Editing Isabella Rossellini (section)

===Film and television===
[[File:Isabella Rossellini.jpg|thumb|Rossellini on location at [[Tempelhof Airport]] in Berlin in 1992 to shoot some scenes for the film ''[[The Innocent (1993 film)|The Innocent]]'']]
Rossellini made her film debut with a brief appearance as a nun opposite her mother in the 1976 film ''[[A Matter of Time (film)|A Matter of Time]]''. Her first role was the 1979 film ''Il Prato'', and then in 1980 she appeared in [[Renzo Arbore]]'s film ''[[Il pap'occhio]]'' with her then husband  [[Martin Scorsese]].

Following [[Ingrid Bergman|her mother's]] death in 1982, Rossellini was cast in her first American film, ''[[White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]'' (1985). This was followed by her notable role as the tortured [[nightclub singer]] Dorothy Vallens in the [[David Lynch]] film ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]],'' in which she also contributed her own singing. Other significant film roles during this period include her work in ''[[Cousins (1989 film)|Cousins]]'' (1989), ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' (1992), ''[[Fearless (1993 film)|Fearless]]'' (1993), and ''[[Immortal Beloved (1994 film)|Immortal Beloved]]'' (1994). In 1996, she appeared as herself in an episode of the TV series ''[[Friends]]'' called "[[The One with Frank Jr.]]"

In 2003, Rossellini was a recurring character on the television series ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]''. In that same year, she also appeared in the [[Canadian film]] ''[[The Saddest Music in the World]]'', directed by [[Guy Maddin]]. In 2004, she played the High Priestess Thar in the [[Sci-Fi Channel]] miniseries ''[[Legend of Earthsea]]'', and the director Robert Lieberman stated that Rossellini "brings a very big persona to the screen. She carries a great deal of beauty. We needed someone who had a feeling of authority to be this kind of mother superior type and at the same time not be totally dour and unattractive."<ref>{{cite news|title=Isabella Rossellini brings her legendary looks to Sci Fi Channel's 'Earthsea' fantasy miniseries|url=http://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_7de97b89-de21-5442-bff4-57fd0401a0a9.html|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=Temple Daily Telegram|date=12 December 2004|archive-date=17 February 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140217045355/http://www.tdtnews.com/archive/article_7de97b89-de21-5442-bff4-57fd0401a0a9.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, Rossellini appeared in several television documentaries. First, she narrated a two-hour television special on Italy for the [[Discovery Channel]]'s ''[[Discovery Atlas]]'' series. Then, alongside [[Segway PT]] inventor [[Dean Kamen]], she spoke about her past and current activities on an episode of ''[[Iconoclasts (TV series)|Iconoclasts]]'', a series that featured on the [[SundanceTV|Sundance Channel]] (known as SundanceTV from 2014 onwards), an independent film network founded by film industry veteran [[Robert Redford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/iconoclasts/?section=episodes&ixContent=9747 |title=Episode 4: Isabella Rossellini + Dean Kamen |access-date=29 January 2007 |work=Iconoclasts: change the way you see celebrity |publisher=Sundance Channel  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109142040/http://www.sundancechannel.com/iconoclasts/?section=episodes&ixContent=9747 |archive-date=9 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Sundance Channel then purchased the 2006 Guy Maddin-directed short film ''My Dad Is 100 Years Old'',<ref name="Paper">{{cite web|title=Isabella Rossellini On Her New Motherhood Web Series, Mammas|url=http://www.papermag.com/2013/05/isabella_rossellini.php|work=Paper Mag|access-date=17 February 2014|author=Luigi Tadini|date=8 May 2013|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221234931/http://www.papermag.com/2013/05/isabella_rossellini.php|url-status=live}}</ref> a tribute that Rossellini created for her father. In the film, she played almost every role, including [[Federico Fellini]], [[Alfred Hitchcock]] and her mother, [[Ingrid Bergman]]. Rossellini's twin sister, Isotta Ingrid,<ref name="Nat">{{cite web|title=Twins: Isabella & Isotta Ingrid|url=http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2012/5/31/twins-isabella-isotta-ingrid.html|work=The Film Experience|publisher=Nathaniel Rogers|access-date=17 February 2014|date=31 May 2012|archive-date=21 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021184313/http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2012/5/31/twins-isabella-isotta-ingrid.html|url-status=live}}</ref> criticized the short film, calling it an "inappropriate" tribute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Isabella Rossellini's Tribute to Her Father, Cinema's Great Neorealist Talking Belly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/movies/08ross.html|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=8 May 2006|author=Caryn James|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309142755/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/movies/08ross.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Rossellini guest starred on two episodes of the television show ''[[30 Rock]]'', playing [[Alec Baldwin]]'s character's ex-wife.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pee-wee, Isabella Rossellini and Pete's temptation: This week's '30 Rock'|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/peewee_isabella.html|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=30 January 2007|author=Maureen Ryan|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222021313/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/peewee_isabella.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Around the same time, Rossellini enrolled at [[New York University]] where she undertook an undergraduate degree in Art and Environmental Studies, and then pursued with a master's degree at [[Hunter College]] in New York to study animal behavior.<ref>{{cite news|title=Global Nature: Back to Her First Love|url=https://www.cuny.edu/news/global-nature-back-to-her-first-love/|access-date=25 January 2025|publisher=CUNY|date=1 January 2015|author=Richard Firstman|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222021313/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/01/peewee_isabella.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Then the Sundance Channel commissioned her to contribute a short-film project to the environmental program ''The Green''.<ref name="Paper" /> Rossellini explained in a 2013 interview:
<blockquote>
They contacted me again when they had allocated some money to experiment in making a web series. At first, I thought I didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to write and then thought it might be really fun to do little short films about animals. This is how the first three episodes of ''Green Porno'' came about. When I showed them the pilot, Sundance commissioned eight more. It was a huge hit!<ref name="Paper" /></blockquote>
[[File:Green Porno crew 2.jpg|thumb|left|Rossellini worked on ''[[Green Porno]]'' with Jody Shapiro.]]
Debuting in 2008, the first series of ''[[Green Porno]]'' had over 4&nbsp;million views on [[YouTube]] and two further seasons were produced; there are 18 episodes in the series. Rossellini worked with a small budget for ''Green Porno'' and she was responsible for the scripts, helped to design the creatures, directed the episodes, and is the primary actor in the series. In each of the episodes, she acts out the mating rituals and reproductive behaviour of various animals while commentary is played.<ref name="Time">{{cite web|title=Green Porno: Isabella Rossellini|url=http://www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/theatre/events/9650/green-porno-isabella-rossellini|work=Time Out Melbourne|access-date=17 February 2014|author=Dee Jefferson|date=4 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222214226/http://www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/theatre/events/9650/green-porno-isabella-rossellini|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

