Maria Grazia Cucinotta is very popular in Italy as a film and television actress. Internationally, she is best known for her roles in Il Postino and as the Cigar Girl in the James Bond film - The World Is Not Enough.

Maria Grazia Cucinotta also guest starred in The Sopranos - episode "Isabella" - as well as in The Simpsons - episodes "The Italian Bob" and "Funeral for a Fiend".

Maria married Giulio Violati in 1995 and they have one daughter, Giulia.