Valentina Vargas
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.
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- 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 · Héroes 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
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Mariana Flores
- 1998 · Air America as Celia
- 1996 · Hellraiser: Bloodline as Angelique
- 1994 · Twin Sitters as Lolita
- 1994 · Los náufragos as Isol
- 1993 · The Devil's Breath as Priscilla
- 1993 · Mea culpa as Maruja
- 1992 · The Tigress as Pauline
- 1989 · Dirty Games as Dr. Nicola Kendra
- 1989 · Street of No Return as Celia
- 1988 · The Big Blue as Bonita
- 1987 · Fuegos as Margarita
- 1986 · The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self (uncredited)
- 1986 · The Name of the Rose as The Girl
- 1985 · Strictement personnel as La masseuse
- Future · The Four Altars as Doña Sofía