Asia Argento
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1975-09-20
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Asia Argento
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Asia Argento, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Last Days
Jun 12, 2005
Interstate
Sep 18, 2024
The Phantom of the Opera
Nov 20, 1998
Marie Antoinette
May 24, 2006
The Last Mistress
May 30, 2007
B. Monkey
Jul 15, 1999
New Rose Hotel
Mar 19, 1999
Land of the Dead
Jun 18, 2005
Scarlet Diva
May 26, 2000
xXx
Aug 09, 2002
Diamond 13
Jun 21, 2009
Transylvania
Sep 09, 2006
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Sep 15, 2004
On War
Oct 01, 2008
Demons 2
Oct 09, 1986
The Church
Mar 10, 1989
The Keeper
May 14, 2004
Boarding Gate
Aug 22, 2007
The Mother of Tears
Oct 31, 2007
Trauma
Mar 12, 1993
Close Up
Sep 30, 2012
The Stendhal Syndrome
Jan 26, 1996
Go Go Tales
May 23, 2007
Queens of Drama
Nov 27, 2024
Love Bites
Mar 21, 2001
Palombella rossa
Sep 15, 1989
Cavalli
Oct 21, 2011
Viola Kisses Everybody
Jan 23, 1998
Perdiamoci di vista
Jan 27, 1994
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
Oct 01, 2005
Baciato dalla fortuna
Sep 30, 2011
Your Tongue On My Heart
Aug 12, 1999
Bits & Pieces
Feb 02, 1996
Drifters
Sep 09, 2011
Islands
May 10, 2011
Do Not Disturb
Oct 03, 2012
Close Friends
May 16, 1992
Dracula 3D
Nov 09, 2012
Qui staremo benissimo
Firmeza
Dec 13, 2012
The Voice Thief
Sep 12, 2013
Traveling Companion
May 26, 1996
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Jul 02, 2007
Obsessive Rythms
Jan 08, 2014
The Red Siren
Aug 21, 2002
Zoo
Nov 17, 1988
Condannato a nozze
Sep 24, 1993
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Padre Pio
Jun 01, 2023
Vera
Aug 31, 2022
Shongram
Apr 18, 2019
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Apr 15, 2001
Dario Argento: Panico
Oct 14, 2024
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Jan 31, 2006
American Nails
Stronger Than the Devil
From My House in Da House: A History of Rome
Nov 20, 2021
Deep Argento
Oct 21, 2023
Queen Margot
May 13, 1994
The Book of Joy
Dec 24, 2025
Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible
Jan 01, 2017
Milady
Jan 06, 2004
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
Jan 01, 1997
Abel/Asia
Jan 01, 1998
Agony
Oct 05, 2017
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
Mar 01, 2004
Friendly Fire
Sep 26, 2006
Alien Crystal Palace
Nov 21, 2018
The Making of Last Days
Jan 01, 2004
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Sep 12, 2003
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
Sep 23, 2008
Don't Bother to Knock
Oct 17, 2006
Frida. Viva la Vida
Nov 25, 2019
Ginostra
Jan 29, 2003
ÆLEKTRA
Jul 07, 2020
DeGenerazione
Jul 15, 1994
DeGenerazione
Jul 15, 1994
DeGenerazione
Jul 15, 1994
Two Masters' Eyes
Apr 29, 2003
Dark Glasses
Feb 24, 2022
Without Sun
Oct 20, 2021
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Aug 29, 2024
Let Her Kill You
Mar 08, 2023
Shadow
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Jul 16, 2021
Get Help
Feb 06, 2025
How Dark My Love
Jun 07, 2025
Domenica In
Oct 03, 1976
Buona la prima!
Apr 17, 2007
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Mar 30, 1999
Les Misérables
Sep 04, 2000
Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda
Apr 17, 2014
Sangue caldo
Sep 09, 2011
La Storia
Jan 08, 2024
X Factor
Mar 10, 2008
Mafiosa
Dec 12, 2006
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Apr 14, 2013
Citizen Rose
Jan 30, 2018
Fading Gigolo
Dec 21, 2023
Leçon de Cinéma
Mar 20, 2004
Phoenix Der Tag
Jul 09, 2001
Sogni e bisogni
Jan 01, 1985
