Following on in the great tradition of Italian cinematic beauties laid down by the wondrous Sophia Loren comes the emergent continental wonder from the nineties onwards that is stellar-shaped Maria Grazia Cucinotta, a genuine star of her home territories, first known to American audiences via the classic
Il Postino, who'd then make a memorable if all too brief appearance in the opening titles of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond actioner
The World is Not Enough, at first appearing as a stunning-legged accounts secretary whose figures all men would surely like to do an exhaustive check-up of, then revealing her true colours as a leather clad assassin for a memorable speed boat chase across the Thames River.
Beyond BOND, Miss Cucinotta continues modelling, acting in a variety of roles in her home country, and bringing European class to the entertainment world at large.