Anna Valle (born 19 June 1975) is an

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actress and

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titleholder.

Life and career

Born in

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, Anna Valle lived in

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up to thirteen years; after the separation of her parents she moved to

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, in

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, the city of origin of the mother.Vittorio Zircone, "La fiction non deve educare e in Italia c'è troppo ipocrisia", ''Sette'', 15 February 2013, pp. 60-62. After the high school, she enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the

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, but she interrupted her studies in 1995, when she was elected

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. The following year she entered the competition at the

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. After having appeared in some

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and a music video with

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Valle began to attend some acting schools in Rome and Milan, and debuted in the 1996 short film ''Le due bambole rosse''. She later emerged as actress with the success of several television series such as '' Commesse'' and ''Cuore''.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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