- 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
- Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003), the first movie she directed, is based on her real life experiences as daughter of a rich family.
- Alessandra Martines, an Italian actress and former classical dancer, is her cousin.
- Aunt of Aurelian Enthoven, first child of her sister Carla.
- Shares her birthday with singer Diana Krall.
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