She subsequently had significant career in Italian cinema, and also played Corinne Dufour in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979).

She also modelled for the cover of French magazine Lui in which she is holding a huge copy of the novel upon which the film is based.

She also starred with Bond girl Barbara Bach (who played Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me) and Richard Kiel (who played Bond villain Jaws) in the film The Humanoid (1979).

She also starred in the films Covert Action, Hitch Hike with actor David Hess, Sergio Corbucci's The Con Artists with Adriano Celentano and Anthony Quinn, and the science fiction film Yor, the Hunter from the Future.

Cléry became a housemate in the second season of Grande Fratello VIP, the Italian adaptation of Celebrity Big Brother.