Ornella Muti Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a David at the 1989 David di Donatello Awards as Best Actress for "Il frullo del passero․"
• Nominated for a David at the 1988 David di Donatello Awards as Best Actress for "lo e mia sorella․"
• Recipient of the Capri Global Award at the 2006 Capri Global Awards in Hollywood
• Winner of the Pasinetti Award at the 1988 Venice Film Festival as Best Actress for "Codice privato․"
• Nominated for a David at the 1982 David di Donatello Awards as Best Actress for "Tales of Ordinary Madness․"
• Recipient of a Silver Ribbon at the 1989 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists as Best Actress for "Codice privato․"
• Winner of a Silver Ribbon at the 1988 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists as Best Actress for "lo e mia sorella․"
• Winner of a Special David in 1976 for her work as an actress
• Winner of the Actor's Mission Award at the 2002 Art Film Festival
• Won the Taormina Arte Award at the 2003 Taormina International Film Festival
• Known for her roles as Sofia Provolone in "Oscar" and Pia Fusari in "To Rome with Love․"
• Introduced her very first jewelry collection in 2008
• Voted The Most Beautiful Woman in the World in 1994, at the age of 40, by a worldwide poll of readers of Class magazine
• Was only just under ten years older than Marisa Tomei when she played her mother in "Oscar․"