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The Most Famous

MODELS from Italy

This page contains a list of the greatest Italian Models. The pantheon dataset contains 249 Models, 8 of which were born in Italy. This makes Italy the birth place of the 7th most number of Models behind France and Canada.

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Italian Models of all time. This list of famous Italian Models is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Isabella Rossellini (1952 - )

With an HPI of 63.02, Isabella Rossellini is the most famous Italian Model. Her biography has been translated into 52 different languages on wikipedia.

Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (Italian: [izaˈbɛlla rosselˈlini]; born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model and an established career in American cinema. She gained recognition as an actress after her breakthrough role in White Nights (1985) and again in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) for which she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Other notable films include Cousins (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Death Becomes Her (1992), Fearless (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), Big Night (1996), Roger Dodger (2002), Infamous (2006), Two Lovers (2008), Enemy (2013), Joy (2015), and La chimera (2023). She is also known for her voice roles in Incredibles 2 (2018), and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021), and her role as General Malice in Human Resources (2023). Rossellini received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the HBO film Crime of the Century (1996). She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series nomination for Chicago Hope (1997). She also has guest starred in the sitcoms Friends and 30 Rock as well as the dramas Alias and The Blacklist. She portrayed Simone Beck in the HBO series Julia (2022).

2. Carla Bruni (1967 - )

With an HPI of 62.65, Carla Bruni is the 2nd most famous Italian Model. Her biography has been translated into 65 different languages.

Carla Bruni-Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi; Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarla dʒilˈbɛrta ˈbruːni teˈdeski]; 23 December 1967) is an Italian and French singer, songwriter and former model who served as the first lady of France from 2008—when she married then president Nicolas Sarkozy—to 2012. She was born in Italy and moved to France at the age of seven. Bruni was a model from 1987 to 1997 before taking up a career in music. She wrote several songs for Julien Clerc that were featured on his 2000 album, Si j'étais elle. Bruni released her first album, Quelqu'un m'a dit, in 2003, which eventually spent 34 weeks in the top 10 of the French Albums Chart. Bruni won the Victoire Award for Female Artist of the Year at the 2004 Victoires de la Musique. The same year, Bruni released her second album, No Promises, then the following year, she released her third album, Comme si de rien n'était. In 2013, Bruni released her fourth album, Little French Songs. In 2017, Bruni released her fifth album, French Touch. She has sold 5 million albums during her career. In 2009, she created the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation for philanthropic efforts.

3. Tina Modotti (1896 - 1942)

With an HPI of 61.01, Tina Modotti is the 3rd most famous Italian Model. Her biography has been translated into 30 different languages.

Tina Modotti (born Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti Mondini, August 16/17, 1896 – January 5, 1942) was an Italian American photographer, model, actor, and revolutionary political activist for the Comintern. She left her native Italy in 1913 and emigrated to the United States, where she settled in San Francisco with her father and sister. In San Francisco, Modotti worked as a seamstress, model, and theater performer and, later, moved to Los Angeles where she worked in film. She later became a photographer and essayist. In 1922 she moved to Mexico, where she became an active member of the Mexican Communist Party.

4. Ira von Fürstenberg (1940 - 2024)

With an HPI of 55.68, Ira von Fürstenberg is the 4th most famous Italian Model. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Princess Virginia von Fürstenberg (Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg; 17 April 1940 – 18 February 2024), known as Ira von Fürstenberg, was an Italian socialite, actress, jewelry designer, and public relations manager for the fashion designer Valentino Garavani. She was a member by birth of the princely family of Fürstenberg and a member by marriage of the princely family of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Pantheon has 8 people classified as models born between 1896 and 1988. Of these 8, 5 (62.50%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living models include Isabella Rossellini, Carla Bruni, and Vanessa Hessler. The most famous deceased models include Tina Modotti, Ira von Fürstenberg, and Lilli Carati. As of April 2022, 1 new models have been added to Pantheon including Ira von Fürstenberg.