Began working as a model (date approximate)

Abandoned modeling career for acting; landed first role on the TV show "Indietro tutta"

Film acting debut "Commandos"

Appeared in Italian commercials

Breakthrough feature role opposite Massimo Troisi in "The Postman (Il Postino)"

English-language debut, "A Brooklyn State of Mind"

Had featured role as the cigar girl in the James Bond thriller "The World Is Not Enough"