Isabella Rossellini Biography

Fast Facts

• Fluent in English, Italian and French
• Was diagnosed with scoliosis as a teen and underwent an operation to correct the curvature of her spine, spending months in a body cast
• Made her film debut with a cameo appearance opposite her mother Ingrid Bergman in 1976's A Matter of Time
• Was a journalist for Italy's RAI Television before becoming a model
• Her memoir, Some of Me, was published in 1997
• Launched her own line of cosmetics called Manifesto in 2000
• In 2006, she published In the Name of the Father, the Daughter, and the Holy Spirits: Remembering Roberto Rossellini
• Raises and trains puppies for the Guide Dog Foundation