{{short description|Italian actress}} {{for|the Mexican volleyball player|Ana Valle}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Anna Valle | image = Anna Valle Tesori D'Italia 2018.png | alt = | caption = Valle in 2018 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|6|19}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | occupation = {{Flatlist| *Actress *fashion model }} | years_active = 1995 - present | height = <!-- {{height|m=}} --> | spouse = Ulisse Lendaro (2008) | children = Ginevra (2009), Leonardo (2013) | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = {{URL|http://www.annavalle.com}} }}

'''Anna Valle''' (born 19 June 1975) is an Italian actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

== Life and career == Born in Rome, Anna Valle lived in Ladispoli up to thirteen years; after the separation of her parents she moved to Sicily, in Lentini, the city of origin of the mother.<ref name=val>Vittorio Zircone, "La fiction non deve educare e in Italia c'è troppo ipocrisia", ''Sette'', 15 February 2013, pp. 60-62.</ref><ref name=Buonadonna/> After the high school, she enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the University of Catania, but she interrupted her studies in 1995, when she was elected Miss Italy.<ref name=Buonadonna>{{cite news|last=Sergio Buonadonna|title=Anna Valle|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=13 March 2011|page=11}}</ref> The following year she entered the competition at the Miss Universe 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Universo: parte Anna Valle|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=29 April 1996|page=13}}</ref>

After having appeared in some fotoromanzi and a music video with Gianni Morandi Valle began to attend some acting schools in Rome and Milan, and debuted in the 1996 short film ''Le due bambole rosse''.<ref name=Buonadonna/><ref name=Bio>{{cite news|last=Isabella Gasparutti|title=Anna Valle - Biografia|url=http://www.ecodelcinema.com/anna-valle---biografia--.htm|accessdate=30 August 2013|newspaper=Eco Del Cinema|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113134239/http://www.ecodelcinema.com/anna-valle---biografia--.htm|archive-date=13 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later emerged as actress with the success of several television series such as ''Commesse'' and ''Cuore''.<ref name=Buonadonna/><ref name=Bio/>

==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1998 |''We'll Really Hurt You'' |Monica |Feature film debut |- |2001 |''Sottovento!'' |Francesca | |- |2007 |''SoloMetro'' |Carla | |- |2008 |''Carnera: The Walking Mountain'' |Pina Kovacic | |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1995 |''Miss Italia'' |Herself |Contestant and winner |- |1999 |''Tutti per uno'' |Mirella |Miniseries |- |1999–2000 |''Turbo'' |Silvia Montini |Main role (season 1); 4 episodes |- |1999–2002 |''Commesse'' |Paola |Main role; 12 episodes |- |2001 |''Cuore'' |Margherita Capuano |Miniseries |- |rowspan="2"|2002 |''Per amore'' |Paola Mariani |Miniseries |- |''John XXIII: The Pope of Peace'' |Rosa |Miniseries |- |rowspan="2"|2003 |''{{ill|Soraya (film)|it|3=Soraya (miniserie televisiva)|lt=Soraya}}'' |Soraya |Miniseries |- |''Imperium: Augustus'' |Cleopatra |Miniseries |- |2004 |''Le stagioni del cuore'' |Claudia Castelli |Main role; 12 episodes |- |2005 |''Callas e Onassis'' |Tina Livanos |Miniseries |- |2007 |''Era mio fratello'' |Maria Palmisano |Miniseries |- |2008 |''Fuga per la libertà: L'aviatore'' |Virginia |Television film |- |2009 |''Nebbie e delitti'' |Chiara Rovasio |Recurring role; 3 episodes |- |rowspan="2"|2011 |''Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda'' |Zoe Fontana |Miniseries |- |''Un amore e una vendetta'' |Laura Castellani |Co-lead role; 8 episodes |- |2012 |''Barrabas'' |Claudia Procula |Miniseries |- |2012–2018 |''Questo nostro amore'' |Anna Ferraris |Main role; 36 episodes |- |2014 |''Mister Ignis - L'operario che fondò un impero'' |Maria |Miniseries |- |2016 |''Tango per la libertà'' |Carmen Espinosa |Miniseries |- |2017 |''Sorelle'' |Chiara Silani |Lead role; 6 episodes |- |2019–2021 |''La Compagnia del Cigno'' |Irene Valeri |Main role; 24 episodes |- |2020 |''Vite in fuga'' |Silvia Stellati/Anna Fabbri |Main role; 12 episodes |- |2021 |''Luce dei tuoi occhi'' |Emma Conti |Main role; 6 episodes |- |2021 |''Lea - Un nuovo giorno'' |Lea Castelli |Main role; 8 episodes |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

== External links == *{{official website|http://www.annavalle.com}} *{{IMDb name|0884891}}

{{Miss Universe 1996 delegates}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valle, Anna}} Category:1975 births Category:Actresses from Rome Category:Italian beauty pageant winners Category:Italian film actresses Category:Italian television actresses Category:Living people Category:Miss Universe 1996 contestants Category:University of Catania alumni