Biography
Asia Argento (born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress, singer, model, and director.
Her mother is actress Daria di Nicolodi and her father is Dario de Argento, an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, well known for his work in the Italian giallo genre and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. Her maternal great-grandfather was composer Alfredo Casella.
Asia Argento started acting at the age of nine, playing a small role in a film by Sergio Citti. She also had a small part in Demons 2, a 1986 film written and produced by her father, at the age of 10, as well as its unofficial sequel, La Chiesa (The Church), when she was 14, and Trauma (1993), when she was 18. She received the David di Donatello (Italy's version of the Academy Award) for Best Actress in 1994 for her performance in Perdiamoci di vista, and again in 1996 for Compagna di viaggio, which also earned her a Grolla d'oro award. In 1998, Argento began appearing in English-language movies, such as B. Monkey and New Rose Hotel.
Argento has proven her ability to work in multiple languages, adding French, with a role as Charlotte de Sauve in 1994's La Reine Margot. That same year, she made her first foray into directing, calling the shots behind the short films Prospettive and A ritroso. In 1996, she directed a documentary on her father, and in 1998 a second one on Abel Ferrara, which won her the Rome Film Festival Award.
Argento directed and wrote her first movie, Scarlet Diva (2000), which her father co-produced. In 2002, she portrayed Russian undercover spy Yelena in the action film XXX alongside Vin Diesel. In 2004 she directed her second film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, based on a book by JT LeRoy, the pen name of Laura Albert, this time in the United States.
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Filmography
all 102
Movies 89
self 20
TV Shows 13
Director 10
Voice 1
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust (2024)
La Storia (2024)
Fading Gigolo (2023)
Dario Argento: Panico (2023)
Padre Pio (2023)
Let Her Kill You (2023)
Vera (2022)
Dark Glasses (2022)
From My House in Da House: A History of Rome (2021)
Sans soleil (2021)
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)
ÆLEKTRA (2020)
Frida: Viva la vida (2019)
Shongram (2019)
Alien Crystal Palace (2018)
Parts Unknown: Hong Kong (2018)
Citizen Rose (2018)
Agony (2017)
Era di marzo (2017)
The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)
Misunderstood (2014)
Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda (2014)
Obsessive Rythms (2014)
The Voice Thief (2013)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
Firmeza (2012)
Dracula 3D (2012)
Do Not Disturb (2012)
Close Up (2012)
Cavalli (2011)
Baciato dalla fortuna (2011)
Sangue caldo (2011)
Drifters (2011)
Islands (2011)
42 One Dream Rush (2010)
Diamond 13 (2009)
On War (2008)
The Making of 'Mother of Tears' (2008)
X Factor (2008)
The Mother of Tears (2007)
Boarding Gate (2007)
The Making of Marie Antoinette (2007)
The Last Mistress (2007)
Go Go Tales (2007)
Buona la prima! (2007)
Mafiosa (2006)
Don't Bother To Knock (2006)
Friendly Fire (2006)
Transylvania (2006)
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006)
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine (2005)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Last Days (2005)
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget (2004)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
The Keeper (2004)
Leçon de Cinéma (2004)
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! (2004)
Milady (2004)
The Making of Last Days (2004)
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003)
Two Masters' Eyes (2003)
Ginostra (2003)
The Red Siren (2002)
xXx (2002)
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2001)
Love Bites (2001)
Les Misérables (2000)
Time Demons 2: In the Samurais Claws (2000)
Scarlet Diva (2000)
La Scomparsa (2000)
Your Tongue On My Heart (1999)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999)
New Rose Hotel (1999)
The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Viola bacia tutti (1998)
Abel/Asia (1998)
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors (1997)
Traveling Companion (1996)
Bits & Pieces (1996)
The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
DeGenerazione (1994)
Queen Margot (1994)
Perdiamoci di vista (1994)
Condannato a nozze (1993)
Trauma (1993)
Close Friends (1992)
B. Monkey (1990)
Palombella Rossa (1989)
The Church (1989)
Zoo (1988)
Demons 2 (1986)
Domenica In (1976)
Shadow
Les reines du drame
Stronger Than the Devil
American Nails
Jour de colère
Qui staremo benissimo
S/He
Tiens ferme ta couronne
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1975-09-20 (48 years old)
Birth NameAria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
Height168-centimeter
RelationshipsMichele Civetta (2008-01-01 - 2012-01-01), Morgan (2000-01-01 - 2006-01-01), Anthony Bourdain (2017-01-01 - 2018-01-01)
ChildrenAnna Lou Castoldi
FatherDario Argento
MotherDaria Nicolodi
SiblingsFiore Argento
RelativesSalvatore Argento, Claudio Argento
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsAsia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento, 아시아 아르젠토, Азия Ардженто, アーシア・アルジェント
Awards42nd David di Donatello Awards, 39th David di Donatello Awards
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