Isabella Rossellini

==Early life==

==Early life==

Rossellini was born in Rome, the daughter of Swedish actress [[Ingrid Bergman]], who was of Swedish and German descent, and Italian director [[Roberto Rossellini]], who was born in [[Rome]] from a family originally from [[Pisa]], [[Tuscany]]. She has three siblings from her mother: her fraternal twin sister [[Isotta Ingrid Rossellini]], who is an [[adjunct professor]] of [[Italian literature]], a brother, Robertino Ingmar Rossellini;{{cite news | url=http://guide.supereva.it/registi_cinema/interventi/2010/06/isabella-rossellini-happy-birthday-18-giugno-2010 | title=Isabella Rossellini: Happy Birthday!!! 18 giugno 2010 | publisher=SuperEva.it | first=Alessia | last=Mocci | date=18 June 2010 | access-date=14 May 2011 | archive-date=10 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210144648/http://guide.supereva.it/registi_cinema/interventi/2010/06/isabella-rossellini-happy-birthday-18-giugno-2010 | url-status=dead }} and a half-sister, [[Pia Lindström]], who formerly worked on television and is from her mother's first marriage with [[Petter Lindström]]. She has four other siblings from her father's two other marriages: Romano (who died at age nine), [[Renzo Rossellini (producer)|Renzo]], Gil, and Raffaella.{{Cite news |title=Like Father... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/06/venicefilmfestival2004.festivals |work=Guardian Unlimited |date=6 September 2004 |access-date=29 January 2007 |location=London |first=Geoffrey |last=MacNab |archive-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070626/http://film.guardian.co.uk/venice/story/0,,1299861,00.html |url-status=live }} Growing up, she received "a liberal [[Catholic]] education".{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2000/09/16/isabella-rossellini-goes-into-training-to-play-a-jewish-mother-weighty-cultural-baggage|work=New York Post|first=Barbara|last=Hoffman|title=Isabella Rossellini Goes Into Training To Play A Jewish Mother Weighty Cultural Baggage|date=16 September 2000|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820145201/https://nypost.com/2000/09/16/isabella-rossellini-goes-into-training-to-play-a-jewish-mother-weighty-cultural-baggage/|url-status=live}}

Rossellini was born in Rome, [[Italy]] the daughter of Swedish actress [[Ingrid Bergman]], who was of Swedish and German descent, and Italian director [[Roberto Rossellini]], who was born in [[Rome]] from a family originally from [[Pisa]], [[Tuscany]]. She has three siblings from her mother: her fraternal twin sister [[Isotta Ingrid Rossellini]], who is an [[adjunct professor]] of [[Italian literature]], a brother, Robertino Ingmar Rossellini;{{cite news | url=http://guide.supereva.it/registi_cinema/interventi/2010/06/isabella-rossellini-happy-birthday-18-giugno-2010 | title=Isabella Rossellini: Happy Birthday!!! 18 giugno 2010 | publisher=SuperEva.it | first=Alessia | last=Mocci | date=18 June 2010 | access-date=14 May 2011 | archive-date=10 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210144648/http://guide.supereva.it/registi_cinema/interventi/2010/06/isabella-rossellini-happy-birthday-18-giugno-2010 | url-status=dead }} and a half-sister, [[Pia Lindström]], who formerly worked on television and is from her mother's first marriage with [[Petter Lindström]]. She has four other siblings from her father's two other marriages: Romano (who died at age nine), [[Renzo Rossellini (producer)|Renzo]], Gil, and Raffaella.{{Cite news |title=Like Father... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/sep/06/venicefilmfestival2004.festivals |work=Guardian Unlimited |date=6 September 2004 |access-date=29 January 2007 |location=London |first=Geoffrey |last=MacNab |archive-date=14 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070626/http://film.guardian.co.uk/venice/story/0,,1299861,00.html |url-status=live }} Growing up, she received "a liberal [[Catholic]] education".{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2000/09/16/isabella-rossellini-goes-into-training-to-play-a-jewish-mother-weighty-cultural-baggage|work=New York Post|first=Barbara|last=Hoffman|title=Isabella Rossellini Goes Into Training To Play A Jewish Mother Weighty Cultural Baggage|date=16 September 2000|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820145201/https://nypost.com/2000/09/16/isabella-rossellini-goes-into-training-to-play-a-jewish-mother-weighty-cultural-baggage/|url-status=live}}

[[File:Ingrid-Bergman-is-visited-by-children-Robertino-Isabella-and-Isotta-Ingrid-352029841260.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Isabella (right) with twin sister Isotta, brother Robertino and their mother Ingrid Bergman on the filming set of ''[[The Visit (1964 film)|The Visit]]'']]

[[File:Ingrid-Bergman-is-visited-by-children-Robertino-Isabella-and-Isotta-Ingrid-352029841260.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Isabella (right) with twin sister Isotta, brother Robertino and their mother Ingrid Bergman on the filming set of ''[[The Visit (1964 film)|The Visit]]'']]