Valeria Solarino
Valeria Solarino (born 4 November 1979) is an Italian actress, born in Venezuela. She was born in Barcelona, Venezuela to a Sicilian father and Turinese mother. After studying philosophy at the University of Turin, she debuted as actress in the Teatro Stabile. In 2003 she was chosen by director Mimmo Calopresti for a small role in "Happiness Costs Nothing" (2003), after which her career took off: in the same year she played Maja in the "Fame chimica" ("Chemical Hunger") by Paolo Vari and Antonio Bocola and Bea in "What Will Happen to Us" by Giovanni Veronesi, who is  her current partner. In 2005 Solarino starred in "La febbre" by Alessandro D'Alatri, in 2006 in "Viaggio segreto " by Roberto Andò and, in 2007, Valzer by Salvatore Maira. In 2009 she played the role of a lesbian lover in "Viola di mare" ("Sea Purple"), a historical film by Donatella Maiorca. which was shown at the Rome Film Festival. In 2018, she starred as the psychologist Anna in "As Needed", directed by Francesco Falaschi.