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Valentino (1977 film)
Valentino (1977) is Ken Russell's biographical drama about silent star Rudolph Valentino, starring ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev in his American film debut, with Leslie Caron and Michelle Phillips; a $5 million United Artists production that flopped critically and commercially.
Valentino (fashion designer)
Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (1932–2026), known as Valentino, Italian couturier who founded Maison Valentino in Rome with Giancarlo Giammetti, created Valentino red, dressed Jackie Kennedy and Hollywood stars, and retired in 2008.
Valentino Merlo
Valentino Merlo is an Argentine singer from Rosario who broke out in 2024 at age 15 with "Hoy", a cumbia cover with The La Planta.
Valeria
Valeria (Валерия), born Alla Perfilova in 1968, is a Russian estrada pop singer with nineteen studio albums, Golden Gramophone awards across three decades, and a 2025 Grammy long-list song.
Valeria (2020 TV series)
Valeria is a Spanish Netflix comedy-drama (2020-2025) adapted from Elísabet Benavent's four-novel saga, starring Diana Gómez as a writer in crisis in Madrid, with Silma López, Paula Malia, and Teresa Riott; four seasons, ending February 14, 2025.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (born Turin, 1964), Italy-born French-Italian actress, screenwriter and director, sister of Carla Bruni; César winner, five-time David di Donatello winner, director of Les Amandiers.
Valeria Golino
Valeria Golino, born 1965 in Naples, is an Italian actress and director, twice Volpi Cup winner (Storia d'amore 1986, Per amor vostro 2015), known for Rain Man and Hot Shots!, and director of Miele, Euforia, and L'arte della gioia.
Valeria Luiselli
Valeria Luiselli, born in Mexico City in 1983, is a Mexican writer whose novels and essays on migration and borders include Tell Me How It Ends and Lost Children Archive.
Valeria Lukyanova (Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова)
Valeria Lukyanova (Валерия Валерьевна Лукьянова), aka Amatue, is a Ukrainian model born 1985 in Tiraspol, famous as the "Human Barbie" after her 2012 viral fame, later selling esoteric rejuvenation courses and facing 2025 cult accusations.
Valeria Richards
Valeria Meghan Richards, Marvel Comics character, daughter of Reed Richards and Sue Storm, sister of Franklin; genius called Brainstorm, Future Foundation member, goddaughter of Doctor Doom, who named her at her birth; debuted 1999 as Valeria von Doom.
Valérian and Laureline
Valérian and Laureline (Valérian et Laureline) is a French science-fiction comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, running 1967–2010 in Pilote and Dargaud albums about Galaxity's spatio-temporal agents, adapted as a 2007 animated series and Besson's 2017 film.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 science fiction film written and directed by Luc Besson.
Valerian Pidmohylny
Valerian Pidmohylny (Валер'ян Підмогильний, 1901 to 1937) was a Ukrainian prose writer and translator of French classics, best known for the novel Misto (The City).
Valerie (Steve Winwood song)
Valerie (Steve Winwood song): 1982 Winwood/Jennings song from Talking Back to the Night, No.70 US/No.51 UK, revived as a Tom Lord-Alge 1987 remix (US No.9) and sampled by Eric Prydz for Call On Me (2004).
Valerie (Zutons song)
Valerie is a 2006 song by the Zutons from Tired of Hanging Around, written by all five members, a UK No. 9 hit, later a bigger hit via Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse's 2007 cover.
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (film)
Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), 1970 Czechoslovak surrealist fantasy by Jaromil Jireš and Ester Krumbachová from a Vítězslav Nezval novel; a 13-year-old girl's dreamlike coming-of-age, last major Czechoslovak New Wave film.
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli, American actress born 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware; Golden Globe winner as Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time, Melanie Moretti on Hot in Cleveland, Emmy-winning Food Network host, ex-wife of Eddie Van Halen.
Valerie Cruz
Valerie Cruz, born 1976 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Cuban-American actress, BFA Florida State; known for Lt. Connie Murphy in The Dresden Files, Grace Santiago in Nip/Tuck, Sylvia Prado in Dexter, and Isabel in True Blood.
Valerie Curtin
Valerie Curtin (born 1945 or 1941, New York City), American actress and screenwriter; Oscar-nominated co-writer of ...And Justice for All with ex-husband Barry Levinson; played Judy Bernly on 9 to 5 and Vera in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
Valerie Harper
Valerie Harper (1939-2019), American actress, played Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, winning four Emmys; later fired from Valerie, won $1.4M lawsuit, Tony-nominated for Looped, died of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson (1917–1998), British film and stage actress born in Larne, County Antrim; starred in The Bride of Frankenstein, Great Expectations, and Kind Hearts and Coronets, then married John Profumo and stood by him through the 1963 scandal.
Valerie Leon
Valerie Leon (born 1943, Islington, London) is an English actress of the Carry On comedies, Hammer's Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, and two Bond films with Moore and Connery; distinct from the American retail executive of the same name.
Valerie Mahaffey
Valerie Mahaffey (1953–2025), American character actress, won the 1992 Primetime Emmy as hypochondriac Eve on Northern Exposure; known for Desperate Housewives, Young Sheldon, Dead to Me, and French Exit.
Valerie Mendes
Valerie Mendes (born 1939, Buckinghamshire) is a British novelist of young adult fiction (Girl in the Attic, The Drowning) and adult historical novels (Larkswood, The Choice), distinct from V&A fashion historian Valerie D. Mendes.
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Ritchie Perrine, American actress and former Las Vegas showgirl; Cannes Best Actress and Oscar nominee for Lenny (1974); Eve Teschmacher in Superman and Superman II; died 2026.
Valerie Singleton
Valerie Singleton OBE (born 9 April 1937, Hitchin) is an English TV and radio presenter, Blue Peter host 1962–1972, later Nationwide, The Money Programme, and Radio 4's PM.
Valeriia Lisovska (Валерія Лісовська)
Valeriia Lisovska (Валерія Лісовська), Ukrainian model from Odesa, Miss Ukraine 2025; represented Ukraine at Miss World 2026 in Vietnam, placing top 20 and top 5 Europe.
Valerius Flaccus
Valerius Flaccus was a Roman epic poet of the Flavian age (69–96 CE) who wrote the Argonautica, an unfinished eight-book Latin epic on Jason and the Argonauts.
Valery Bryusov
Valery Bryusov (Валерий Брюсов) was a Russian poet, prose writer, and translator who founded and led Russian symbolism, making it a coherent literary movement from the 1890s onward.
Valery Gergiev (Валерий Абисалович Гергиев)
Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor, artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and artistic director of the Bolshoi since December 2023.