Galatea Bellugi

Galatea Bellugi (born 1997) is a French actress.

Early life
Born in Paris, Bellugi is the daughter of Italian actor Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini, while her mother is a Danish costume designer. Her sister Alba Gaïa Bellugi is also an actress, known for her role as Élise in the film The Intouchables (2011). She has family in Rome and Tuscany.

After studying contemporary and classical dance, synchronized swimming, and playing saxophone, she left to study cinema at the Université de Montréal from 2015 to 2016. She left to pursue a degree in international relations at Roskilde University from 2016 to 2019, in between which she filmed The Invisible Boy: Second Generation (2018), The Apparition (2018) and Golden Youth (2019).

Career
She began her career at the age of 6 in Ariane Mnouchkine's Le Dernier Caravansérail at the Théâtre du Soleil, where her father worked and still works as an actor. She made her screen debut at the age of 7 in Les Yeux clairs (Pale Eyes), directed by Jérôme Bonnell.

In 2015, she played a pregnant teen named Mélanie in Keeper by Guillaume Senez, a role for which she was selected for Révélations, the shortlist for Most Promising Actress at the César Awards, and for which she received the Best Actress award at the Marrakech International Film Festival.

In 2018, she starred opposite Vincent Lindon in Xavier Giannoli's The Apparition, in which she plays a young girl named Anna who develops a cult following after claiming to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a remote village in southern France, and is investigated by a journalist played by Lindon who is tasked by the Vatican to determine her authenticity. Her performance earned her a nomination for Most Promising Actress at the 44th César Awards. That same year, she made her Italian debut in the fantasy superhero film The Invisible Boy: Second Generation by Gabriele Salvatores.

In 2019, she starred in Eva Ionesco's Golden Youth as a young teenager who is drawn into a lavish nightlife by a wealthy older couple, portrayed by Isabelle Huppert and Melvil Poupaud.

In 2021, she appeared alongside Mathieu Amalric in the musical comedy Tralala, for which she wrote her own lyrics. In 2022, she starred opposite Benedetta Porcaroli in the Italian coming-of-age comedy Amanda, Carolina Cavalli's debut film. She attended the film's premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

In 2023, she starred in Junkyard Dog by Jean-Baptiste Durand, La Fille d'Albino Rodrigue by Christine Dory, and The Taste of Things by Trần Anh Hùng. For her performance in Junkyard Dog, she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 49th César Awards.

Personal life
Bellugi lives in Paris. She is fluent in four languages: French, Italian, Danish and English.