Valentina Franzone
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Valentina Franzone

Actress · Theatre · Film · Short films

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About

Valentina Franzone is an actress from Palermo, Sicily, working in theatre, film and short films. She has played leading, co-leading and character roles, and trains continuously in stage and screen acting, diction and intensive workshops. On screen she has won several awards as a performer, including Best Actress at the Corto Film Festival Città di Palermo for "Corpo Muto" (Dumb Body).

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Theatre

Posters

  1. 2026

    Fasola Folk

    Role: Madonna

    Director / author: written and directed by Elisa Parrinello – Ditirammu

    Venue: Spazio Open, Cantieri Culturali, Palermo

  2. 2026

    Fellini Forever

    Role: Elda

    Director / author: written and directed by Elisa Parrinello – Ditirammu

    Venue: Teatro Apparte, Palermo

  3. 2026

    Povero Garinei

    Role: Ondina

    Director / author: written and directed by Orazio Bottiglieri

    Venue: Teatro Re Mida, Cine Teatro Lux and the Democrazia Partecipata festival

  4. 2026

    La Panchina

    Role: Co-lead

    Director / author: written and directed by Valentina Franzone and Giuseppe Enea

    Venue: Teatro al Convento and Teatro Re Mida

  5. 2025

    Con…Suoceri

    Role: Cettina

    Director / author: written and directed by Orazio Bottiglieri

  6. 2025

    Il Triunfu di Santa Rosalia

    Role: Angel / Narrator

    Director / author: directed by Bibi Bianca

    Venue: Parco Villa Filippina, Palermo

  7. 2025

    L'Elogio della Zucchina – sulle orme di Cenerentola

    Role: Genoveffa

    Director / author: written and directed by Daniela Allotta

    Venue: Teatro Re Mida

  8. 2025

    Tre personaggi in cerca di amore

    Role: Lead

    Director / author: inspired by Bartolomeo Cosenza, directed by Bibi Bianca

    Venue: Teatro Fontarò

  9. 2025

    Il diario di Mamma – Mi aiuterà a trovarlo (musical)

    Role: Nonna Rosa

    Director / author: directed by Giovanna Calì

    Venue: Teatro Golden

  10. 2025

    Il cornuto immaginario di Molière

    Role: Celia

    Director / author: directed by Giorgio Barone

    Venue: Teatro Fontarò

  11. 2024

    Vignicella

    Role: Giulia

    Director / author: written and directed by Vincenzo La Lia

    Venue: Teatro Biondo, Palermo

  12. 2024

    Decamerone Siciliano

    Role: Lead

    Director / author: written and directed by Bibi Bianca

    Venue: Teatro Re Mida

  13. 2024

    Ferro vecchio M'accattu

    Role: Francisa

    Director / author: written and directed by Bibi Bianca

    Venue: Teatro Re Mida

  14. 2024

    Una sera con Feydeau

    Role: Clemenza

    Director / author: directed by Giuseppe Piampiano

    Venue: Cineteatro Colosseum

  15. 2023

    I giganti della montagna

    Role: Mara Mara

    Director / author: by L. Pirandello

    Venue: Putia d'Arte Malvina Franco school, directed by Lollo Franco

  16. 2019

    Il berretto a sonagli

    Role: Fana

    Director / author: by L. Pirandello, directed by Francesco Pecora

    Venue: ACS Oltre il Muro

  17. 2019

    Disamistade

    Role: Human

    Director / author: directed by Landi Sacco

    Venue: Dionisiache di Gibellina, Greek Theatre of Segesta

Film and TV series

  1. 2022

    Il buio del giorno

    Role: Small role

    Director / production: directed by Fabrizio La Monica · Kalama Film

  2. 2021

    Incastrati (Netflix series by Ficarra and Picone)

    Role: Featured extra – the Killer’s wife

    Director / production: Netflix

  3. 2020–2021

    C'era la luna

    Role: Role

    Director / production: directed by Mimmo Minà

  4. 2018

    Dio non ti odia

    Role: Small role

    Director / production: directed by Fabrizio La Monica · Kalama Film · Amazon Prime

Short films

  1. 2022

    Il cavaliere senza armatura

    Role: Role

    Director / production: Vincenzo Stellone and Michele Romano

  2. 2021

    DirettaStreaming (mockumentary)

    Role: Role

    Director / production: directed by Vincenzo Stellone

  3. 2020

    Corpo Muto

    Role: Lead

    Director / production: Vincenzo Stellone

    Awards and selections
  4. 2020

    Sara (medium-length film)