''Green Porno'' was followed by two other animal-themed television productions: ''Seduce Me: The Spawn of Green Porno'' and ''Mammas''. ''Seduce Me: The Spawn of Green Porno'' is a five-episode online series that was premiered in mid-2010 and explores the topic of animal courtship. As with ''Green Porno'', Rossellini wrote, directed and acted in the series; she is also a producer of the series. Rossellini explained in 2010, "I always wanted to make films about animals – there's not an enormous audience, but there's an enormous audience for sex."<ref>{{cite news|title=Seduce Me (VIDEO): Isabella Rossellini Takes On The Spawn Of Green Porno|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/seduce-me-video-isabella_n_544616.html|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=21 June 2010|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222215515/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/21/seduce-me-video-isabella_n_544616.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Enemy 36 (9766938626).jpg|thumb|upright=0.68|Rossellini at the [[2013 Toronto Film Festival]]]]
''Mammas'' debuted in the United States on 12 May 2013, Mother's Day weekend there, and is a celebration of the maternal aspects of the animal world. Rossellini is again the primary actor and plays the maternal versions of animals such as spiders and hamsters.<ref>{{cite news|title=Isabella Rossellini's 'Green Porno' Follow-Up Series 'Mammas' Debuts For Mother's Day (VIDEO)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/isabella-rossellini-mammas-sundance-mothers-day_n_3245861.html|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=9 May 2013|author=Katherine Brooks|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222215520/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/isabella-rossellini-mammas-sundance-mothers-day_n_3245861.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rossellini explained in a 2013 interview part of the research process for ''Mammas'': "First of all it's about diversity. When talking about motherhood, I would find examples of ten different species that either don't get pregnant in the belly but in the mouth or back. Or species that abandon their children all-together so that I don't tell ten stories that are too similar."<ref name="Paper" />

