Isabella Rossellini: Fascinating Curiosities and Highlights of Her Career
Explore the career of Isabella Rossellini with curious facts and iconic moments that reveal the brilliance behind this timeless star.
1. Isabella is the daughter of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman and has a twin sister
They were both born in Rome on June 18, 1952. Isabella’s full name is Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini and her sister Isotta Ingrid Rossellini. While Isabella pursued an artistic career, Isotta became a professor of literature at Columbia and Harvard Universities.
2. She has several more siblings on her mother’s and father’s side.
On Ingrid’s side, she has siblings Pia Lindstrom (born 1938) and Roberto Ingmar Giusto Giuseppe Rossellini (born 1950). On her father’s side, she has four more brothers: Romano (who died at the age of nine), Renzo, Gil and Raffaella.
3.Isabella suffered several health problems in childhood
At the age of 5, she had appendicitis surgery. At the age of 11, she underwent a painful treatment to correct her scoliosis, which has left scars to this day.
4. In addition to being an actress, she worked as a journalist and as a model.
She worked as a reporter for RAI and also in New York on several news programs. She started modeling at 28, being photographed by Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz and Eve Arnold, among others. I promise a gallery with photos of her as a model!
5. She is fluent in Italian, French and English.
And he has American and Italian citizenship.
6. The Italian made her screen debut in 1976, alongside her mother
It was in the film A Matter of Time (1976), directed by Vincente Minnelli and which featured Ingrid, Liza Minnelli in the cast. But her first big success was in Blue Velvet (1986), directed by David Lynch.
7. The actress has been married twice:
With Martin Scorsese between 1979 and 1982 and with model Jon Wiedemann, between 1983 – 1986. Among her most famous relationships are Gary Oldman and director David Lynch (with whom she confesses to having been her most serious romance).
8. Isabella has two children
Elettra Rossellini was born in 1983 and followed in her mother’s footsteps and is now a model, hired by Lancome Cosmetics. Her second son is Roberto Rossellini, born in 1993 and is also a model.
9. She is also a writer and director.
Among the books she has written are Some of Me (1997), In the Name of the Father, The Daughter, And The Holy Sprirts: Remembering Roberto Rossellini (2006), Green Porno: A Book and Short Films by Isabella Rossellini (2009) and Ingrid Bergman: A Life in Pictures (2015).
10. She loves animals!
In addition to loving dogs, she also trains puppies to serve as guide dogs for the blind.
11. She was previously a UNICEF ambassador.
12. She is a big fan of Buster Keaton and Charles Chaplin.
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