    Role: Role

    Director / production: directed by Gaetano Adamo

  5. 2019

    Oltre il Buio

    Role: Lead

    Director / production: directed by Sergio Sansone

  6. 2019

    Nightoffice

    Role: Co-lead

    Director / production: directed by Sergio Sansone

  7. 2019

    Tormento senza fine

    Role: Role

    Director / production: directed by Gaspare Buzzetta · Scuola Cinema Sud

  8. 2019

    ABA

    Role: Mother

    Director / production: produced by the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo

Awards

Corpo MutoShort film · 2020 · Vincenzo Stellone
Role: lead

Poster of «Corpo Muto» (Dumb Body), a short film by Vincenzo Stellone starring Valentina Franzone and Manfredi Massara
Poster

Key

  • 3Acting awards
  • 3Awards for the film
  • 7Nominations, selections, semi-finals and mentions

  1. Acting award

    Best Actress Award

    Chalachitra International Film

  2. Award for the film

    Best Project Award

    Sipontum Arthouse International Film Festival

  3. Award for the film

    Etna Award

    Sikania Film Festival

  4. Acting award

    Best Actress Award

    Roma Shorts

  5. Quarter-finalist

    Cefalù Film Festival

  6. Official Selection

    Duemila30 Festival – Milan

  7. Award for the film

    Best Director Award

    Costaiblea Film Festival

  8. Honourable Mention

    Student World Impact Film Festival

  9. Best Actress Semi-finalist

    Paris International Short Festival

  10. Official Selection

    Black Cat Award International Film Festival

  11. Official Selection

    First-Time Filmmaker Sessions – LiftOff Global Network

  12. Best Actress Semi-finalist

    Stockholm Short Festival

  13. Acting award

    Best Actress Award

    Corto Film Festival Città di Palermo

Press and interviews

Articles and interviews (in Italian).

Gallery

  • Valentina Franzone on stage between two actresses, laughing with her head thrown back, wearing a wide-brimmed black hat and a red necklace
  • Valentina Franzone on stage in a dramatic moment, hands raised, wearing a fringed black shawl; a seated actor in the foreground
  • Close-up of Valentina Franzone with wavy dark hair and red lipstick, looking over her shoulder at the camera, hands resting on a tree trunk
  • Valentina Franzone on stage at the microphone with her eyes closed, in a white blouse, red sash and long black skirt
  • Valentina Franzone outdoors in a white dress, her hair in the wind, in front of stone steps on a lawn
  • Valentina Franzone smiling outdoors in front of a stone wall, holding a wild flower
  • Valentina Franzone smiling on a stone staircase, in a burgundy floral blouse
  • Portrait of Valentina Franzone by the sea, her hair in the wind
  • Portrait of Valentina Franzone smiling, wearing a grey hat, indoors
  • Group photo on stage: Valentina Franzone, seated in a wide-brimmed black hat, with the company dressed in black

Training

  1. 2025–2026

    Theatre and Folk School

    School / teachers: Ditirammu, Palermo

  2. 2024

    Intensive screen acting workshop

    School / teachers: Movie Sicily with Emma Dante

  3. 2022–2023

    Stage acting

    School / teachers: Putia d'Arte Malvina Franco, directed by Lollo Franco

  4. 2020–2022

    Stage and screen acting

    School / teachers: Mario Pupella's school – Teatro Sant'Eugenio, Palermo

  5. 2022

    Acting and diction workshop

    School / teachers: Antonio Ribisi La Spina

  6. 2019–2020

    Acting and diction

    School / teachers: Scuola Cinema Sud – Luciano Falletta

  7. 2019–2020

    Screen acting

    School / teachers: Koinè Film – Alberto Castiglione and Giuseppe Candolfo

  8. 2019

    Workshop

    School / teachers: Chiara Agnello – Arte&Cinema

  9. 2019

    The Greek chorus in the myth of Medea

    School / teachers: Le Melarance association – Rosalia Billeci and Marco Bellochi

  10. 2019

    Create your character

    School / teachers: Spazio Marceau – Maria Laura Càccamo and Giselle Glinka

Skills, languages and other experience

Skills

  • Stage and screen acting
  • Diction
  • Singing
  • Dance
  • Poetry

Languages

Italian
native
Sicilian
native
French
advanced
English
intermediate
German
basic

Education

  • Degree in Political Science – international studies.
  • Advanced university training certificate as an expert in the recognition and validation of skills – Roma Tre University, March 2019.

Other experience

  • Music video: member of the dance troupe in "Tutto sembra normale" by Lello Analfino, directed and written by Miriam Rizzo, cinematography by Daniele Ciprì, September 2022.

Contact

For casting, productions and collaborations.

Social

CV

Download the CVPDF · updated November 2026