EBN- Monica Bellucci passed down the acting and modeling genes to her daughter Deva Cassel.
The Italian actress welcomed her first daughter in 2004 with her then-husband Vincent Cassel. The pair also share another daughter, Léonie, who was born in 2010.
While Léonie remains more private as she grows up, Deva entered the public eye when she began following in her mother’s footsteps as a model. Now 19, she already has some major accomplishments under her belt like a Vogue Italy cover alongside her mother and an upcoming Netflix series, The Leopard.
As the daughter of two successful actors, Deva told Gen V in her November 2023 cover story that she learned a lot from her parents growing up—not just about the industry, but also how to protect herself.
“They taught me to always look forward, to always protect myself, to always be kind, and always keep wonder in mind,” she said. “There’s much more. But the point is that they’ve taught me how to handle unexpected situations and live by my own rules, while always respecting people and the environment I’m in.”
From her childhood to her passions, here’s everything to know about Monica Bellucci’s daughter, Deva Cassel.
First appearance
Bellucci welcomed Deva on Sept. 12, 2004, just a few weeks shy of her own 40th birthday. Deva was born in Rome, weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz., per Hello! magazine. Her name means “celestial beauty” in the Hindu religion.
“I feel neither strong nor weak, just balanced. I wouldn’t like to be in any other place, do any other thing or have any other body,” Bellucci told Vanity Fair of her pregnancy as she posed nude on the cover of the magazine.
After welcoming her second daughter, Léonie, five years later, Bellucci opened up about having children after 40 years old and why she felt that she made the right decision to wait.
