Valentina Nappi (born 6 November 1990) is an Italian
pornographic film actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dis ...
and
adult model.
Life and career
Born in
Scafati
Scafati () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy.
Geography
Scafati is situated on the river Sarno. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary and tw ...
, near
Salerno
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
, Nappi made her debut in the adult industry in 2011 with director
Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Antonio Tano; 4 May 1964) is an Italian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, director and producer.
He took his stage name from the character Roch Siffredi played by Alain Delon in the French gangster film '' ...
after she contacted him via e-mail.
She graduated from art school in Salerno and, as of October 2013, she studied art and design at a university.
Often referred to as an "intellectual pornstar", Nappi wrote several essays on the condition of men and women in contemporary society and attended a philosophy festival.
She was a
Playmate
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in the Italian issue of ''
Playboy
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K ...
'' in June 2012 and
Penthouse
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*Penthouse apartment, a special apartment on the top floor of a building
*Penthouse (magazine), ''Penthouse'' (magazine), a British-founded men's magazine
*Mechanical penthouse, a floor, typically located directly u ...
Pet of the Month
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in November 2013. As of March 2015, she writes a column in the political and social magazine ''
MicroMega
''MicroMega'' is a political, cultural, social and economic newsmagazine published bimonthly in Rome, Italy. The title ''MicroMega'' is probably inspired by a tale by Voltaire.
History and profile
''MicroMega'' was founded in March 1986 by the ...
''.
She has been the subject of the documentary ''Io sono Valentina Nappi'' (2018).
Personal life
Nappi identifies as
pansexual
, meaning "all"
, definition = Sexual or romantic attraction to people regardless of gender
, classification = Sexual identity
, parent = Bisexuality
, synonyms =
, associated_terms = Polysexual, queer, heterofl ...
and as a lifetime
atheist
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...
. In September 2020, she married Giovanni Lagnese, her life partner since 2009; they have an open relationship.
Awards
* 2016
AVN Award
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– Best Three-Way Sex Scene - G/G/B in ''Anikka’s Anal Sluts''
* 2017 AVN Award – Best Transsexual Scene in ''Girl/Boy 2''
* 2017
XBIZ Award
XBIZ Awards are given annually to honour "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult films" and have been described by XBIZ publisher and founder Alec Helmy as being "born out of ...
– Foreign Female Performer of the Year
* 2018 XBIZ Europa Award – International Crossover Star
* 2019
XRCO Award
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Once every calendar year, XRCO m ...
– Unsung Siren
References
Further reading
*
Da designer a musa di Siffredi. Valentina Nappi, l'intervista di Affari", ''Affaritaliani''
* La Redazione,
Sogno di essere una pornostar, ''
Corriere della Sera
The ''Corriere della Sera'' (; en, "Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average daily circulation of 410,242 copies in December 2015.
First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...
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External links
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1990 births
Living people
Italian pornographic film actresses
Pansexual actresses
Italian LGBT actors
People from the Province of Salerno
Penthouse Pets
Italian female adult models
Italian atheists
Childfree