ROSSELLINI, Isabella 1952–

PERSONAL

Full name, Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini; born June 18, 1952, in Rome, Italy; daughter of Roberto Rossellini (a director) and Ingrid Bergman (an actress); half sister of Pia Lindstrom (a journalist); married Martin Scorsese (a director), September, 1979 (divorced November, 1982); married Jonathan Wiedemann (a model; divorced); children: (second marriage) Elettra Ingrid (a model); Roberto. Education: Attended Finch College, 1972, New School for Social Research, and Academy of Fashion and Costume, Rome. Avocational Interests: Animal welfare, environmental protection.

Addresses: Agent—Cunningham/Escott/Dipene and Associates, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 140, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Manager—Gene Parseghian, Parseghian/Planco Management, Untitled Entertainment, 23 East 22nd St., Third Floor, New York, NY 10010. Publicist—I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actress. Professional model; appeared on numerous magazine covers; contracted to model Lancome cosmetics, 1982–95; appeared in print advertising for milk, 1995. Lancaster Group (division of Coty, Inc.), vice president, beginning 1995, creator of the cosmetic line Manifesto, 1999. RAI–TV, Italy, worked as an interviewer; also a location scout. New School for Social Research, teacher of Italian; translator for an Italian news bureau.

Member: Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Silver Ribbon, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, best new actress, 1980, for Il prato; Independent Spirit Award, Independent Features Project/West, best female lead, 1987, for Blue Velvet; Saturn Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, best supporting actress, 1993, for Death Becomes Her; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, 1997, for Crime of the Century; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actress in a drama series, 1997, for "Mother, May I?," Chicago Hope; George Eastman Award, 1997; special mention for exceptional performance, Berlin International Film Festival, 1998, for Left Luggage; David Award nomination, David di Donatello awards, best actress, 2000, for Il cielo cade; Bronze Wrangler Award (with others), Western Heritage awards, outstanding television film, 2004, for Monte Walsh.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Sister Pia, A Matter of Time (also known as Nina), American International Pictures, 1976.

Eugenia, Il prato (also known as The Meadow), SACIS, 1979.

Isabella, Il pap'occhio (also known as In the Pope's Eye), Titanus, 1980.

Darya Greenwood, White Nights, Columbia, 1985.

Dorothy Vallens, Blue Velvet, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Lady Jeanne, Cannon Movie Tales: Red Riding Hood, Cannon, 1987.

Madeleine Regency, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Cannon, 1987.

Marie, Siesta, Lorimar, 1987.

Mademoiselle Zelly, Zelly and Me (also known as Phoebe), Columbia, 1988.

Maria Hardy, Cousins (also known as A Touch of Infidelity), Paramount, 1989.

Peredita Durango, Wild at Heart (also known as David Lynch's Wild at Heart), Propaganda Films/Samuel Goldwyn, 1990.

Victoire, Dames galantes (also known as Gallant Ladies and Donne de piacere), 1990.

Rosanna, L'assedio di Venezia (also known as The Siege of Venice, Widow Hunt, Caccia alla vedova, Le diable a quatre, and Osada Venetsij), 1991.

Lisle Von Rhumans (some sources spell the surname Von Rhoman), Death Becomes Her, Universal, 1992.

Laura Klein, Fearless, Warner Bros., 1993.

Maria, The Innocent (also known as ... Und der Himmel steht still), 1993.

(Uncredited) Planet Cleveland woman, The Pickle, Columbia, 1993.

Anna Marie Erdody, Immortal Beloved, Columbia, 1994.

Big nose Kate, Wyatt Earp, Warner Bros., 1994.

Henriette, Croce e delizia, 1995.

Clara, The Funeral, October Films, 1996.

Gabriella, Big Night, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996.

Mrs. Kalman, Left Luggage (also known as 2 koffers vol), 1997, Castle Hill, 2000.

The veiled queen, The Imposters, Fox Searchlight, 1998.

Katchen, Il cielo cade (also known as The Sky Will Fall), Istituto Luce, 2000.

Roberto Rossellini: Frammenti e battute (documentary), 2000.

Joanna Menendez (La Colombiana), Empire, Universal, 2002.

Joyce, Roger Dodger, Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Madame Moitessier, The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story (also known as Las maletas de Tulse Luper: La historia de Moab and Le valigie di Tulse Luper—La storia di Moab), A–Film Distribution, 2003.

Lady Port–Huntley, The Saddest Music in the World, IFC Films, 2004.

