Simonetta Stefanelli

Simonetta Stefanelli is an Italian former actress. Internationally, she is best known for her performance as Apollonia Vitelli in the 1972 film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her other roles include appearances in Moses the Lawgiver, Scandal in the Family and Three Brothers. In 1992, Stefanelli made her last film appearance in the drama Le amiche del cuore directed by her then-husband Michele Placido.