Valentina is a German actress born in 1968 in Bucharest, Rumania. At the age of nine, she moved to Frankfurt / Main in Germany with her family, being one of the lucky ones to escape Ceausescu's regime thanks to her mother's German heritage. Growing up in a communist country, most youngsters had to take up a sport or art in order to escape bleak future and Valentina was not an exception. She became a competitive swimmer, an activity she continued to pursue in Germany with the same zest and determination, eventually leading her to the German championships. After five years of success and being spotted by the DSV , she was nominated in 2006 as best presenter for the price of the city of St. Maur. By then separated from the father of her daughter, she fell in love with the documentary director Christophe Maillet; the new couple's son was born in 2008. One year later, she started working again for German and French TV productions and made a remarkable cameo appearance in German director Leander Haussman's movie Dinosaurier. In 2010, she went back on stage in Paris in Sacha Guitry's play "Je t'aime". Valentina has been working for French and German TV ever since. In 2012 Valentina will appear as the leading female part in German director Nicolai Muellerschoen's new movie "Gier" alongside Heiner Lauterbach, one of Germany's biggest stars. Valentina considers herself a German actress, but also a genuinely European one. She is fluent in several languages and has lived in different countries.
