Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini was born on the 18th June 1952, in Rome, Italy, and is an actress, author and a filmmaker, widely known as a former Lancôme model as well as particularly for her roles in “Blue Velvet” (1986), “Death Becomes Her” (1992), “Enemy” (2013) and more recently “Joy” (2015), among many other notable roles.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this Italian film diva has accumulated so far? How rich Isabella Rossellini is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total amount of Isabella Rossellini’s net worth, as of late 2016, is $65 million, acquired through her career in the movie industry which has been active since 1976.
Isabella Rossellini Net Worth $65 million
Isabella was born to the famous Swedish actress, Ingrid Bergman and acclaimed Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, so it is no wonder that she has managed to make a successful career in acting. As a youngster, she spent most of her time in Rome, Santa Marinella as well as Paris. At the age of 19, Isabella Rossellini moved to New York City where she enrolled at Finch College and New School for Social Research. After graduation, Isabella returned to Italy and began working as a translator, as well as an American correspondent for RAI television network.
Isabella Rossellini officially debuted as an actress in 1976, when she appeared in Vincente Minnelli’s “A Matter of Time”, opposite Liza Minnelli and her mother Ingrid Bergman in the leading roles. This engagement was followed by an appearances in “Il prato” (1979) and “Il pap’occhio” (1980). In 1980, at the age of 28, Isabella began her modeling career, initially for Vogue and later for Lancôme, as the brands’ spokeswoman. The real breakthrough in Isabella Rossellini’s career came after she appeared in “White Nights”(1985), and soon after in David Lynch‘s 1986 masterpiece “Blue Velvet”, in which for the role of Dorothy Vallens Rossellini was rewarded with an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. All these engagements helped Isabella Rossellini to build a successful and prominent acting career, as well as to pile up more honors and net worth.
In 1990, Isabella Rossellini made a real impact when she appeared in another David Lynch movie, this time the rather controversial thriller, “Wild at Heart”, which nevertheless quickly achieved “cult classic” status, and won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or despite its “offending” plot. This engagement launched Isabella Rossellini to the top among actresses in the film industry, and certainly helped her to acquire quite impressive net worth.
Throughout the 1990s, Isabella Rossellini continued to act, further enriching her portfolio with roles in movies such as “Death Becomes Her”(1992), “Wyatt Earp” and “Immortal Beloved”, both in 1994, as well as “Big Night” (1996). Apart from movies, Isabella appeared in several hit TV series, including “Napoléon”, “The Simpsons”, “Legend of Earthsea” and “Alias”. She even produced one series of short films which depicts the sexual behavior of animals, named “Green Porno” and containing 18 episodes. Some other Isabella producing projects include “Seduce Me: The Spawn of Green Porno” and “Mammas”.
In her career at present, Isabella Rossellini has appeared in over 80 movies and TV series, many of which have significantly increased her net worth in total.
Besides her acting career, Isabella Rossellini can also brag about her modeling one – she was on the covers of several prominent lifestyle and fashion magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle and Vanity Fair, as well as American and British Vogue. It is certain that her modeling career also made a huge positive impact on Isabella Rossellini’s net worth as well.
Isabella Rossellini is also an acclaimed author with three books published so far – “Some of Me”, “Looking at Me”, and “In the name of the Father, the Daughter and the Holy Spirits: Remembering Roberto Rossellini”.
When it comes to her personal life, it has been as dynamic as her career. She was married to Martin Scorsese between 1979 and 1982, then in 1983 she exchanged vows with Jon Wiedemann, with whom she had her first child, however, the couple divorced after three years. Since then, Isabella Rossellini has been romantically linked with several other famous men, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, David Lynch, Gregory Mosher and Gary Oldman.
Isabella Rossellini is an avid environmentalist, and is involved in several organizations including Wildlife Conservation Network, The George Eastman House and The Central Park Conservancy.
