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Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini,
born in Rome on June 18 1952, is a model
(person)|model and an Actor|actress, daughter of
Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. She has a
sister, who is also an actress, Isotta Rossellini,
and a brother, Roberto Ingmar Rossellini.

As an actress is probably best known for her role
as Dorothy Vallens in David Lynch's Blue Velvet.
She later took a part in Wild at Heart by the same
director.
Other roles include Cousins a Hollywood remake of
the French film Cousin, Cousine, and Nimue
in the 1998 mini-series, Merlin (movie)|Merlin.

Even though she closely resembles her mother,
Rossellini has surprisingly never been cast as
Ingrid Bergman in any film, although she did
perform a parody of Bergman's character Ilsa Lund
from Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca in an episode
of Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the
Crypt.

She was married during 1979-1983 to director
Martin Scorsese, and later married to John
Wiedemann with whom she has a daughter, Elettra.
She was also romantically linked to David Lynch
and Gary Oldman. 



Her modeling career began when she was
photographed by Bruce Weber for British Vogue and
by Bill King for American Vogue (magazine)|Vogue. 
She has worked with many renown photographers,
including Richard Avedon, Francesco Scavullo,
Annie Leibovitz, and Robert Mapplethorpe.  Her
image has appeared on such magazines as Marie
Claire, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.

Rossellini's modeling and acting career also led
her into the world of cosmetics.  Beginning in
1982, she was exclusive spokesmodel for the
international cosmetics brand LancÃīme for 14
years.

An exhibition of photographs of Rossellini,
Portrait of a Woman, was held in March 1988 at the
Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

In 1995, Isabella developed her own brand of
cosmetics, Isabella Rossellini's Manifesto.



Her autobiography, Some of Me, was published in
1997. That year she also provided voice acting for
the the video game Ceremony of Innocence, together
with Paul McGann and Ben Kingsley. In 2002 she
released her second book, Looking at Me (on
pictures and photographers).

Beginning in 2003 she had a recurring role on the
television series, Alias.

==Selected filmography==
* Blue Velvet (1986)
* Cousins (1989)
* Wild at Heart (1990)
* Death Becomes Her (1992)
* Fearless (1993)
* Wyatt Earp (1994)
* The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

==References==
Book reference | Author=Rossellini, Isabella|
Title=Looking at Me (on pictures and
photographers)| Publisher=Schirmer Art | Year=2002
| ID=ISBN 3-8296-0057-7