Ornella Muti
🎂 Mar 9, 1955 (71)
Roma, Lazio, Italy
Ornella Muti is an actress whose career stretches back to the 1970s. Their performance in To Rome with Love as Pia Fusari remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. Their work further includes Flash Gordon and French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever. Their filmography spans 113 films and 27 TV productions across 56 years, working mainly across genres like comedy, romance, sci-fi.
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The Unscarred
2000
Appassionata
1974
Flash Gordon
1980
Oscar
1991
The Taming of the Scoundrel
1980
The Sparrow's Fluttering
1988
First Love
1978
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
To Rome with Love
2012
Once Upon a Crime
1992
The Last Woman
1976
Fiorina the Cow
1972
Come Home and Meet My Wife
1974
Doc West II : Triggerman
2009
Department Store
1986
Hotel
2001
Madly in Love
1981
Nest of Vipers
1978
Love & Money
1981
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
2006
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977
Swann in Love
1984
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
The New Monsters
1977
The Most Beautiful Wife
1970
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
Rich and Poor
1983
The Nun and the Devil
1973
'o Re
1989
The Final Inquiry
2007
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1989
Summer Affair
1971
The Girl from Trieste
1982
Blame it on Paradise
1985
Jet Set
2000
Magical Nights
2018
The Sensual Man
1973
The Bilingual Lover
1993
Say I Do
2004
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990
Il Conte Max
1991
Oasis of Fear
1971
The Future Is Woman
1984
Last Run
2001
Tonight at Alice's
1990
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
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The Undecided Groom
Barbara
2023
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The Christmas Show
Grandma Rita
2022
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Magical Nights
Federica, the diva
2018
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Wine to Love
Anna
2018
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Sirens
Ingrid
2017–
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To Rome with Love
Pia Fusari
2012
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Doc West II : Triggerman
Debra 'Tricky' Downing
2009
Film
Io non ci casco
Professoressa Lamberti
2008
Film
Il sangue e la rosa
Barbara Forleis
2008
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Ornella Muti and where are they from?
Ornella Muti is 71 years old, born on March 9, 1955 in Roma, Lazio, Italy.
What are the most famous roles of Ornella Muti?
Ornella Muti is best known for roles in To Rome with Love, Flash Gordon, French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever.
How many movies has Ornella Muti been in?
Over a 56-year career (since 1970), Ornella Muti has appeared in 113 movies and 27 TV shows.
What was Ornella Muti's first movie?
The career of Ornella Muti began with The Most Beautiful Wife (1970).
What is Ornella Muti's most recent movie or series?
Ornella Muti's most recent release is The Undecided Groom, which premiered on June 29, 2023.
What TV shows has Ornella Muti appeared in?
On television, Ornella Muti has appeared in The Count of Monte Cristo, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Wetten, dass..?, Sirens.
Does Ornella Muti have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Ornella Muti's upcoming work includes: Roma elastica (2026).
Ornella Muti
1955-03-09 · Roma, Lazio, Italy
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 is Spanish film producer José Luis Bermúdez de Castro Acaso; a son, Andrea, and a second daughter, Carolina, both from her marriage to Facchinetti.
Since 1998, Muti has been living with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon.
Muti was voted "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" in 1994 by a worldwide poll of readers of the magazine Class.
In 2008, Ornella Muti introduced her own line of jewellery. She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty. She insured her breasts for $350,000.Ornella Muti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.