Liz, Heights, Sony Pictures Classics, 2004.

Madame Moitessier, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, A–Film Distribution, 2004.

Rachel Spivak, King of the Corner (also known as Pursuit of Happiness), Elevation Filmworks/Ardustry Entertainment, 2004.

The Lost City, Lions Gate Films, 2004.

The Wedding Contract, Premiere Marketing and Distribution, 2004.

Also appeared in The Feast of the Goat.

Film Assistant Costume Designer:

Blaise Pascal, 1971.

Agostino d'Ippona (also known as Augustine of Hippo), 1972.

Television Appearances; Series:

Appeared in the Italian series The Other Sunday.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Athena, Homer's The Odyssey (also known as Homer's Odyssey, The Odyssey, Die Abenteuer des Odysseus, and Odissea), NBC, 1997.

Nimue, Merlin, NBC, 1998.

Dulcinea, Don Quixote, TNT, 1999.

Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon (also known as Le tricorne de Napoleon), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

High priestess Thar, Earthsea, Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Maria DiConti, The Ivory Hunters (also known as The Last Elephant), TNT, 1990.

Rachel Marks, Lies of the Twins, USA Network, 1991.

Anna Hauptmann, Crime of the Century, HBO, 1996.

Martine, Monte Walsh, TNT, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, No Frank in Lumberton, 1988.

Gabriella, The Gift, Showtime, 1994.

Images of Life: Photographs that Changed the World, CBS, 1996.

The Late Show with David Letterman Video Special 2, CBS, 1996.

Host, The World Fashion Premiere from Paris, ABC, 1998.

Host, Paris Fashion Collections, ABC, 1999.

Herself, Models Uncovered, The Learning Channel, 1999.

Wild City, TBS, 1999.

Host, "Lincoln Center Festival 2001," Live from Lincoln Center, PBS, 2001.

Die Zehn Gebote der Kreativitaet (also known as The 10 Commandments of Creativity), 2001.

Martha Stewart's Home for the Holidays, CBS, 2001.

World VDAY (also known as Until the Violence Stops), Lifetime, 2003.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987.

The 1987 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards, 1987.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Ilenia, "My Date with Il Duce," The Tracey Ullman Show, Fox, 1989.

Mae, "... And God Created Tillman," The Tracey Ullman Show, Fox, 1989.

Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992.

Herself, "Roberto Rossellini," Arena, BBC–2, 1990.

Mae, "Ginny Eats Escrow," The Tracey Ullman Show, Fox, 1990.

Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1991.

Babe Lonsdale, "The Frightening Frammis," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1993.

Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, multiple appearances, beginning 1993.

Betty Spinelli, "You Murderer," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's Tales from the Crypt), HBO, 1995.

Herself, "The One with Frank, Jr.," Friends, NBC, 1996.

Professor Marina Giannini, "Missed Conception," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Professor Marina Giannini, "Mother, May I?," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Guest, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998.

Voice of Astrid Weller, "Mom and Pop Art," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999.

Herself, Boulevard Bio, 1999.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Ingrid Bergman, Lifetime, 1999.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Laura Dern, Lifetime, 1999.

Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Iman, Lifetime, 1999.

Guest, Foerst & sist, 2001.

Guest, Die Harald Schmidt Show, 2002.

Guest, Leute heute, 2002.

Guest, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2003.

Katya Derevko, "Crossings," Alias, ABC, 2004.

Katya Derevko, "Legacy," Alias, ABC, 2004.

Katya Derevko, "Resurrection," Alias, ABC, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Bimbi and conductor's wife, The Stendhal Syndrome, Primary Stages Theatre, New York City, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, Mysteries of Love, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2002.

Music Videos:

"Erotica," by Madonna, 1992.

"Jealousy," by Dave Stewart, 1995.

Video Games:

Voice, Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland, 1996.

WRITINGS

Nonfiction:

Author of foreword, 10 Years of Dolce and Gabbana, Abbeville Press, 1996.

Some of Me (autobiography), Random House, 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers, Issue 4, Gale, 2001.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, May 14, 2004, p. 34.

Good Housekeeping, October, 1991, p. 36.

Interview, April, 1988, p. 54; February, 1996, p. 88.

Money, May 15, 2001, pp. 44–45.

New York, June 16, 1997, pp. 45–52.

People Weekly, July, 1991, p. 52.

Vogue, January, 1993, p. 102.