30 Famous Women from Italy

Actress, model and TV personality who was in a relationship with George Clooney

Actress who starred in The Undoing, Citadel and The Law According to Lidia Poët

The first athlete to win a gold medal in three different Winter Olympics in Alpine skiing

The "Mamma Roma" of Italian cinema and first Italian to win the Best Actress Oscar

Actress who starred in Rain Man, Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Hot Shots!

Tennis player who has been ranked world No. 4 in singles by the WTA in 2024

Tunisian-born Italian actress who starred in classics like Once Upon a Time in the West

17th-century baroque painter, initially working in the style of Caravaggio

Famous actress and the daughter of Ingrid Bergman

A star of Italian volleyball for over two decades and world champion in 2002

Prima ballerina, actress and ballet director, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century

Powerful Renaissance figure and daughter of Pope Alexander VI

Grammy-winning pop star and global music icon who rose to fame in 1993

First female Prime Minister of Italy, elected in 2022

Physician and educator who developed the world-famous method

Italy's most decorated Winter Olympian with 14 short-track speed skating medals

Internationally acclaimed actress and former model known for Malèna and The Matrix

The creative head of the fashion empire who transformed her family's leather goods to a luxury brand

"The Tiger of Cremona" and the most iconic and best-selling singer in Italian history

Supermodel who became the First Lady of France

Legendary actress, photojournalist, and 1950s international sex symbol

Face of the global fashion giant who inherited a portion of the brand in 1997

Italian-American chef, entrepreneur, writer, and television personality

Italian noblewoman who became Queen of France

"Queen of Italian Rock," famous for her gravelly voice and hits like Bello e Impossibile

Olympic gold medalist and legendary swimmer

First actress to win an Academy Award for a foreign-language performance

The first Italian woman to win a tennis Grand Slam (French Open 2010)

Former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Italian Foreign Minister

Actress best known for her role as Princess Aura in the science fiction film Flash Gordon