- Valentina Cervi
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name = Valentina Cervi
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birthdate = birth date and age|1976|4|13
birthplace = flagicon|ItalyRome ,Italy
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occupation =Actress
yearsactive = 1986 — present
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website =Valentina Cervi (born
13 April ,1976 ) is an Italianfilm andtelevision actress .Cervi was born in
Rome ,Italy . She is the daughter of director Tonino Cervi and granddaughter of the famous Italian actorGino Cervi . Cervi started her acting career at age ten (in Carlo Cotti's 1986 "Portami la luna"). She also played an English-language role inJane Campion 's 1996 "The Portrait of a Lady".One of her most acclaimed roles was the 1997 film "Artemisia", directed by
Agnès Merlet and starring Valentina Cervi. It was loosely based on the painterArtemisia Gentileschi 's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi] life, but controversially portrayed the relationship betweenAgostino Tassi (played byMiki Manojlović ) and Artemisia as a passionate affair rather than as rape. [ [http://www.webwinds.com/artemisia/trial.htm Artemisia: The Rape and the Trial] ]Selected filmography
# "
Miracle at St. Anna " - Renata (2008)
# "Vizio dell'amore, Il" - TV series (2006)
# "Provincia meccanica" - Silvia (2005)
# "Tempesta" - Dina Gusmano (2004)
# "The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea" - Cissie Colpitts (2004)
# "The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part 3: From Sark to the Finish" - Cissie Colpitts (2003)
# "The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part 1: The Moab Story" - Cissie Colpitts (2003)
# "Sansa" (2003)
# "Passato prossimo" (aka "Past Perfect") - Carola (2003)
# "Lena: The Bride of Ice" - Lena (2003)
# "Anima gemella, L"' (aka "Soul Mate") - Teresa (2002)
# "Hotel" - Hotel Maid (2001)
# "James Dean" - Pier Angeli (2001)
# "Quando si chiudono gli occhi" - Lisa (2000)
# "Branchie" - Livia (1999)
# "Rien sur Robert " - Aurélie (1999)
# "Five Seconds to Spare" (1999)
# "La Via Degli Angeli" - Ines (1999)
# "Figli Di Annibale" - Rita (1998)
# "Artemisia"-Artemisia Gentileschi (1997)
# "The Portrait of a Lady" - Pansy Osmond (1996)
# "Escoriandoli" - Sabrina (1996)
# "Oasi" - Claudia (1994)
# "Mignon è' Partita" (1988)
# "Portami la luna" (1986)References
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