The best of photo shoots with young Ornella Muti (53 photos)

13 April 2017

What should a real Italian be like? Definitely sexy, luxurious and traditionally sultry.

At the age of fifteen, Francesca Romana Rivelli decided to support her older actress sister Claudia at her next audition. However, the director, as often happens, gave preference to the younger Rivelli. The girl got a job, and at the same time a new name - Ornella Muti. In the cinema, she starred in all films indiscriminately, grasping at every script.

In 1980, viewers saw the film “The Taming of the Shrew”; it was included in the list of 250 world hits according to IMDB. Adriano Celentano and Ornella Muti were well-known to the public at that time. He is like the standard of a brutal macho, she is like a woman - a child. In fact, they played themselves.

The film became the highest-grossing film in Italian box office history. 19 billion liras were collected from screenings in cinemas. In the USSR in 1983, it became incredibly popular and continues to be liked today by all residents of the former Soviet republics.

During the filming of the film, actress Ornella Muti falls in love with handsome Adriano and he reciprocates her feelings. They both leave their families and begin to live together, but Muti and Orano officially divorce, and Claudia Mori continues to be Celentano’s wife.

The successful duo of actors and lovers broke up after the second joint film, “Madly in Love,” when Adriano returned to his wife, and Ornella let him go, not wanting to continue to remain just the passion of a married Italian.

Maintaining external beauty and developing internal beauty, Ornella Muti now does a lot of charity work, helping sick children. She is one of the most influential and richest Italian actresses.

Charitable foundations often invite the actress to Moscow. She visited Russia for the first time in the 70s, choosing Leningrad for her visit. Currently, Ornella brings gifts to Russian children's hospitals and gives them money raised from the sale of her legendary dresses from films.

In 2015, the actress was fined 600 euros by a court in Italy for disrupting a concert. Ornella said she was sick, but at the same time she appeared with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg at a charity evening.

Ornella Muti now lives in Monte Carlo and is the owner of vineyards in Tuscany. Income from the jewelry business and winemaking allows her to engage in charity work without particularly advertising this fact. With a height of 168 cm, the actress weighs 55 kg. She adheres to Buddhist philosophy, tries to sleep more and does not eat meat, fish and dairy products. Follows a blood type diet. Ornella has quit smoking, does not drink alcohol, and is doing a set of exercises specially designed for her.

The actress’s last work was released in 2012; she never acted in films again. Currently, the sizzling brunette has transformed into a blonde and often attends fashion shows and film festivals.