Valentina Nappi, born on November 6, 1990, in Scafati near Salerno, Italy, is a renowned Italian adult film actress, model, writer, and public intellectual. Graduating from art school in Salerno, she pursued design studies at the Second University of Naples before boldly entering the porn industry in 2011. After emailing director Rocco Siffredi, she debuted in 'Rocco's POV Volume 24' and quickly rose to prominence with roles in American and Italian productions. Highlights include Playboy Italian Playmate (June 2012), Penthouse Pet of the Month (November 2013), and Hustler cover (September 2015). Nappi has amassed numerous accolades, such as AVN Best Actress - Featurette (2026), XBIZ Foreign Female Performer of the Year (2017), and multiple XCritic awards. Beyond erotica, she pens columns for MicroMega since 2016, featured in the 2018 documentary 'Io sono Valentina Nappi,' and Amazon's 'Still Fabulous' (2024). An atheist married to Giovanni Lagnese since 2020, she engages in philosophical discourse on gender and society at TEDx events, embodying the 'intellectual pornstar.'
