Isabella Rossellini

Nationality:
Italian
Birthdate:
06/18/1952
Birthplace:
Rome, Italy
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biography
This former translator and TV journalist made her film debut in a bit role opposite her mother, Ingrid Bergman, in Vincente Minnelli's best-forgotten "A Matter of Time" (1976). Rossellini came to prominence as the abused, abstracted chanteuse in "Blue Velvet" (1986), directed by longtime companion David Lynch, though she is best known--and better remunerated--for her career as a model. (Her contract as the official "face" of the Lancome cosmetics empire has earned her more than $2 million to date.) Her luminous looks have usually been construed as fitting bruised but angelic characters. Her Continued
Credits
Mrs. Bollenbecker
2009
Marella Agnelli
2006
Liz
2005
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Katya Derevko
2005
Katya Derevko
2005
Katya
2005
Lady Port-Huntly
2004
Joyce
2002
La Colombiana
2002
Mrs Kalman
2000
(TV Show)
1999-1999
of Astrid Weller
1999
Clara
1996
Gabriella
1996
Maria
1995
Laura Klein
1993
Perdita Durango
1990
Maria Hardy
1989
Madeleine
1987
Dorothy Vallens
1986
Cast
Sister Pia
Darya Greenwood
Isabella
Lisle Von Rhumans
Marie
Eugenia
Anna Marie Erdody
Victoire
Rachel Spivak
Lady Jeanne
Zelly
Katchen
Urania Cabral
2006
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked with costumers of father's films as teenager
1972 
Moved to NY at age 19
 
Worked as translator for Italian News Bureau
 
Taught Italian at New School for Social Research
 
Worked as TV journalist for RAI-TV in Italy
Continued