Valeria Bilello

Valeria Bilello
Valeria Bilello
Born	(1982-05-02) 2 May 1982^[1] Sciacca, Sicily, Italy
Occupation	Actress, Model

Valeria Bilello (born 2 May 1982, Sciacca, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian actress and model.

Biography

Valeria Bilello was born in Sciacca, in Sicily, Italy, on May 2, 1982 and she grew up in Milan. During her high-school studies in foreign languages, she made her debut in the showbiz starting to model and shooting commercials. After her film studies in Milan, in 2006 she shot the short film Attesa, winner at the Festival Sguardi Altrove^[2] . In 2008 she started her career as an actress, playing in the movie Giovanna's Father, directed by Pupi Avati and presented at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Academy Award winner Gabriele Salvatores chose her for the movie Happy Family,^[3] for which she was awarded as best actress at the Festival International du film de Boulogne-Billancourt. Between 2011 and 2012 she played different roles: in Il giorno in più by Massimo Venier, in I soliti idioti by Enrico Lando, in Ti amo troppo per dirtelo by Marco Ponti and in Come non detto by Ivan Silvestrini. In 2013 she played in Pazze di me by Fausto Brizzi, in Miele by Valeria Golino and she was the only Italian actress in One Chance by David Frankel.^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2014 she will be on the screen in the movie Io, Arlecchino by Giorgio Pasotti.

In 2012 Giorgio Armani wanted her to be the worldwide testimonial of the fragrance Armani Code Luna commercial and print campaign. The campaign led to the creation of a trilogy of short movies (Olga, Alice and Valeria), directed by Olivier Zahm, Can Evgin and Julien Carlier and in collaboration with the magazine Purple.

Filmography

Cinema

Giovanna's Father, directed by Pupi Avati (2008)
Happy Family, directed by Gabriele Salvatores (2010)
Il giorno in più, directed by Massimo Venier (2011)
I soliti idioti - Il film, directed by Enrico Lando (2011)
Ti amo troppo per dirtelo, directed by Marco Ponti (2011)
Come non detto, directed by Ivan Silvestrini (2012)
Pazze di me, directed by Fausto Brizzi (2013)
Miele, directed by Valeria Golino (2013)
One Chance, directed by David Frankel (2013)
Io, Arlecchino, directed by Matteo Bini & Giorgio Pasotti (2014)
Monitor, directed by Alessio Lauria (2015)

Television

Intralci (2006)
Il clan dei camorristi, directed by Alexis Sweet and Alessandro Angelini (2013)
Ultimo - L'occhio del falco, directed by Michele Soavi (2013)
La strada dritta, directed by Carmine Elia (2014)
Ragion di stato, directed by Marco Pontecorvo (2014)
Squadra mobile, directed by Alexis Sweet (2015)
Il sistema, directed by Carmine Elia (2015)

Telecom Italia - Telecom Italia Mobile (2003)
Giorgio Armani - Olga, directed by Olivier Zahm and Can Evgin (2011)^[7]
Giorgio Armani - Alice, directed by Olivier Zahm and Can Evgin (2012)^[8]
Giorgio Armani - Valeria, directed by Olivier Zahm and Julien Carlier (2012)^[9]
Giorgio Armani - Armani Code Luna (2012)^[10]

Videoclip

Pier Cortese - Dimmi come passi le notti, directed by Jacopo Tartarone (2006)
Mambassa - Melancholia, directed by Lorenzo Vignolo (2015)

Awards

2006: Best Directing Award at the Festival Sguardi Altrove for the short film Attesa.
2010: Best Actress Award at the Festival International du film de Boulogne-Billancourt for the film Happy Family directed by Gabriele Salvatores.

References

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