Valeria Marini
Born
Valeria Virginia Laura Marini

(1967-05-14) 14 May 1967
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • entrepreneur
  • actress
  • singer
  • film producer
Years active1987–present
Spouse
Giovanni Cottone
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(m. 2013; div. 2014)​
Websitewww.valeriamarini.com

Valeria Virginia Laura Marini (born 14 May 1967) is an Italian actress, showgirl and entrepreneur.

Biography

Born in Rome to a Sardinian mother, Gianna Orrù, and a Roman father, Mario, Valeria Marini was raised in Cagliari.[1] Her first cinematographic appearance was in 1987 in the film Cronaca nera. After this she made her debut in theatre with the comedy I ragazzi irresistibili, in 1991. In 1992 she debuted in television with the show Luna di miele.[2] It was in this programme that she was noticed by director Pierfrancesco Pingitore, who chose her to replace Pamela Prati in the Bagaglino spectaculars, annual series of theatre shows transformed into television variety programmes. She took part in several series of these such as Bucce di banana, Champagne, Rose rosse, Viva le italiane, Miconsenta, Barbecue. After these performances, her fame grew in Italy; in 1997 she was nominated to present the Sanremo Festival with Mike Bongiorno and Piero Chiambretti.[3]

Marini acted in several films, and in the 2000s she began a career as a fashion designer.[4] In 2006 she took part in the reality show Reality Circus.[5] In 2010 she co-hosted the television programme I raccomandati, with Pupo, Emanuele Filiberto and Georgia Luzi.[6] In the same year she acted as herself in a scene of Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. In 2012 she took part as a contestant in the ninth season of L'isola dei Famosi, the Italian version of Survivor. In 2014 she acted in the film A Golden Boy, directed by Pupi Avati. In 2015, she took part as a contestant, coupled with Federico Degli Esposti, in the third season of Notti sul ghiaccio, the Italian version of Skating with Celebrities. In 2016, she participated to the first season of Grande Fratello VIP, the Italian version of Celebrity Big Brother. In 2018, she participated to the VIP episode of Alta Infedeltà with Daniele Marcheggiani and Chiara Condrò.

Theater

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Crack Moira
1992 Un orso chiamato Arturo Vincent's wife
Gole ruggenti Sabrina
1993 Abbronzatissimi 2 - Un anno dopo Bea
1996 Bambola Mina "Bambola"
1998 Incontri proibiti Federica Pescatore
2001 Bunuel e la tavole di re Salomone Ana María de Zayas
2004 In questo mondo di ladri Monica Puddu
2010 Somewhere Herself Cameo appearance
I Want to Be a Soldier Teacher Also producer
2011 11-11-11 None Producer
2012 Operazione vacanze Nadia Escorti
E io non pago - L'Italia dei furbetti Sonia
2013 La mia mamma suona il rock Jessica Morgan
2014 A Golden Boy Davide's friend
2016 C'è sempre un perchè Emma Also producer
2018 Show Dogs Persephone Italian dub; voice role
Series
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Un inviato molto speciale Silvia Episode: "98esimo minuto"
Cronaca nera Lori's friend Television film
1995 The Simpsons Mindy Simmons Italian dub; episode: "The Last Temptation of Homer"
1996 Sorellina e il principe del sogno Fountain spirit Television film
1999 Pepe Carvalho Charo 6 episodes
Il settimo papiro Gina Valentino 3 episodes
2003 La palestra Angela Solari Television film
2009 Piper Doretta Lee 7 episodes
2011–12 Così fan tutte Valeria 2 episodes
Reality Shows
Year Title Role Result
2012 Italy L'Isola dei Famosi Contestant 5th Evicted
2016 Italy Grande Fratello VIP (season 1) Contestant 3rd Place
2018 Italy Temptation Island VIP Contestant with Patrick Baldassarri
2020 Italy Grande Fratello VIP (season 4) Contestant 11th Evicted
2021 Spain Supervivientes: Perdidos en Honduras (2021) Contestant 5th Evicted
2021–2022 Italy Grande Fratello VIP (season 6) Contestant with Giacomo Urtis 16th Evicted

Advertisements

  • IP (1994–1996)
  • 3 Italia (2005–2006)
  • Puntoshop Channel (2007)
  • Lambretta Pato (2008)
  • Sansui (2009–2013)
  • Akai (2012–2013)
  • Tisanoreica (2015–2016)
  • Acqua & Sapone (2018)

Discography

  • Volare (2010)
  • Me Gusta (2019)
  • Boom (2020)

Publication

  • Lezioni intime, Milan, Cairo Editore, ISBN 978-8860521651

References

  1. ↑ Marini, Valeria Virginia Laura. "Valeria Marini La soubrette del Bagaglino". Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Emilia Costantini (1 December 2005). "Cecchi Gori mi teneva prigioniera per contratto". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  3. ↑ Valerio Cappelli (1 December 2005). "La Marini: e adesso sfido Marilyn in teatro". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  4. ↑ Edoardo Sassi (10 July 2005). "Valeria, la tua linea è porno". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  5. ↑ E (1 December 2005). "Reality Circus: fine anticipata". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  6. ↑ Emilia Costantini (1 December 2005). "Per adesso faccio la gavetta ma presto uno show tutto mio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
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