Valentina Vargas
Born: 1964-12-31 in Santiago, Chile
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Valentina Vargas (born December 31, 1964) is a Chilean-born actress. She developed most of her career in France, where she was raised. Vargas began her career in the dramatic art within the workshop of Tania Balaschova in Paris and also later at the Yves Pignot School of Los Angeles. Her cinematographic career started via the filming of three of the most important works[dubious – discuss] in contemporary French cinema, namely Pierre Jolivet's Strictly Personal, Luc Besson's Big Blue and Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Name of the Rose. Over the years, Vargas also worked with Samuel Fuller in Street of No Return, Miguel Littín in Los náufragos and Alfredo Arieta in Fuegos. Vargas is trilingual in Spanish, French and English. This has enabled her to pass without notice in films as varied as the cinematic horror film Hellraiser IV: Bloodline where she played the Cenobite Angelique, to the comedy Chili con carne of Thomas Gilou. She appeared opposite Jan Michael Vincent (Dirty Games), Malcolm McDowell and Michael Ironside (Southern Cross), and James Remar (The Tigress). After her performance in Bloody Mallory where she played "the malicious one", she turned to playing roles for television. Initially she played in a version of Les Liaisons dangereuses directed by Josée Dayan. She starred in this production with Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Everett, Leelee Sobieski and Nastassja Kinski.
Filmography
2025
- The Four Altars as Doña Sofía
2022
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Johnny 100 Pesos: Chapter Two as Maria Francisca
2012
- Night Across the Street as Nigilda
2011
- Faces in the Crowd as Nina
2010
- Optical Illusions as Rita
2007
- Heroes as Sofia de Walker Martínez
2006
- Fête de famille as Monica (amie d'Yvan)
2004
- Le Nom de la Rose : Le Documentaire as Self / The Girl
2003
- Dangerous Liaisons as Émilie
2002
- Bloody Mallory as Valentine
1999
- Chili con carne as Inès
- Southern Cross as Mariana Flores
1998
- Air America as Celia
1996
- Hellraiser: Bloodline as Angelique
1994
- Twin Sitters as Lolita
- Los náufragos as Isol
1993
- Mea culpa as Maruja
- The Devil's Breath as Priscilla
1992
- The Tigress as Pauline
1989
- Street of No Return as Celia
- Dirty Games as Dr. Nicola Kendra
- The Big Blue Adventure as Self
1988
- The Big Blue as Bonita
1987
- Fuegos as Margarita
1986
- The Name of the Rose as The Girl
- The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self (uncredited)
1985
- Strictement personnel as La masseuse