Her father was Maltese, and her mother was an Italian from Tunisia. Founder of Immagine e Cinema S.r.l. (Rome, Italy) - a movie production company. In the mid-90s, she was engaged to famous Italian industrialist Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari Cars, headchief of the organization of the 1990 Football World Cup in Italy, and, since May 2004, president of the FIAT Group. Began her career as a photo model. Son, Edwin, is born in 1971.