Two Italo-Scandinavian women

[Piccolo]

What do you think of these two Italo-Scandinavian women?

Isabella Rossellini, actress. Born: Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Her parents were Italian (father; director Roberto Rossellini) and Swedish (mother; actress Ingrid Bergman).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Isabella_Rossellini.jpg

http://verdoux.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/isabella-rossellini-red.jpg

http://theinterrobang.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/600full-isabella-rossellini.jpg

Emilíana Torrini, singer: Born in Kópavogur, Iceland

Her parents were Italian (father) and Icelandic (mother).

http://soundjunkiesoapbox.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/emiliani-torrini.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/rks040472/198765-emiliana-torrini-637x0-3.jpg

http://static2.imagecollect.com/preview/3317/ca74e0e0eeec6e1

Do you think they look more Italian or more Scandinavian? Where do you think they could pass?

[Volscian]

Isabella: Atlantid+Alpine
Emiliana: Alpine+Baltid

[Black Wolf]

Kind of like my dad. He is 50% Italian (Calabria) and 50% Finnish.

[Ulla]

First one looks more greek than italian, lol.

Really? Isabella Rossellini looks like her Swedish mother more than anyone else.

http://www.ilpost.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/AP061124014244.jpg

http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Bergman,%20Ingrid/Annex/NRFPT/Annex%20-%20Bergman,%20Ingrid_NRFPT_05.jpg

[Ulla]

This one looks different somehow.

In this pic

http://verdoux.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/isabella-rossellini-red.jpg

she reminds me of a greek theater actress.

younger

http://www.kairoswedding.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/listal.com_.jpg

in the last years

http://www.online-news.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/isabella-rossellini1.jpg

[Furnace]

They look more Italian than Scandinavian.

[Sikeliot]

Both have a Borreby look, or some kind of Alpine.

[Piccolo]

Interesting discussion. I tried to find pictures of Isabella Rossellini that were not total glamour shots. Here are some more "normal" pics:

http://ilarge.listal.com/image/1378720/936full-isabella-rossellini.jpg/

http://supermodelicons.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/isabella_rossellini_smi_0009.jpg

http://ilarge.listal.com/image/1378685/968full-isabella-rossellini.jpg

I think Isabella looks much more Italian in the third picture.

As for Emilíana Torrini, I agree with MrMalus that she has an overall Italian look but her facial structure/eyes seem Scandinavian to me.

http://img.visir.is/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/XZ/20100906/LIFID01/85921801/AR/0/AR-85921801.jpg?NoBorder

http://images6.alphacoders.com/308/308656.jpg

https://a3-images.myspacecdn.com/images03/28/eb43909a0b89485dad2d2c7897e5472a/300x300.jpg

[cally]

They look more Italian or Swiss.

[Piccolo]

They look more Italian or Swiss.

I agree, generally, I think both women look more Italian than Scandinavian.

[Sikeliot]

They come out looking kind of south German, Austrian, and northern Italian.

[Piccolo]

They come out looking kind of south German, Austrian, and northern Italian.

Good point. They don't really look Southern Italian although interestingly it appears that neither of their Italian fathers were from the North.

Roberto Rossellini was Central Italian (Rome) with some distant French ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini

Emilíana Torrini's father Salvatore Torrini apparently came from Naples.

http://www.emilianatorrini.it/biografia.html

[Smaug]

Oh, Isabella Rossellini, have always found her one of the most beautiful women to ever live.

[SkyBurn]

Darker ethnicities tend to be more genetically dominant, so it's of no surprise that they take more of the Italianness than the Scandinavianness.

[Piccolo]

Oh, Isabella Rossellini, have always found her one of the most beautiful women to ever live.

Yes, she was truly a beauty.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sk9LDddybus/T2vAe93iycI/AAAAAAAAGmw/DxXjQzGa9Ro/s640/Isabella+Rosselini+3.jpeg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/21/article-2191356-00D13B0E00000190-86_306x493.jpg

Her mother Ingrid Bergman was gorgeous as well.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Ingrid_Bergman_-_Gaslight_44.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Ingrid_Bergman_1940_publicity.jpg

I think Emilíana Torrini is very beautiful also.

http://s.plurielles.fr/mmdia/i/59/9/emiliana-torrini-10465599hnidl.jpg?v=1

http://www.guypetersreviews.com/images/emilianatorrinitop.jpg

[pacific rim 980]

Darker ethnicities tend to be more genetically dominant, so it's of no surprise that they take more of the Italianness than the Scandinavianness.

Yes because every Scandinavian is a 1.90 m tall Thronder.

Isabella is a carbon cop of her mother and Icelanders are mostly British/Irish anyway. They are less blonde than Dutch for example.


Good point. They don't really look Southern Italian although interestingly it appears that neither of their Italian fathers were from the North.

Roberto Rossellini was Central Italian (Rome) with some distant French ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini

Emilíana Torrini's father Salvatore Torrini apparently came from Naples.

http://www.emilianatorrini.it/biografia.html

Salvatore Torrini is indeed from Naples, but Roberto Rossellini is half Tuscan and half Venetian according to that link.

[Piccolo]

Yes because every Scandinavian is a 1.90 m tall Thronder.

Isabella is a carbon cop of her mother and Icelanders are mostly British/Irish anyway. They are less blonde than Dutch for example.



Salvatore Torrini is indeed from Naples, but Roberto Rossellini is half Tuscan and half Venetian according to that link.

Ah, good spot. I did not notice that. So it looks like Isabella Rossellini has more Northern Italian ancestry than Emilíana Torrini (who perhaps has none). Do you think the Neapolitan shows in Emilíana Torrini?

[pacific rim 980]

Ah, good spot. I did not notice that. So it looks like Isabella Rossellini has more Northern Italian ancestry than Emilíana Torrini (who perhaps has none). Do you think the Neapolitan shows in Emilíana Torrini?

Yes but only on the profile pic.

http://i.imgur.com/BueDR4Q.jpg

[Piccolo]

Yes but only on the profile pic.

http://i.imgur.com/BueDR4Q.jpg

Yes, she looks more Scandinavian in that picture, maybe because her hair is pulled back and it accentuates her Scandinavian facial features?

[poiuytrewq0987]

Erm, were their dads Sicilian? :D

[Ianus]

First one looks more greek than italian, lol.

Second one has italian features but her eyes have something scando about them.

Yes, Swedish Italian mix looks Greek:033102st:

[Piccolo]

Erm, were their dads Sicilian? :D

No, Isabella Rossellini's father was from Rome and was half Tuscan, half Venetian with some distant French ancestry. Emilíana Torrini's father was from Naples, Italy.