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| nationality = [[Italy|Italian]]
| title = [[Miss Universo Italia|Miss Universo Italia 1960]]
| competitions = [[Miss Universo Italia|Miss Universo Italia 1960]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss Universe 1960]]<br>(1st Runner-Up)
| years_active = 1958–1970, 2012
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{Marriage|Alberto Cameli|1970|2018|end=d.}}
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'''Daniela Bianchi''' (born 31 January 1942) is an Italian former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss Universo Italia|Miss Universo Italia 1960]] and represented her country at [[Miss Universe 1960]] where she placed 1st Runner-Up. She is known for herthe role of [[Bond girl]] [[Tatiana Romanova]] in the 1963 movie ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thecityreview.com/fromruss.html | publisher = The City Review | access-date = 30 April 2009 | first = Carter B. | last = Horsley | title = From Russia With Love|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094050/http://www.thecityreview.com/fromruss.html|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> She played a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond. Bianchi's father was an Italian Army colonel. She studied ballet for eight years, and later worked as a fashion model.
 
==Early life==
Bianchi was born in [[Rome]] to parents from [[Sirolo]], [[Marche]] in [[Central Italy]]. Bianchi's father was an Italian Army colonel. She studied ballet for eight years, and later worked as a fashion model.
 
Bianchi was first runner-up at the [[Miss Universe 1960|1960 Miss Universe pageant]], where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press.
 
==Acting career==
[[File:Daniela Bianchi 1966.jpg|thumb|235px|Daniela Bianchi in ''Requiem per un agente segreto'' (1966)]]
Bianchi began appearing in films in 1958, initially as an [[Extra (acting)|extra]].
Born in [[Rome]] to parents from [[Sirolo]], [[Marche]] in [[Central Italy]], Bianchi was the first runner-up at [[Miss Universe 1960]] contest, where she was also voted Miss Photogenic by the press. Her film career began in 1958. In ''From Russia with Love'' her voice was dubbed by [[Barbara Jefford]] owing to Bianchi's heavy accent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cool-facts-about-bond-girls/16/|title = Cool facts about "Bond Girls"|work=CBS News}}</ref>
 
In 1963, she starred as [[Bond girl]] [[Tatiana Romanova]], a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] cipher clerk sent to entrap agent 007, James Bond, in the 1963 movie ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thecityreview.com/fromruss.html | publisher = The City Review | access-date = 30 April 2009 | first = Carter B. | last = Horsley | title = From Russia With Love|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094050/http://www.thecityreview.com/fromruss.html|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Her voice in ''From Russia with Love'' was dubbed by [[Barbara Jefford]] owing to Bianchi's heavy accent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/cool-facts-about-bond-girls/16/|title = Cool facts about "Bond Girls"|work=CBS News}}</ref>
 
Bianchi starred in a number of French and Italian movies after ''From Russia with Love'', the last being ''[[ScaccoThe internazionaleLast Chance (1968 film)|The Last Chance]]'' in 1968. One of her later films was ''[[Operation Kid Brother]]'' (also known as ''OK Connery'' and ''Operation Double 007''), which was a James Bond spoof filmed in English (though Bianchi was again dubbed) and starring [[Sean Connery]]'s brother, [[Neil Connery]]. Her only role in an American production was in the ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'' three-part story "Rome Will Never Leave You."
 
In 1970, Bianchi retired from acting to marry a [[Genoa]]n shipping magnate, Alberto Cameli, with whom she has one son (Filippo Cameli).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk//sections/girls/bianchi.php3 | title = Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) | access-date = 29 November 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202192338/http://www.mi6.co.uk//sections/girls/bianchi.php3 | archive-date = 2 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/genova/james-bond-e-radici-genovesi-dello-007-pi-famoso-mondo-833070.html | title = James Bond e le radici genovesi dello 007 più famoso al mondo | first = Massimiliano | last = Lussana | website = ilGiornale.it| date = 29 August 2012 |access-date=28 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208083254/http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/genova/james-bond-e-radici-genovesi-dello-007-pi-famoso-mondo-833070.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Her husband died in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.themeditelegraph.it/it/shipping/shipowners/2018/03/17/morto-armatore-genovese-alberto-cameli-htMVo16OXyy4AZYgJ2yQcK/index.html | title = E' morto l'armatore genovese Alberto Cameli – The Medi Telegraph | website = www.themeditelegraph.com|access-date=27 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321004717/http://www.themeditelegraph.it/it/shipping/shipowners/2018/03/17/morto-armatore-genovese-alberto-cameli-htMVo16OXyy4AZYgJ2yQcK/index.html|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>