Valeria Solarino
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Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1978) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela.
Life and career
She was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother.{{Cite web|date=2018-11-12|title=Venezuelana di Padre Siciliano. E' Valeria Solarino|url=https://www.sudstyle.it/venezuelana-padre-siciliano-valeria-solarino/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Sud Style|language=it-IT}} After studying philosophy at the University of Turin, she debuted as actress in the Teatro Stabile.
In 2003 she was chosen by director Mimmo Calopresti for a small role in Happiness Costs Nothing (2003), after which her career took off: in the same year she played Maja in the Fame chimica (Chemical Hunger) by Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola and Bea in What Will Happen to Us by Giovanni Veronesi, who is her current partner.
In 2005 Solarino starred in La febbre by Alessandro D'Alatri, in 2006 in Viaggio segreto by Roberto Andò and, in 2007, Valzer by Salvatore Maira. In 2009 she played the role of a lesbian lover in Viola di mare (Sea Purple), a historical film by Donatella Maiorca.[http://www.siff.net/cinema/detail.aspx?FID=163&id=29330 Sea Purple (Viola di Mare)] at the Seattle International Film Festival which was shown at the Rome Film Festival.
In 2018, she starred as the psychologist Anna in As Needed, directed by Francesco Falaschi.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.modica.info/contenuti/cinema/valeria_solarino2005.htm Valeria Solarino - Interview (Italian)]
- [http://www.repubblica.it/2008/02/sezioni/persone/valeria-solarino/valeria-solarino/valeria-solarino.html Valeria Solarino] at La Repubblica (Italian)
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Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:21st-century Italian actresses
Category:People from Barcelona, Venezuela