No, not Kassel: what is known about Monica Bellucci’s first husband

Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel were one of the brightest couples of the 90s and zero. They met on set in 1996 and married in 1999. In 2013, their family broke up. And that was the second divorce of the Italian actress.

Shortly before meeting Vincent, she broke up with her first husband, fashion photographer Claudio Carlos Basso.

How exactly they met is unknown, but the meeting probably took place on the set, because in the late eighties Monica was actively building a modeling career. They got married in 1990 – Bellucci was then 26 years old and Basso – 31 years old. The wedding ceremony was quite modest and only the closest friends were invited. It is noteworthy that the bride chose a not quite typical outfit – Monica was dressed in a dark sweatshirt with a hood in beige color.

Basso became interested in photography as a teenager, became a freelance photographer at the age of 21, worked in Milan, London and moved to New York in 1989 at the invitation of Eileen Ford. During these years, Monica also worked with American agencies as a model, and was already starting to build a career as an actress, trying to break through in Hollywood.

The family life of Monica and Claudio lasted four years, the couple has no children together. Judging by the available information, Basso did not marry again, but Monica had enough fans. After her divorce from Venan Cassel, she dated artist Nicolas Lefebvre, 18 years her junior, and now the actress is in the midst of a romance with director Tim Burton.

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