Older sister of Carla Bruni and younger sister of Virginio Bruni Tedeschi (1959 - July 4th, 2006).
As her family became a target of the communist Red Brigades in Italy, they moved to Paris in 1975.
She wrote, directed and starred in A Castle in Italy (2013). The movie was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and is in many ways autobiographical.
Sister-in-law of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Aunt of Giulia Sarkozy (second child of Carla).
In March 2009 Valeria and her former boyfriend, French actor Louis Garrel, adopted Celine, a Senegalese baby girl. Celine was born in 2008 and was 6 months old.
She was formerly in a relationship with French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. He is 19 years her junior.
Daughter of Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, an opera composer and industrialist, and Marisa Borini, a
concert pianist and actress.
Her brother Virginio Bruni Tedeschi died on 4 July 2006, from complications of HIV/AIDS.
Speaks Italian and French.
Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004