Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini grew up in Paris and Rome and moved to New York City when she was 19 years old. She had a very successful modeling career appearing in numerous covers of magazine such as "Vogue", "Elle", "Harper’s Bazaar" and "Vanity Fair".

She made her cinematic debut in Italy with Taviani brothers’ film "Il Prato (The Meadow)" and has appeared in numerous other films, including the American features "Blue Velvet", "White Nights", "Rodger Dodger", "Cousins", "Death Becomes Her", "Fearless", "Big Night" and more recently in "Joy". She has worked with many directors such as Robert Zemeckis, David O. Russell, David Lynch, Robert Wilson, Taylor Hackford, Marjane Satrapi and Guy Maddin.

She has keen interest in animals and recently completed a master’s degree on Animal Behavior and Conservation form Hunter College in NY. While studying she made an award-winning series of shorts: "Green Porno", "Seduce Me" and "Mammas offer" comical and scientifically insightful studies of animal behaviors. She toured in 50 different cities with a monologue based on her shorts, written with Academy Award winner Jean-Claude Carrière. Recently she toured her new theatrical show, "Link Link Circus" that deals with animals’ behavior and cognition.

Isabella also runs an organic farm in Brookhaven, in association with the Peconic Land Trust. Her book about raising heritage chickens, entitled "My Chickens and I", was published in the USA by Abrams Book.

Ms. Rossellini’s other philanthropic interests embrace preservation of her family’s extraordinary cinematic heritage, including the films directed by her father, Roberto Rossellini, and those featuring her mother, Ingrid Bergman.

Ms. Rossellini is a mother of two, grandmother of one and resides in Bellport, Long Island.