Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy, the daughter of Maria Gustinelli, a painter, and Luigi Bellucci, who owned a trucking company. Bellucci started modelling at 16, when she was attending the Liceo classico. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, Bellucci modeled to pay her tuition at the University of Perugia, but the lifestyle tempted her away from her law studies.

She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, Spanish semi-fluently, and she has had speaking roles in each of these languages as well as in Aramaic for her part as Mary Magdalene in The Passion of the Christ.

Norkys Yelitza Batista Villarroel (born August 30, 1977 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a model and an actress. She married Leonardo Luttinger on May 3, 2003. She gave birth to a son, Sebastian Luttinger Batista, on January 20, 2006.

Norkys (sometimes spelled "Norkis"), was born and raised in a low-income neighborhood in southwestern Caracas, and became famous when she was awarded First Runner-Up in the Miss Venezuela beauty contest.