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Valentin Campagne

Valentin Campagne (born 2003) is a French actor trained at Cours Florent, known for Dossier 137 and La Venue de l'avenir, who shared the 2026 Cannes Best Actor prize with Emmanuel Macchia for playing Francis in Lukas Dhont's Coward.

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Valentin (Val) Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American ballroom dancer born 1986 in Odesa, three-time Dancing with the Stars champion (seasons 20, 23, 32), brother of Maksim, Dance With Me co-founder, husband of Jenna Johnson.

Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (the Contessa, Val) is a Marvel Comics super spy debuting in Strange Tales #159 (August 1967), created around Jim Steranko's Nick Fury stories; revealed as a Leviathan mole and Madame Hydra. In the MCU, Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays her as CIA director and antagonist of Thunderbolts.

Valentina Cortese

Valentina Cortese (1923–2019), Italian film and stage actress, Oscar-nominated for Truffaut's Day for Night, Nastro d'Argento winner for Le amiche, and leading actress of Milan's Piccolo Teatro under Giorgio Strehler.

Valentina Nappi

Valentina Nappi, Italian adult film performer born 1990 in Scafati, launched by Rocco Siffredi in 2011, AVN and XBIZ award winner, mainstream actor (Pensati Sexy), TEDx speaker, and campaigner against Italy's tassa etica.

Valentine (film)

Valentine is a 2001 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks, based on Tom Savage's novel, about young women stalked by a killer sending Valentine's Day cards.

Valentine's Day (2010 film)

Valentine's Day is a 2010 American ensemble romantic comedy directed by Garry Marshall, following intertwining love stories in Los Angeles, released by Warner Bros. in February 2010.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

Valhalla Rising (film)

Valhalla Rising is a 2009 Viking art film by Nicolas Winding Refn, a Danish-British co-production starring Mads Mikkelsen as One-Eye, a mute enslaved warrior who escapes with a boy and drifts by fogged ship to an unknown land; premiered at Venice and Toronto 2009, released by IFC Films.

Valiant (film)

Valiant (2005) is a CGI-animated comedy about a small wood pigeon joining the Royal Homing Pigeon Service in WWII, directed by Gary Chapman, produced by Vanguard Animation and Ealing Studios for Disney, budgeted at $40 million.

Valiant One

Valiant One is a 2025 American military thriller directed by Steve Barnett, starring Chase Stokes and Lana Condor as US soldiers who must escape across the Korean DMZ after their helicopter crashes in North Korea; released by Briarcliff Entertainment on January 31, 2025.

Valimai (வலிமை)

Valimai (வலிமை) is a 2022 Tamil action thriller directed by H. Vinoth, starring Ajith Kumar as cop Arjun hunting a biker gang. Released 24 February 2022; grossed ₹164.50 crore worldwide on a ₹150 crore budget; streamed on ZEE5.

Valiyavan (வலியவன்)

Valiyavan (வலியவன், also known as Challenge in Telugu) is a 2015 Tamil action-romance film directed by M. Saravanan, starring Jai and Andrea Jeremiah, released 27 March 2015 with music by D. Imman and mixed reviews.

Valkyrie (film)

Valkyrie is a 2008 historical thriller directed by Bryan Singer and starring Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who led the July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler.

Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)

Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) is a Marvel Comics Asgardian superheroine created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, debuting in Avengers #83 (1970) as the Enchantress's disguise, joining the Defenders in 1973, dying in War of the Realms (2019), and succeeded by Jane Foster.