After the completion of her ''Green Porno'' productions, Rossellini acted in the film ''[[Enemy (2013 film)|Enemy]]'', with [[Jake Gyllenhaal]], which was shown at the 2013 [[Toronto International Film Festival]] (TIFF). Rossellini praised the film during a TIFF interview: "I love the subtlety of the film. It reminded me of Kafka. It's very metaphysical, but yet it's also a solid thriller. It made me leap up out of my seat at the end." Rossellini also played the silent film actor [[Rudolph Valentino]]'s mother<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SilentLifeMovie/status/180522903480184832|title=Journalists keep on repeating another journalist's mistake. Isabella Rossellini does not play Valentino's wife, she plays his mother|website=Twitter|access-date=17 February 2014|author=Vlad Kozlov|date=15 March 2012|quote=Journalists keep on repeating another journalist's mistake. Isabella Rossellini does not play Valentino's wife, she plays his mother|archive-date=26 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326011444/https://twitter.com/silentlifemovie/status/180522903480184832|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Vlad Kozlov]]'s ''[[Silent Life]]'', a feature-length version of the director's silent, black-and-white short film ''Daydreams of Rudolph Valentino''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colourless and silent gems|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120318/spectrum/main8.htm|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=The Tribune|date=18 March 2012|author=Saibal Chatterjee|archive-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623051452/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120318/spectrum/main8.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Kozlov's film was due for release in 2012, but, as of February 2014, the film has not been officially released.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Artist pays homage to Hollywood's silent era|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15674340|access-date=17 February 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=17 November 2011|author=Tim Masters|archive-date=25 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225095552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15674340|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rossellini was the president of the jury for the [[61st Berlin International Film Festival]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11130680 |title=Isabella Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival jury |access-date=15 December 2010 |work=BBC News |date=30 August 2010 |archive-date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216080103/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11130680 |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2015, she was announced as the president of the jury for the {{lang|fr|[[Un Certain Regard]]}} section of the [[2015 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61298.html |title=Isabella Rossellini, President of the Un Certain Regard Jury |work=Festival de Cannes |access-date=10 April 2015 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211011124/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61298.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, Rossellini was cast as Rita Marks, the matriarch of the Marks crime family in the [[Hulu]] original series, ''[[Shut Eye]]''.

In 2023, Rossellini was honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award at the [[18th Rome Film Festival]].<ref name="rffa:ansa">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/topnews/2023/10/20/isabella-rossellini-premio-alla-carriera-lo-dedico-ai-miei_59a365a5-343d-4957-a14e-d1850c2515cd.html |title= Isabella Rossellini, premio alla carriera, 'lo dedico ai miei'|trans-title=Isabella Rossellini, Lifetime Achievement Award, 'I Dedicate It to My Family' |date=20 October 2023|access-date=30 September 2024 |website= [[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata]] |language=it}}</ref>

In 2024, Rossellini received acclaim for her portrayal of Sister Agnes in the political drama, ''[[Conclave (film)|Conclave]]'', opposite [[Ralph Fiennes]], [[Stanley Tucci]] and [[John Lithgow]], for which she received an [[Academy Award]] nomination.

On February 15, 2025, it was announced that Rossellini would be joining the cast of [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]]'s upcoming television series, ''The Beauty''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Isabella Rossellini Joins Ryan Murphy's 'The Beauty' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/isabella-rossellini-ryan-murphy-the-beauty-1236309380/|work=Variety|access-date=3 March 2025|author=Ethan Shanfeld|date=15 February 2025}}</ref> On February 26, 2025, it was announced that Rossellini had been cast in [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s [[Wallis Simpson]] biopic, ''[[The Bitter End (film)|The Bitter End]]'', playing opposite [[Joan Collins]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Isabella Rossellini Joins Mike Newell's Wallis Simpson Biopic 'The Bitter End'|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/isabella-rossellini-mike-newell-the-bitter-end-1236321011/|work=Variety|access-date=3 March 2025|author=Alex Ritman|date=26 February 2025}}</ref> She  is also set to star in [[Jeremiah Zagar]]'s upcoming film ''The Painted Bride'', alongside actors [[Jeremy Allen White]] and [[Mandy Patinkin]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeremy Allen White, Mandy Patinkin & Isabella Rossellini Set For Jeremiah Zagar's 'The Painted Bride' As Charades, New Europe & WME Independent Board Sales – Cannes Market|url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/allen-white-patinkin-rossellini-zagar-painted-bride-1236381017/|work=Deadline|access-date=9 May 2025|author=Melanie Goodfellow|date=2 May 2025}}</ref>