Biography
Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1976) is an Italian film and television actress.
Cervi was born in Rome. She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of actor Gino Cervi. Her mother is the Italian producer of Austrian-Hungarian origin Marina Gefter. Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film Portami la luna. She also played an English-language role in Jane Campion's 1996 The Portrait of a Lady.
One of her most acclaimed roles was the lead in the 1997 film Artemisia, directed by Agnès Merlet. It was loosely based on the painter Artemisia Gentileschi's life, but controversially portrayed the relationship between Agostino Tassi (played by Miki Manojlović) and Artemisia as a passionate affair rather than as rape.In 2011, she appeared as Arianna in BBC TV's Italian detective mini-series Zen. She also appeared as "Valentina" in Canale 5's series Distretto di Polizia in 2011.
Cervi appeared as Bertha Mason in Cary Fukunaga's 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre. She was cast as the ancient vampire Salome in the HBO television drama True Blood.She is married to director Stefano Mordini and has two children, Margherita (born 2013) and a son (born 2016).
She received the America Award of the Italy–USA Foundation in 2018.
Filmography
all 55
Movies 49
TV Shows 6
Voice 1
The Order of Time (2023)
Marcel! (2022)
The Invisible Thread (2022)
The Catholic School (2021)
Code: Karim (2021)
Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy (2021)
The Last Paradiso (2021)
The Players (2020)
I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro (2019)
Vivere (2019)
Euphoria (2018)
Agadah (2017)
Where I've Never Lived (2017)
Lasciami per sempre (2017)
I Have Friends in Heaven (2017)
Medici: Masters of Florence (2016)
Senza lasciare traccia (2016)
Solo per amore (2015)
Mi rifaccio vivo (2013)
In a Rush (2012)
Jardins du Palais Royal (2011)
Research in the Interest of Families (2011)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Zen (2011)
Sleepless - Senza sonno (2009)
Donne assassine (2008)
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
True Blood (2008)
The Rest of the Night (2008)
Life Sentence (2008)
War and Peace (2007)
Part Deux (2007)
Provincia meccanica (2005)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2004)
Tempesta (2004)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
Sansa (2004)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp (2003)
Mundo civilizado (2003)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
Past Perfect (2003)
Soul Mate (2002)
Hotel (2001)
James Dean (2001)
Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
Midsummer Night Dance (1999)
Branchie: An Indian Dream (1999)
Nothing About Robert (1999)
Children of Hannibal (1998)
Artemisia (1997)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Escoriandoli (1996)
The Night and the Moment (1995)
The Blonde (1993)
Mignon Has Left (1988)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1974-04-13 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
FatherTonino Cervi
CitizenshipsItaly
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