Monica Anna Maria Bellucci is an Italian actress and model. Bellucci began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American films and French films.Monica Bellucci began modelling at age 13 by posing for a local photo enthusiast. In 1988, Bellucci left the Faculty of Law at the University of Perugia,and moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City.In 2003, she was featured in Maxim.Men's Health also named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No. 21.AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman in 2002.According to two national newspapers, she is considered an Italian sex symbol.In 2012, she became the new face of Dolce & Gabbana.