Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 27 July 1968) is an Italian actress who has featured in films and television series since 1990. She also worked as a film producer, screenwriter and model. Internationally she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Bond girl, credited as the Cigar Girl, in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Make a Wish
2025
A remake of the French film "Maison de retraite": a hapless young man with a fear of old people must accept social relevant work in a retirement home

Poveri noi
2025
as Rosa Crocetti

Shadow of the Wolf
2025
as Eleonora
When Nico returns from overseas to say farewell to his ailing mother, he discovers something monstrous is happening in the small town he once called h...

La nostra Raffaella
2024

Gli agnelli possono pascolare in pace
2024
A Sicilian janitor gets visited by a Madonna statue in his dreams, telling him that she is buried under an olive tree and asking him to help getting h...

Il meglio di te
2023

Goffredo e l'Italia chiamò
2023
as Marchesa Adelaide
The film tells the life of the young Genoese poet and patriot Goffredo Mameli, who died in battle in Rome at the age of 21, in 1849. In addition to be...

Wonderwell
2023
as Anna's Mother
In an idyllic Italian village, a young American girl on the threshold of adolescence is swept into a timeless magical adventure in Wonderwell.

Brividi d'autore
2023
as Louiselle

Il mio amico Massimo
2022
as Sé stessa
The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.

Questa notte parlami dell'Africa
2022
as Madre di Emma

Untitled
2022
Producer
A painter in the throes of a creative block finds inspiration thanks to a fascinating and mysterious gallery owner, but he can't expect the shocking c...

The old man and the little girl
2022
as La nonna
A man's journey becomes the wonderful experience of a grandfather and his granddaughter. In the intimate evocation of Ernest Hemingway, the old man le...

The Best Years
2022
as Adele
Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait ...

We Are Cinema
2021
as Self (archive footage)
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Other Fathers
2021
Giulio, a skilled salesman, father and caring husband, suddenly finds himself homeless, without money, and without a family, when his wife Annalisa as...

American Night
2021
as Donna Maria
A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Micha...

Sacrificio disumano
2021
as Maria

Forse è solo mal di mare
2019
as Claudia

Tutto Liscio
2019

The Cat & the Moon
2019
as Sonia

Into the Rainbow
2017
as Dr. Julia Bianchi
When teenagers Rachel and Grace travel inside a super-powered rainbow to China, they disturb nature's balance. Using Rachel's connection to the energy...

Le verità
2017

C'è sempre un perchè
2016
as Maria

C’è sempre un perché
2016

Babbo Natale non viene da Nord
2015
as Psicologa

Magic Card
2015
as Maria
Teenage Dazhi because the network operating gifted, became civilian agents. Meng Xiaoling Xianpinaifu childhood orphanage, follow rich second Duha gol...

Donkey Flies
2015
Maurizio, tiny, reckless and full of energy, grew up in the poorest outskirts of Reggio Calabria, he argues with spiteful hens, speaks to wise donkeys...

Nomi e cognomi
2015
as Anna Riva

Road to Capri
2015
as Julia
One dead father. Two mothers. Two brothers who didn't know they were brothers. One inheritance.

Ma tu di che segno 6?
2014
Producer
Five searches for love unfold in interconnected stories in which fathers, daughters and male suitors try to perfect love matches based on astrology.

Cam Girl
2014
as Direttrice agenzia
Desperate after losing her job, Alice starts a sexy webcam site with three friends. Successful at first, their new-found decadence sends them on a dow...

The Tailor's Wife
2014
as Rosetta

Maldamore
2014
as Zia

Massimo, il mio cinema secondo me
2013
as Herself
Fragments of footage, unpublished snapshots and interviews with friends and colleagues. A tribute to the actor, director and producer Massimo Troisi, ...

Hostias (Un amor de película)
2012
as Laura
Romantic comedy about a cinema director who is cheated by his producer and distributor, forcing him to make a low budget movie from a terrible script.

Hostias (Un amor de película)
2012
Producer
Romantic comedy about a cinema director who is cheated by his producer and distributor, forcing him to make a low budget movie from a terrible script.

Tulpa - Demon of Desire
2012
Producer
Lisa Boeri is at the top of her corporate career. At night she frequents the notorious Club Tulpa, owned by a mysterious Tibetan guru. Unshackled from...

Teresa Manganiello: sui passi dell'amore
2012
as Fabrizia Gregorini

La tana del bianconiglio
2012
as Nadia

Transgression
2011
as Elena

The Rite
2011
as Aunt Andria
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduc...

Un giorno della vita
2011
as Amelia

The Opening
2011
as Maria
A Father and son try to rebuild their relationship after they have a paragliding accident and end up being stuck in an opening.

Dopo quella notte
2010
as Psicanalista
Francesco and Elena, Roberto and Flavia, Thomas and Virginia, make up a fixed and tight-knit company for three years now, they are all living in Rome ...

L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
as Marianna
1905, the cinematograph has reached Southern Italy, and casts fear among the people to whom it seems a devilish trick. They call it "o 'imbroglie din ...

L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
Writer, Producer
1905, the cinematograph has reached Southern Italy, and casts fear among the people to whom it seems a devilish trick. They call it "o 'imbroglie din ...

The Museum Of Wonders
2010
as Memè
When the beautiful dancer Salome learns that the dwarf circus owner Marcel has just received an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive perf...

