Valentina Cenni


Valentina Cenni is an Italian artist and actress.

Theatre

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 has been working mainly as an actress.
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 and Luigi Lo Cascio. 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. 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, 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.
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