Claudia Cardinale

 Claude Josephine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (French: [klod Zozefin Roz KaRdinal]; born on 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. Her debut came in a small role alongside Omar Sharif, a star from Egypt in the film Goha (1958), Cardinale rose to fame as an actor in European films. Cardinale began her acting career in a small role in a film with Omar Sharif, an Egyptian actor. The actress would later be featured in Goha (1958), Rocco (1960), Girl with a Suitcase (1961), Cartouche (1962), The Leopard (1963) and Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963). She went on to appear in Hollywood film Blindfold (1965), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) together with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint US-Italian production where she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda.Cardinale was dissatisfied with Hollywood's film industry and didn't want to be a cliche. She returned to Italian and French film and won the David di Donatello award for Best Actress for Il giorno dilla civetta (1968), and as a prostitute in A Girl in Australia (1971). She had a relationship with Pasquale Squitieri in 1974. He would be her partner and she was a frequent guest in his films including I guappi (1974), Corleone (78), and Claretta (1984) in which she brought her the Nastro d’Argento Award as Best Actress. In 1982, she was a part-time actress in Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo as the love interest of Klaus Kinski, who raises the money to purchase steamships in Peru. Cardinale was recognized with the Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival's Best Actress Award in 2010 for her portrayal of a old Italian woman who adopts an unborn Turkish student from Signora Enrica. She has been a UNESCO ambassador for the Defense of Women's Rights (UNESCO) since March 2000. Cardinale was selected by the Los Angeles Times Magazine among the 50 most beautiful women in the history of film in February of 2011.