Death of the Virgin
2009
as Claudia
In 1432 a stunning apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared in the sleepy town of Caravaggio becoming the inspiration for the gruesome yet extraordinary...

The Purple Sea
2009
as Agnese
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true s...

The Purple Sea
2009
Producer
Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true s...

Black Flowers
2009
as Martha
Following the failure of his last mission, RFG spy Michael Roddick decides to disappear, taking along Elena, the daughter of a Russian spy who died un...

La bella società
2009
as Maria

Io non ci casco
2008
as Dottoressa Rosa
Marco, close to turning eighteen, is a boy like many others: he has a girlfriend, lots of friends and is passionate about electronic music, especially...

VIP
2008
as Principessa - Nancy Scalera di Mondragone

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
as Self
Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts ...

Sweet Sweet Marja
2007
as Katia

Last Minute Marocco
2007
as Valeria
Guided by the spirit of adventure and desire to escape, a group of Italian boys decide to leave secretly for Morocco, soon followed by one of their ap...

Uranya
2006
as Uranya
A group of young boys must decide whether to buy a TV set to watch the launch of Apollo 11 or visit Uranya to learn about the secrets of love.

All the Invisible Children
2005
as Bartender (segment "Ciro")
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

All the Invisible Children
2005
Producer
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.

Miracolo a Palermo!
2005
as Sara
One day in Palermo and in the life of young boy Toto who is madly in love with the beautiful teenager Lina.

Felix: All Around the World
2005
as madre di Sophie (voice)
After being separated from his friend Sophie, Felix embarks on a journey filled with mystical creatures in this high quality animated feature for your...

Our Italian Husband
2004
as Maria Scocozza
When Vincenzo Scocozza , an Italian immigrant sculptor living and working in Manhattan, weds the expectant Charlene Taylor, it over complicates his li...

Vaniglia e cioccolato
2004
as Penelope
Penelope, a mother of three kids, gets tired by the infidelities of her husband and leaves him. She goes to live at her grandma's house, while he has ...

Marcinelle
2003
as Santina
Based on a true story. On August 8, 1956, hour by hour, the story of an accident in the Marcinelle mine in Belgium. More than 250 miners, many of Ital...
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Cigar Girl (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

The Friends of Jesus: Thomas
2001
as Maria Magdalena
When Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, Thomas arrives. Like most other disciples, he worriedly took refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jes...

Stregati dalla luna
2001
as Miria
Dario and Carlo are the owners of a small restaurant organizing a wedding. Everything goes awry after Miria confesses a fling to her fiance.

Just One Night
2000
as Aurora
A man (Timothy Hutton) spends the night before his wedding searching for his lost shoe with the help of an unhappily married woman (Maria Grazia Cucin...

Picking Up the Pieces
2000
as Desi
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband...

Mary Magdalene
2000
as Maria Maddalena
Employed as a spy and given the task of investigating the threat posed by John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene is overwhelmed by John's powerful message o...
James Bond Down River
2000
as Self
Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filming of the opening boat chase for The World Is Not E...

The World Is Not Enough
1999
as Cigar Girl
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress fro...

Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
as Alina
A down-on-her luck prostitute embarks on a wild adventure that puts her in contact with the Mafia.

The Second Wife
1998
as Anna
In the early 1960's, a Sicilian single mother marries an older, crass widowed truck driver. When he is arrested trying to smuggle an antique, she ends...

A Brooklyn State of Mind
1998
as Gabriela
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a fi...

The Fourth King
1997
as Izhira
Alazar, a simple farmer who is also a beekeeper, meets the Three Wise Men Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, who have set off to celebrate the arrival on...

Solomon
1997
as Abisag
David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon, fierce rivals, since both are prospecti...

Il decisionista
1997
Rome, 1990s. Gian Luigi, an unscrupulous financial administrator, finds himself embroiled in a journalistic investigation that aims to unmask shady mo...

The Mayor
1997
as Rituccia
De Filippo 's tragedy of a politician presiding over criminal activities in Naples has been transferred to East Chicago.

Camere da letto
1997
as Maddalena

Sicily
1997
as Woman
Impressionistic short by Antonioni

La signora della città
1996
as Rosa Minniti
A Sicilian girl of aristocratic origins escapes the mafia, changes her identity and tries to rebuild her life as a model in New York.

Italiani
1996
as Maria / Donatella
1965, a train with a variety of passengers is heading north when it makes an unexpected stop. On the other track, heading south, a train passes with t...

The Graduates
1995
as Letizia Noferini
Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs ...

The Day of the Beast
1995
as Susana
The story revolves around a Basque Roman Catholic priest dedicated to committing as many sins as possible, a death metal salesman from Carabanchel, an...

The Postman
1994
as Beatrice Russo
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

Suntanned: One Year Later
1993
as Inserviente hotel
Adriatic sun and sand set the scene for comic misunderstandings, particularly for a writer pursuing a publisher and a man willing to box for love.
High Risk
1993
as Olga
A spy must come to the aid of a computer genius, the sole witness to a mass murder at the high-powered firm where she works.

Cominciò tutto per caso
1993
A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.

Christmas Vacation '90
1990
as Arabella
Several characters coincide during the Christmas holidays in the winter season of Saint Moritz.

Journey of Love
1990
An older couple finally travels to the sea, reliving old memories along the way.
The Dregs
N/A
A friends’ trip to Tuscany that gets derailed by old wounds and a cursed bottle of Vin Santo.