Isabella Rossellini's 2 Children: All About the 'Conclave' Star's Daughter Elettra and Son Roberto (and How Their Continuing Their Family's Hollywood Legacy)

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02-03-2025

Isabella Rossellini, the daughter of Casablanca star Ingrid Bergman and famed director Roberto Rossellini, is Hollywood royalty — and her children Elettra Wiedemann and Roberto Rossellini are forging their own creative paths.
The Blue Velvet star was married to model-turned-Microsoft executive Jon Wiedemann from 1983 to 1986 and they welcomed their daughter Elettra in 1983. She later welcomed her son, Roberto, via adoption when he was about 9 years old.
After they grew up, Rossellini wanted them to continue experiencing a part of her own childhood.
Speaking to the Golden Globe Awards in 2012, Rossellini opened up about the kind of memories she wished to pass on to Elettra and Roberto, including laughter and singing. She elaborated on wanting to share the "same warmth and cheerfulness that I had when I grew up."
The following year, the Death Becomes Her actress founded Mama Farm, an animal sanctuary and bed and breakfast in Bellport, N.Y., in 2013. Today, the sister and brother work together on the Long Island establishment.
In addition, Rossellini has inspired both her children to follow in her modeling footsteps and when they're not in front of a camera, they've joined her on the red carpet for her projects. Most recently, she received her first Oscars nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in the political thriller Conclave.
Here's everything to know about Isabella Rossellini's two kids: Elettra and Roberto.
Rossellini and Wiedemann welcomed Elettra-Ingrid Rossellini Wiedemann on July 26, 1983. She was named after one of Rossellini's middle names (her full name is Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini) and her twin sister, Isotta Ingrid Rossellini.
Elettra graduated from The New School with a bachelor's degree in international relations and from the London School of Economics with a master's degree in biomedicine.
Apart from her studies, she has a long string of modeling credits to her name, including being photographed by famed artists like Annie Leibovitz and Mario Testino, and appearing in magazines like Elle, GQ and Vogue.
In 2018, she and her mother appeared in a Mother's Day campaign for Mene jewelry. The pair are both longtime models for Lancôme as well.
It was her modeling career — and the long days that came with it — that inspired her to find fast ways to eat healthy. Elettra founded the food website Impatient Foodie and published a cookbook of the same name in 2017.
Today, she's using that food sensibility at Mama Farm, where she's program director.
'Mama Farm presented me with an opportunity to take my life experiences and weave them together in a way that's meaningful to me,' she told GOOP. 'And my responsibilities in helping develop the farm and its role within the community have given me a new challenge to contend with. It's been a real gift.'
She lives next door to Mama Farm with her family. Elettra and her husband, Pretty Little Liars' Caleb Lane married on May 31, 2023. They are parents to sons Ronin, born in 2018 and Viggo, born in June 2021.
Roberto Rossellini was born in Italy in 1982 and Rossellini adopted him in 1993.
He spent his childhood as a 'bandwagon baby,' as he described it to W Magazine in 2016, traveling across Europe and America with his mother wherever the next project led them. It's how, Roberto said, he picked up French and Spanish, in addition to the English and Italian the family spoke at home.
Talking to Oliver Peoples, Rossellini explained that it was actually Roberto who inspired the family's move to Long Island.
'We left New York City for Roberto's sake,' she said. 'He was having a difficult time in New York, and one day after school, he came home and told me, to my surprise, that he wanted to move to the countryside. And then we ended up moving to Brookhaven, and Roberto went to high school here before going back to the city again.'
Roberto studied marine biology for two years before pivoting to a creative pursuit, getting his degree in underwater photography from the International Center of Photography in New York.
After graduating, he worked as a photographer for a few years before pivoting to modeling. 'I've always had a thing for fashion. ... I'm using this as a way to learn more about it,' he told W.
While he's still passionate about underwater photography, Roberto's main career is in fashion, both as a model and photographer. Roberto has done extensive print work, and also walked the runway for brands like Bottega Veneta and Michael Kors.
In addition to his work in front of the camera, he has also shot work for outlets like Vogue and Vogue Italia. In 2017, Rossellini and Roberto appeared in a campaign together for Sies Marjan.
'Since I first picked up a camera in high school, I have wanted to dig deeper and capture images that say more than the imagery that often accompanies celebrities in popular culture in general and artists and musicians of color in particular,' Roberto told Oliver Peoples.
He continued, 'So I am interested in who they really are, their unique ways of communicating, their gestures, and what style means to them.'
Rossellini, Elettra and Roberto have even walked the runway together, appearing in a Dolce and Gabbana show in 2018. Elettra's husband Caleb and their son Ronin also made an appearance.
When it comes to his modeling career, 'My mom always gives me tons of advice,' Roberto told W Magazine. ''Make sure you're always walking straight; make sure your back is tall; don't ever look down. ... Be normal and be cool. Be happy.' '
He lives in New York with his wife, filmmaker Kirsten Tanjutco, but still spends a lot of time at the farm.
'Agriculturally learning about food and where your food comes from is so important,' Roberto told High Snobiety. 'That to me was something I was just very driven towards.'
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