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Italian actress (born 1982)
Valentina Cenni
Valentina Cenni in 2020
Born (1982-03-14 ) March 14, 1982 (age 42) Occupations
Valentina Cenni (born 14 March 1982
[1] ) is an Italian artist and actress.
Early life and education
Valentina Cenni was born in
Riccione , Italy, and graduated at Rome's
National Academy of Arts and London's
Royal Academy of Dance . After completing her studies, she began working as an actress.
Theatre
On stage she was directed by
Fausto Paravidino in
Harold Pinter 's The Birthday Party , and played Roxane in
Cyrano de Bergerac and
Desdemona in
Othello , directed respectively by
Alessandro Preziosi
[2] and
Luigi Lo Cascio .
[3] Cenni also performed at the
Greek Theatre of Syracuse in Cristina Pezzoli's version of
Sophocles '
Antigone , and starred as Clementina in
Aggiungi un posto a tavola , singing and dancing in Garinei and Giovannini's successful musical comedy. In 2016, she received the
Vincenzo Cerami Award as Best Young Actress for her role in Giampiero Rappa's play Nessun luogo è lontano .
[4] During the same year, she toured with La Regina Dada , a show she co-wrote, directed and performed with
Stefano Bollani .
Television
With the Italian pianist and composer, Cenni also collaborated on other projects, directing the music video for Bollani's song Arrivano gli alieni,
[5] as well as contributing to his
Rai 1 TV show L'importante è avere un piano with the creation of the 7-short-story series La fata del sonno . On television, she starred in Letizia Russo's drama Babele and acted in Giuseppe Gagliardi's series Non uccidere , both aired on
Rai 3 . Her cinema roles include Micol in the romantic drama film
You Can't Save Yourself Alone , directed by
Sergio Castellitto and starring
Jasmine Trinca and
Riccardo Scamarcio .
Other works
Besides classical ballet and modern dance – disciplines she has been studying for 18 years – her interests include several other arts. As a
fire dancer , Cenni performs in the duo I fuochi di Bach, established in 2013 with cellist
Enrico Melozzi . And as a photographer, she provided cover pictures for books published by
Mondadori and albums released by ECM and
Universal .
Plays
Amata mia , written and directed by Giancarlo Sepe, starring
Lina Sastri (2005)
La saga dei Malatesti , written and directed by Eugenio Allegri (2006)
Canterbury mesék (freely adapted from
The Canterbury Tales by
Geoffrey Chaucer ), directed by István K. Szabó, Hungarian production (2006)
Moi aussi je suis Catherine Deneuve (Anche io, je suis Catherine Deneuve ) by Pierre Notte, directed by Reza Keradman (2007)
Camere da letto e... altri luoghi , directed by Massimiliano Farau (2007)
The Kitchen (La cucina ) by
Arnold Wesker , directed by
Armando Pugliese (2007)
The Birthday Party (Il compleanno ) by
Harold Pinter , directed by
Fausto Paravidino , starring
Giuseppe Battiston (2008)
Dopo le prove (freely adapted from
After the Rehearsal by
Ingmar Bergman ), directed by Reza Keradman (2008)
Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Perversioni sessuali a Chicago ) by
David Mamet , directed by Massimiliano Farau (2008)
Prenditi cura di me , written and directed by Giampiero Rappa, starring Filippo Dini (2009)
Il laureato (freely adapted from
The Graduate by
Mike Nichols ), directed by Teodoro Cassano, starring
Giuliana De Sio (2009)
Aggiungi un posto a tavola by Garinei and Giovannini, directed by
Johnny Dorelli (2009–2011)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Sogno di una notte di mezza estate ) by
William Shakespeare , directed by Andrea Battistini (2011)
Cyrano de Bergerac by
Edmond Rostand , directed by
Alessandro Preziosi (2012)
Antigone by
Sophocles , directed by Cristina Pezzoli, starring
Isa Danieli and Maurizio Donadoni (2013)
Othello (freely adapted from Shakespeare's), directed by
Luigi Lo Cascio (2013–2015)
La Regina Dada , co-written and co-directed by
Stefano Bollani and Valentina Cenni (2016)
Nessun luogo è lontano , written and directed by Giampiero Rappa (2016)
Filmography
Il produttore , short film by Gabriele Mainetti (2005)
N. variazioni , short film by Andrea Bezziccheri (2005)
Circo nudo , documentary film by Andrea Bezziccheri (2006)
Io... donna , short film by
Pino Quartullo (2012)
You Can't Save Yourself Alone (Nessuno si salva da solo ), directed by
Sergio Castellitto , starring
Jasmine Trinca and
Riccardo Scamarcio (2015)
Respiri , directed by Alfredo Fiorillo, starring
Alessio Boni (2015)
Questione di karma , directed by Edoardo Falcone, starring
Elio Germano and
Fabio De Luigi (2017)
Radio and TV
Radiouno Gianvarietà (radio show,
Rai Radio 1 , 2010) – presenter
Babele (drama,
Rai 3 /
Rai Educational , 2010) –actress
Non uccidere (TV series, Rai 3, 2015) – actress
Arrivano gli alieni (music video, 2015) – director
L'importante è avere un piano (TV show,
Rai 1 , 2016) – author and actress
Photography (book and album covers)
The Platinum Collection , triple album by
Stefano Bollani (
Universal , 2013)
Dances and Canons , album by Kate Moore and Saskia Lankhoorn (
ECM , 2013)
Parliamo di musica , book by Stefano Bollani (
Mondadori , 2013)
Joy in Spite of Everything , album by Stefano Bollani,
Jesper Bodilsen ,
Morten Lund ,
Mark Turner ,
Bill Frisell (ECM, 2014)
Sheik Yer Zappa , album by Stefano Bollani (Universal, 2014)
Il monello, il guru e l'alchimista e altre storie di musicisti , book by Stefano Bollani (Mondadori, 2015)
Arrivano gli alieni , album di Stefano Bollani (Decca, 2015)
Napoli Trip , album by Stefano Bollani (Decca, 2016)
References
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