# Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (Italian pronunciation:; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian and French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, A Castle in Italy, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

## Career

Bruni Tedeschi's debut film as a director, It's Easier for a Camel..., earned her two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival for Emerging Narrative Filmmaker and Best Actress in 2003. The film also won an award at the Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival in 2004. It was also awarded Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film. It was also entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. According to Tim Palmer the film is an engaging example of contemporary French pop-art cinema, referring to directors who wittily merge the features of intellectual/arthouse cinema with mass/popular cinema, putting Bruni Tedeschi in the company of other filmmakers such as François Ozon, Maîwenn le Besco, Sophie Fillières, Serge Bozon, etc.
At the 2005 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, Bruni Tedeschi appeared to promote two films she had acted in: Tickets (2005), a three-segment film directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach, and Crustacés et Coquillages, a comedy directed by the French duo of Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.
In 2007, Bruni Tedeschi directed Actrices, which won the Prix Spécial du Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2022 film Les Amandiers (Forever Young) also premiered in the main competition of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

## Personal life

Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy, in the Piedmont region of Italy. Like her younger sister, Carla Bruni, she has settled in France. The girls were raised bilingually, as their family moved to Paris in 1973, fearing kidnappings and, later, the terrorism of the Red Brigades. She holds Italian nationality and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 31 July 2006. Her mother is Italian with French ancestry. Her father is Italian. She is a second cousin of Alessandra Martines. Tedeschi had a relationship with the French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. Together they adopted a girl, Oumy, from Senegal in 2009. As of 2022, Bruni Tedeschi was in a relationship with French actor Sofiane Bennacer [fr].

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Hôtel de France | Sonia | |
| 1989 | The Story of Boys & Girls | Valeria | |
| 1991 | Fortune Express | Corinne | |
| 1993 | Diary of a Man Condemned to Marriage | Gloria | |
| 1993 | Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional | Martine | César Award for Most Promising Actress Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 1994 | La Reine Margot | 2nd Escardon Volant | |
| 1995 | The Second Time | Lisa Venturi | David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 1996 | My Man | Sanguine | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1996 | Nénette et Boni | | Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress |
| 1996 | The Liars | Daisy | |
| 1997 | The House | | |
| 1998 | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Claire | |
| 1998 | Notes of Love | Angela | David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 1999 | The Color of Lies | Frédérique Lesage | |
| 1999 | Empty Days | Marie Del Sol | |
| 1999 | The Nanny | Vittoria Mori | |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Josiane | |
| 2002 | If I Were a Rich Man | Alice | |
| 2002 | Peau d'Ange | Avocate | |
| 2002 | Ten Minutes Older: The Cello | | the Histoire d'eaux segment |
| 2003 | Feelings | Young mother | |
| 2003 | Happiness Costs Nothing | Carla | |
| 2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | Federica | Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best New Director Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director Nominated—César Award for Best Debut |
| 2004 | 5x2 | Marion | Pasinetti Award for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress |
| 2005 | Time to Leave | Jany | |
| 2005 | Munich | Sylvie | |
| 2005 | Quartier V.I.P. | Claire | |
| 2006 | A Good Year | Nathalie Auzet | |
| 2007 | Actrices | Marcelline | Prix Spécial du Jury - Un Certain Regard section |
| 2007 | Let's Dance | Sarah Bellinsky | |
| 2010 | Kiss Me Again | Adele | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | Roses à crédit | Suzette | |
| 2011 | Les Mains en l'air | Cendrine | European Nastro d'Argento |
| 2012 | The Landlords | Moira Mieli | |
| 2013 | Viva la libertà | Danielle | Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress |
| 2013 | Un château en Italie | Louise Rossi Levi | |
| 2014 | Human Capital | Carla Bernaschi | David di Donatello for Best Actress Golden Ciak for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 2014 | Saint Laurent | Mme Duzer | |
| 2015 | Macadam Stories | The Nurse | |
| 2015 | Latin Lover | Stéphanie | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2015 | Like Crazy | Beatrice Morandini Valdirana | David di Donatello for Best Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress |
| 2016 | Slack Bay | Isabelle Van Peteghem | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2017 | Let the Sunshine In | | |
| 2018 | The Summer House | Anna | Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress |
| 2020 | Summer of 85 | Mme Gorman | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2020 | The Time of Indifference | Maria Grazia Ardengo | |
| 2021 | La fracture | Raphaëlle Catania | Nominated—César Award for Best Actress |
| 2021 | Anaïs in Love | Emilie Ducret | |
| 2023 | I Told You So (Te l’avevo detto) | Gianna | |
| 2024 | Une vie rêvée | Nicole | |
| 2024 | The Ties That Bind Us | Sandra Ferney | |
| TBA | Duse † | Eleonora Duse | Post-production |