Valentina Cervi (born 13 April 1976)[citation needed] is an Italian film and television actress.

[1] Cervi started her acting career at age ten in Carlo Cotti's 1986 film Portami la luna.

[2] In 2011, she appeared as Arianna in BBC TV's Italian detective mini-series Zen.

Cervi appeared as Bertha Mason in Cary Fukunaga's 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre.

She was cast as the ancient vampire Salome in the HBO television drama True Blood.