome.
He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940 ...
; and the swashbuckler period piece ''
The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979), playing
Louise de La Vallière
Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière and Vaujours (6 August 1644 – 6 June 1710) was a French nobility, French noblewoman and the Royal mistress, mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667.
La Vallière ...
opposite
Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor. He is a three-time Emmy Award, Emmy, two-time Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nomine ...
.
She played
Aphrodite
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in 1981's ''
Clash of the Titans'', alongside
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the m ...
. During the making of the film, Andress started a romantic relationship with leading man
Harry Hamlin, with whom she had a son.
In 1982, she portrayed
Mabel Dodge in the adventure-drama film ''
Red Bells'' and guest starred on shows like ''
Manimal'' and ''
The Love Boat
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''. In France. she was in ''Liberté, égalité, choucroute'' (1985).
On television, she participated in the 1986
Emmy
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-winning miniseries ''
Peter the Great
Peter I (, ;
– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...
'', and joined the cast of the primetime soap opera ''
Falcon Crest
''Falcon Crest'' is an American prime time television soap opera created by Earl Hamner Jr. that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Cha ...
'' for a three-episode arc in 1988 as an exotic foreigner who assists
David Selby in retrieving
Dana Sparks
''Falcon Crest'' is an American prime time television soap opera created by Earl Hamner Jr. that aired for nine seasons on CBS from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Cha ...
from a white slave ring. Andress was also in ''Big Man – The Diva'' (1988) with
Bud Spencer
Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli; 31 October 1929 – 27 June 2016) was an Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player. He was known for action-comedy and spaghetti Western roles with his long-time film partner and friend Ter ...
and ''Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders'' (1989).
Since the beginning of the 1990s, her acting appearances have been rare. She was in ''Klassäzämekunft'' (1990) (English title: ''Broken Silence''), ''
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3'' (1993), ''
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4'' (1994) and ''
Cremaster 5'' (1995). In 1995, Andress was chosen by
''Empire'' magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film history." Her last role to date was playing "Madonna" in the low-budget 2005 Swiss feature ''Die Vogelpredigt oder Das Schreien der Mönche'' (English title: ''The Bird Preachers''). She appeared in the documentary ''Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory'' (2008).
Personal life
Andress has stated that she lost her virginity to married actor
Daniel Gélin in 1953, when she was 17 and he was 32. She dated
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Internatio ...
and
James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, despite a career that lasted only five years. His impact on cinema and popular culture was p ...
after moving to the US in 1955, and that same year began an affair with actor/director
John Derek, a married father of two who walked out on his wife,
Pati Behrs, and their family to be with 19-year-old Andress.
Derek and Andress wed on 2 February 1957, in Las Vegas, but separated in 1964 over her affair with ''
Once Before I Die'' co-star
Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce Ely (June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024) was an American actor and novelist, best known for portraying Tarzan in the 1966–1968 NBC series ''Tarzan (1966 TV series), Tarzan'' and playing the lead role in the film ''Doc Savage: ...
,
officially divorcing in 1966.
Prior to the finalization of her divorce, Andress publicly dated
John Richardson, her co-star from ''
She'', and
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (26 September 1924Come da lui stesso dichiarato a 1'10" dquesta intervista/ref> – 19 December 1996) was an Italian actor. He is generally regarded as one of Italy's most iconic male performers of the 20t ...
, her co-star from ''
The 10th Victim''.
From 1965 to 1972, Andress lived with her ''
Up to His Ears'' co-star
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officer ...
. She has stated that Belmondo was the love of her life. Her next live-in relationship was with another co-star, ''
Stateline Motel''s
Fabio Testi, from 1973 to 1977 (except for one year when they broke up).
She also dated
Ryan O'Neal,
John Delorean
John Zachary DeLorean ( ; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motor ...
,
Helmut Berger
Helmut Berger (; ''né'' Steinberger; 29 May 1944 – 18 May 2023) was an Austrian actor, known for his portrayal of narcissistic and sexually ambiguous characters. He was one of the stars of European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s, and is r ...
, Paolo Pazzaglia,
Johnny Dorelli
Giorgio Guidi (born 20 February 1937), known professionally as Johnny Dorelli, is an Italian actor, singer and television host.
Early life
Giorgio Guidi was born in Meda, Lombardy, Italy. In 1946, he moved with his family to New York City, ...
,
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), which made him a pop cul ...
, with whom she later starred in ''
Red Bells'', Nels Van Patten, and
Ricci Martin.

When Andress broke her arm in 1978, the official story was that she had been struck by
Hurricane Norman while bodysurfing in Malibu, but it was rumored that she actually suffered the injury during a fight with her on-again/off-again boyfriend O'Neal. O'Neal and Andress were in a relationship twice, first from 1972 to 1973, then again from 1977 to 1978.
Andress lived with actor
Harry Hamlin after meeting on the set of ''
Clash of the Titans'' in 1979. She gave birth to their son, Dimitri Alexander Hamlin, on 19 May 1980.
[Wallace, David (4 July 1983)]
'I Want to Be with Him,' Says Ursula Andress, but Harry Hamlin Just Wants to Be on His Own
. ''People''. The night of her delivery,
Linda Evans
Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad; November 18, 1942) is a retired American actress known primarily for her roles on television. In the 1960s, she played Audra Barkley, the daughter of Victoria Barkley (played by Barbara Stanwyck), in the Wes ...
drove Andress to the hospital while Evans' assistant Bunky Young retrieved Hamlin from the set of ''
King of the Mountain''. Although she was engaged to Hamlin, the couple never married.
Hamlin ended their relationship in 1983.
In the mid-1980s, Andress was romantically involved with soccer player
Paulo Roberto Falcão, actor
Gerardo Amato
Gerardo Amato (born 15 October 1948) is an Italian actor and voice actor.
Life and career
Born Gerardo Placido in Ascoli Satriano, the brother of the actor and director Michele Placido, Gerardo Amato at a young age moved to Milan where he trai ...
, singer
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, reco ...
, real estate developer Stan Herman, and bodybuilder Mario Natokis. In 1986, she began dating future
Sicilian Regional Assembly member Fausto Fagone, then a university student; he was 20 and she was 50. The relationship, which infuriated Fagone's parents, lasted until 1991.
Later that year, Andress briefly dated martial arts expert
Jeff Speakman, but has not been publicly linked with anyone since.
In 2017, Andress sold her home in Beverly Hills at a considerable profit. She also has resided in Florida, Virginia, and Spain. As of 2022, Andress splits her time between an apartment in Rome and a house in
Gstaad
Gstaad ( , ) is a town in the German language, German-speaking section of the Canton of Bern in southwestern Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Saanen and is known as a major ski resort and a popular destination amongst high society ...
, near her siblings. Her preferred language is Italian.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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