Isabella Rossellini Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

10^th April 2015

Fact: Isabella Rossellini has been appointed president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The Italian model-turned-actress will help select the winning film from 20 competing titles and present the prize on 23 May (15). The Un Certain Regard category is separate to the main festival competition, which runs from 13-24 May (15).

30^th August 2010

Fact: Isabella Rossellini has stepped up to head the international jury at the 61st Berlin Film Festival in Germany in February (11).

16^th December 2009

Fact: Italian actress Isabella Rossellini, who has made a string of short films on animal sex entitled GREEN PORNO, is studying courses on animal behaviour and environmental science at Manhattan's prestigious New York University.

14^th May 2008

Fact: Actress Isabella Rossellini is hosting a series of Internet shorts about the mating habits of small creatures. In one of the Green Porno films on SundanceChannel.com, the Blue Velvet star dresses as a cricket and takes part in a bizarre sex session to show how the insects copulate.

12^th September 2006

Fact: Isabella Rossellini's 23-year-old daughter ELETTRA ROSSELLINI WIEDEMANN is the new face of Lancome cosmetics. Isabella was the Lancome spokeswoman from 1982-1996. Elettra's ads will begin running in January 2007.

1^st May 2006

Quote: "I don't see my face, so it's not a torment. I only see it for five minutes in the morning when I brush my teeth." Isabella Rossellini is undaunted by the ageing process.

18^th March 2006

Fact: Actress Isabella Rossellini is set to pay tribute to her late father ROBERTO on what would have been his 100th birthday in May (06) by publishing a book of family photos, illustrations and letters.