Qwhen we meet her, Valentina Belle has known for a few hours that he won the Silver Ribbon 2023 as best supporting actress (for the series The Good Mothers). It is the first major recognition of a career that already boasts a long one resume: about ten films, including The man of the labyrinth with Dustin Hoffman and Toni Servillo, Dolceromawith Claudia Gerini and Luca Barbareschi, the drama Sirens, The doctors and the miniseries Catch-22 directed by George Clooney. For us, with the help of chanel beauty, Valentina talks about herself. Of passions, careers, books. And of beautyabove all in spirit.
24 hours of beauty with Valentina Bellè
«I wake up with particular gratitude in this time. The first truly important recognition of my career has arrived, unexpected as much as dreamed of: the Silver Ribbon Great Series as best supporting actress. Let’s talk about The Good Mothers, Disney+ series, which had already won the Berlinale Series Award, but this Italian award is worth even more to me.
It was a Frcomplex project: the plot is about a group of women fighting the ‘Ndrangheta. I had to learn Calabrian, represent a very raw world, a challenge in which, usually hypercritical, I regard myself with amazement».
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«I’m already working on the next project, the new film by Marco Tullio Giordana Life next doorfrom the homonymous novel by Maria Pia Veladiano».
Valentina Bellè for iO Donna. Make-up Martina D’Andrea (Blend Management) using Chanel; Photo by Clara Melchiorre; Hair Simone Prusso (Julian Watson Agency), Stylist Francesca Ottaviani. Valentina wears total look Chanel and Chanel Joaillerie.
“He’ll talk about one little girl marked by an ungrateful uglinesswith a mother who repudiates her for this, yet surrounded by special women, who will learn to look at life in terms of possibilities. A strong theme, that of beauty, also for me: I consider myself quite serene towards myself in the mirror, never too judgmental».
In Valentina Bellè’s beauty case: N°1 De Chanel Serum Revitalizant au Camelia Rouge prevents and corrects the first signs of aging (107 euros); The foundation Les Beiges Eau De Teint medium light, water-based with encapsulated pigments (45 euros); Rouge Coco Flash n.54 Boybright and light lipstick (45 euros).
«Today we leave no room for surprises, for imperfections… I remain, I feel resilient in my naturalness! Maybe that’s why I love chanel beauty, it makes me feel elegant, never artificial. The foundation Les Beiges Eau de Teint, almost water, respect what you are.
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“Be it the new film I’m working on, either the book I’m reading, “The Bell Jar”masterpiece of Sylvia Plath, semi-autobiographical account of her tormented youth as a writer in New York in the 1950s, they make me think about my journey so far and my future. I always imagine myself in the cinema, every year he gives me something, a little flame that keeps me dreaming ».
Valentina Bellè for iO Donna. Make-up Martina D’Andrea (Blend Management) using Chanel; Photo by Clara Melchiorre; Hair Simone Prusso (Julian Watson Agency), Stylist Francesca Ottaviani. Valentina wears total look Chanel and Chanel Joaillerie.
«I try to marry projects that I feel are similar and generally avoid too much overexposure. I dream that my image remains as clean as possible: I like to dress up for my role, but not in life. I’m like this, as in these shots, a personality of many “nudes”. Who can be intense!».
In Valentina’s beauty case: from left, Les Beiges Crème Belle Mine Naturelle Ensoleillée, dark cream bronzer (37 euros); Chanel Rouge Coco Flashmoisturizing lipstick like a balm, in the nuance Escapesienna earth pink (45 euros); Ombre Première Laque Rayonchampagne (36 euros); Chanel Black Allure Mascaradefinition and lengthening effect (45 euros).
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