Ornella Muti

About

Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in 1970 in La moglie più bella (aka The Most Beautiful Wife). She has primarily worked in Italian films but she made her British film debut as Princess Aura in Flash Gordon in 1980. American movies she appeared in include Oscar (1991) and Once Upon a Crime (1992). She is mostly known to the French for appearing in a TV commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta. Muti has been married twice, to Alessio Orano (her fellow actor in the film "The Most Beautiful Wife", 1975–1981), and Federico Facchinetti (1988–1996). Muti has three children: Naike Rivelli (b. 1974), who is also a model and actress having a close resemblance to her mother, and whose father...

Known for

Jet SetMovie • 2000To Rome with LoveMovie • 2012The Count of Monte CristoSeries • 1998Flash GordonMovie • 1980OscarMovie • 1991The Taming of the ScoundrelMovie • 1980AppassionataMovie • 1974Once Upon a CrimeMovie • 1992Death of a Corrupt ManMovie • 1977The Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsMovie • 2004Swann in LoveMovie • 1984The Last WomanMovie • 1976EstherMovie • 1999Tales of Ordinary MadnessMovie • 1981The Most Beautiful WifeMovie • 1970The Girl from TriesteMovie • 1982The New MonstersMovie • 1977French Fried Vacations 3: Friends ForeverMovie • 2006The Final InquiryMovie • 2007Madly in LoveMovie • 1981Bonnie and Clyde Italian StyleMovie • 1983First LoveMovie • 1978The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab StoryMovie • 2003Chronicle of a Death ForetoldMovie • 1987