Cleopatra is one of the most played characters in the history of cinema with over 50 renditions of the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
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Monica Bellucci

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Amanda Barrie

Pascale Petit

Piper Laurie

Elizabeth Taylor

Sophia Loren

Gene Tierney

Vivien Leigh

Lili Palmer

Claudette Colbert

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She infamously involved herself with Julius Caesar and even had a child with him to ensure that the throne of Egypt was safe in her hands. Cleopatra was very politically savvy and did not let anything stand in her way and power. In fact, after coming to sole power after the death of Ptolemy XIII had her remaining brother and sister killed so that no one would contest the throne.