Claudia Cardinale

Born in Tunisia on April 15, 1938, Claudia Cardinale first attracted attention in 1957 after winning the "Most Beautiful Girl in Tunisia" contest; her prize was a trip to the Venice Film Festival, inspiring her to pursue a career in acting. After studying at Rome's Centro Sperimentale film school, she made her screen d...ebut in 1958 in Mario Monicelli's classic caper comedy I Soliti Ignoti, followed a year later by Pietro Germi's Un Maledetto Imbroglio.