Valeria Solarino

Valeria Solarino
Valeria Solarino at 2014 Taormina Film Fest
Born	(1979-11-04) 4 November 1979 (age 45) El Morro de Barcelona, Venezuela
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2003 – present

Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1978) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela.

Life and career

Solarino was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother. ^[1] After enrolling in philosophy at the University of Turin, she left her studies to attend the drama school of the Teatro Stabile di Torino. ^{[2] [3]}

After being chosen by director Mimmo Calopresti for a small role in Happiness Costs Nothing , her career took momentum, first with a major role in Chemical Hunger by Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola, and then with the breakout performance as Bea in What Will Happen to Us by Giovanni Veronesi. ^{[2] [4]}

In 2007, Solarino was awarded the Pasinetti Award for Best Actress at the 64th Venice International Film Festival for her performance in Salvatore Maira's Waltz. ^{[5] [6]} In 2008, she received a David di Donatello nomination for Best Actress for Wilma Labate's Miss F . ^[7] In 2010, she got a Nastro d'Argento nomination for Best Actress for Purple Sea by Donatella Maiorca. ^[8]

Selected filmography

• Happiness Costs Nothing (2003)
• Chemical Hunger (2003)
• What Will Happen to Us (2003)
• The Fever (2005)
• Secret Journey (2006)
• Manual of Love 2 (2007) )
• Miss F (2007)
• Italians (2009)
• Purple Sea (2009)
• Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using (2010)
• Angel of Evil (2010)
• The Ages of Love (2011)
• Anita Garibaldi (2012)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want (2014)
• A Woman as a Friend (2014)
• Land of Saints (2015)
• Era d'estate (2016)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass (2017)
• I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem (2017)
• There's No Place Like Home (2018)
• As Needed (2018)
• The King's Musketeers (2018)
• On Our Watch (2021)

References

1. "Venezuelana di Padre Siciliano. E' Valeria Solarino". Sud Style (in Italian). 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
2. Pellegrini, Francesca. "Valeria Solarino: Caro Diario, ho un sogno". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
3. "Valeria Solarino, attrice". La Stampa (in Italian). 28 June 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
4. c.m. (3 November 2017). "Tutto quello che ancora non sai su Valeria Solarino e sul perché è la più solare delle attrici italiani". Elle (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
5. "I Premi "Pasinetti" della 64. Mostra d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia". Cinemaitaliano.info (in Italian). 7 September 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
6. Palermo, Daniela (4 April 2008). "Film journalists honour Servillo and Solarino". Cineuropa . Retrieved 13 July 2025.
7. Vivarelli, Nick (20 March 2008). "'Quiet Chaos' leads Davids noms". Variety . Retrieved 19 July 2024.
8. "Le nomination ai Nastri d Argento 2010". Film.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2025.

External links

• Valeria Solarino at IMDb  
• Valeria Solarino at La Repubblica (Italian)
• Valeria Solarino - Interview (Italian)