
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
4/15/1938
Place of Birth
Tunis, Tunisia
Also Known As
클라우디아 카르디날레Клаудия Кардиналеكلوديا كاردينالي
Claudia Cardinale
Biography
Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (15 April 1938 – 23 September 2025) was an Italian actress. Regarded as one of the leading figures of Italian cinema, alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, she achieved international recognition during a career spanning more than six decades. Celebrated in the 1960s as "the most beautiful woman in the world" and widely considered a sex symbol of the era, Cardinale appeared in more than 175 films, primarily in Italy and France, across genres including comedy, drama, spaghetti westerns, and historical epics. She collaborated with acclaimed direct...
Known For

The Audience
as Aiche

Once Upon a Time in the West
as Jill

The Salamander
as Elena Leporello

Blood Brothers
as Lucia Esposito

Goodbye & Amen
as Aliki

The Skin
as Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo

Fitzcarraldo
as Molly

The Leopard
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana

The Queens
as Armenia ("Fata Armenia")

Escape to Athena
as Eleana

Corleone
as Rosa Accordino

The Magistrate
as Maria

Blindfold
as Vicky Vicenti

Cartouche
as Vénus

One Russian Summer
as Anya

The Dolphins
as Fedora Santini

The Facts of Murder
as La servetta, Assuntina

Lost Command
as Aisha

Fiasco in Milan
as Carmelina Nicosia

Circus World
as Toni Alfredo
Career Timeline
2020
2019
2018
2017
La Loi de Julien, Le bon fils
as Irène Delamarche
An Italian Indian: The Pink Panther Princess With Claudia Cardinale
as Self
Una gita a Roma
as Marguerite
Nobili bugie
as Duchess
Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo
as Laura Banti
La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo
as Self
Nonnas on the Run
as Angela