# Favorite Foreign Actress **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889 "2010-07-24T22:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/1 "2010-07-24T22:49:35Z")
Is there a foreign actress that you like? So much that you’ll watch a subtitled film? Tell us who it is and we can discuss. 🙂 I credit Laura Antonelli for my introduction to Italian comedy. Early in her career you couldn’t find a more gorgeous woman. _Malizia_ made her a star. She plays a housekeeper for a widower and his sons. A nice example of Italian sex comedy. I don’t understand Italian and I don’t care. :o two clips from Malizia [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RuWag19ifFY/malizia\_porcello\_ii/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-RuWag19ifFY/malizia_porcello_ii/) [http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-DEz6OzMawa4/malizia\_malicious\_2\_1973/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-DEz6OzMawa4/malizia_malicious_2_1973/) Magazine covers and photos of Laura Antonelli. may not be safe for work [http://www.istrianet.org/istria/illustri/antonelli/gallery1.htm](http://www.istrianet.org/istria/illustri/antonelli/gallery1.htm) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/2 "2010-07-24T23:14:41Z")
This was meant for Cafe. Brain farts can be lethal. 😉 I screwed up for sure. Mods can you please move to Cafe? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/3 "2010-07-24T23:32:58Z")
By foreign, do you mean someone born in a different country, someone that acts in films filmed in other countries, regardless of language, or someone who predominately acts in foreign language films? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/4 "2010-07-24T23:48:22Z")
Someone who predominately acts in foreign language films. Films made in France, Italy, Germany etc. For example an Italian like Laura Antonelli that did Italian and French films. Elke Sommer is German and she did a lot of European films. I guess if you are German then an American would be foreign to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/5 "2010-07-25T02:53:47Z")
I was very impressed with [Liv Ullmann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Ullmann) in my youth. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/6 "2010-07-25T03:23:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Someone who predominately acts in foreign language films. Films made in France, Italy, Germany etc. I was going to say Claudia Black, who was in Farscape and is in a few movies in the US. Not sure she is in movies in foreign language, though. She is foreign to me, though, as I’m American and she is Australian. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/7 "2010-07-25T03:29:02Z")
Audrey Tautou ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/8 "2010-07-25T03:55:44Z")
I remember Liv in a horror thriller called _The Night Visitor_. A murderer escapes from an asylum and terrorizes the people that got him committed. I’d recommend it to anyone. It’s finally on DVD. The movie was made in Europe, but it’s in English. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > I was very impressed with [Liv Ullmann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Ullmann) in my youth. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/9 "2010-07-25T03:57:52Z")
Juliette Binoche is a highly talented performer and a exceptionally beautiful woman… ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/10 "2010-07-25T04:11:16Z")
Belongs in Cafe Society, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/11 "2010-07-25T05:53:41Z")
> [@Mister\_Owl](#): > > Audrey Tautou Mister Owl is wise, indeed. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Zu37b42ps&NR=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Zu37b42ps&NR=1) ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/12 "2010-07-25T06:09:51Z")
Penelope Cruz would be my pick, both for talent and looks. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/13 "2010-07-25T10:02:54Z")
Fanny Ardant Gong Li ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/14 "2010-07-25T11:34:47Z")
The Da Vinci Code introduced her to Americans. Can someone recommend her better French films? > [@Mister\_Owl](#): > > Audrey Tautou ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/15 "2010-07-25T12:16:33Z")
Lena Olin Though she’s best known for English language films. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/16 "2010-07-25T12:25:14Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The Da Vinci Code introduced her to Americans. > > Can someone recommend her better French films? Well, Amelie from Montmartre would be the obvious one I think. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/17 "2010-07-25T13:27:27Z")
Sofia Loren. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/18 "2010-07-25T16:11:23Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Sofia Loren. Especially in "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. She was smoking hot at that time. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/19 "2010-07-25T16:29:35Z")
Maggie Cheung. Beautiful lady and a wonderfully versatile actress. Try **Irma Vep** (one of my favourite movies), **Actress** (aka **Centre Stage** ), **In the Mood for Love** and **Dragon Inn** for a good sampling of her work. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889/20 "2010-07-25T16:54:09Z")
Monica Bellucci. Makes one believe in God. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-foreign-actress/547889.md?page=2)