Valeria Bilello

Valeria Bilello was born in Sciacca, nearby Agrigento (Sicily), on May 2nd 1982 and grew up in Milan where she started the career of modelling while proceeding with her studies. In 2004 she became a member of the Milan School of Cinema (Scuola di Cinema di Milano) and two years later she won a prize for the direction of her first short film at the "Sguardi Altrove Film Festival".

In 2008 she began her career as an actress with Pupi Avati who wanted her to take part in his movie "Il papà di Giovanna", movie that took her to participate at the Venice Film Festival. The following year Academy Award winner Gabriele Salvatores chose her for the interpretation of Caterina in his movie "Happy Family", role that brought Valeria to win the best actress award at the Boulogne-Billancourt Festival.

Between 2011 and 2012 she interpreted four different roles: in Massimo Venier's "Il giorno in più" with Fabio Volo, in Enrico Lando's "I Soliti Idioti", in Marco Ponti's "Ti amo troppo per dirtelo" and in Ivan Silvestrini's "Come non detto" where Valeria plays the role of Stefania.

In March 2012 Giorgio Armani chose her as the worldwide testimonial of the fragrance Armani Code Luna. This campaign led to the creation of three short movies for the brand Emporio Armani, directed by Olivier Zahm and Can Evgin, entitled "Alice", "Olga" (the latter inspired to Olga Carrè, wife of the famous French collector Louis Carrè) and "Valèria".

In 2013 Valeria Bilello was one of the leading roles in the movie "Pazze di me" directed by Fausto Brizzi.

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