Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci's apartment was targeted by thieves while she attended the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday (24May09).

The Italian actress, who is married to French actor Vincent Cassel, had jewellery, her passport, laptop computers and other items worth around $112,000 snatched from her Paris property while she was in the French Riviera.

Bellucci was at the event to promote her forthcoming movie Don't Turn Around, in which she co-stars with former Bond girl Sophie Marceau.

A police spokesperson has confirmed that an unknown number of burglars entered the building, in the eastern part of the French capital, from a terrace.

Bellucci kicked off her career in modelling working in both Paris and New York working for the likes of Dolce & Gabana and Elle.

She moved into acting in early nineties, Bram Stoker's Dracula bing one of her early roles. Since then she has gone on to find success in The Matrix franchise, in the role of Persephone, and The Passion of th Christ.


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