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 Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into a family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 she had the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo (1988), and was part of the cast of The Church (1989), directed by Michele Soavi. The following year she played Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon (1989) (also directed by Moretti).It was with Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she was able to move on from playing very young girls to more mature, complex roles. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma (1993), she worked for the first time with her father, famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera (1998) is the third film she has made with her father, the others being Trauma (1993) (filmed in the US) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996).Asia's absorbed, intense style of acting was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze (1993). In 1993 she co-starred in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista (1994) in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult role that won her the David di Donatello for best actress (1993-1994). She also had a featured role in the international cast of Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Ch��reau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion (1996), which again won her a David di Donatello and a Grolla d'oro.In 1994 Asia turned her hand to directing and turned out two short films: "Prospettive" (an episode of the film De Generazione (1994)) and "A ritroso". In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, one on cult director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998), which won an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia made her feature-directing debut with Scarlet Diva (2000), in which she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. It won an award at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. In 2001, after directing a number of music videos, she gave birth to her first daughter, Anna Lou. In 2002 she starred in The Red Siren (2002) by Olivier Megaton with Jean-Marc Barr and the action thriller xXx (2002), directed by Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel.Asia is also the author of a number of short stories published in many prestigious magazines such as "Dynamo," "L'Espresso," "Sette," and "Village," Her first novel, "I Love You, Kirk," was published in Italy by Frassinelli Editrice in October 1999 and in France by Florent Massot in 2001.
Bio:
Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into a family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 she had the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo (1988), and was part of the cast of The Church (1989), directed by Michele Soavi. The following year she played Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon (1989) (also directed by Moretti).It was with Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she was able to move on from playing very young girls to more mature, complex roles. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma (1993), she worked for the first time with her father, famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera (1998) is the third film she has made with her father, the others being Trauma (1993) (filmed in the US) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996).Asia's absorbed, intense style of acting was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze (1993). In 1993 she co-starred in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista (1994) in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult role that won her the David di Donatello for best actress (1993-1994). She also had a featured role in the international cast of Queen Margot (1994), directed by Patrice Ch��reau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion (1996), which again won her a David di Donatello and a Grolla d'oro.In 1994 Asia turned her hand to directing and turned out two short films: "Prospettive" (an episode of the film De Generazione (1994)) and "A ritroso". In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, one on cult director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998), which won an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia made her feature-directing debut with Scarlet Diva (2000), in which she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. It won an award at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. In 2001, after directing a number of music videos, she gave birth to her first daughter, Anna Lou. In 2002 she starred in The Red Siren (2002) by Olivier Megaton with Jean-Marc Barr and the action thriller xXx (2002), directed by Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel.Asia is also the author of a number of short stories published in many prestigious magazines such as "Dynamo," "L'Espresso," "Sette," and "Village," Her first novel, "I Love You, Kirk," was published in Italy by Frassinelli Editrice in October 1999 and in France by Florent Massot in 2001.
Tivia:
Daughter of Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi.Officially named Aria since the registration office did not accept Asia.Made Italy's first digital film.Her first name is pronounced "ah-SEE-ah.".In early 2017, it was reported by several Italian news sources that Argento was in a relationship with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain died of an apparent suicide in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, Haut-Rhin, France, on 8 June 2018.Speaks Italian, French, and English.Was the youngest female director in Italy.Her first child is daughter Anna Lou Castoldi born June 20, 2001, in Lugano, Switzerland, with her former partner Marco Castoldi. Anna Lou is named after Asia's half-sister Anna Ceroli, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1994.In October 2017, Argento alleged in a New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow that she had been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein during the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. She confirmed that a scene in her feature debut Scarlet Diva (2000) - where her character is accosted by a movie executive - was indeed a reference to Weinstein.Her close friends are Valeria Golino, Adrien Brody, Libero De Rienzo, Vera Gemma, Norman Reedus, Laura Albert , Marilyn Manson, and Rose McGowan.Claims that she fell in love with Marco Castoldi, singer of Bluvertigo and father of her daughter Anna Lou, at first sight.Ran away from home at 14.The Welsh Hardcore/metal band Hondo Maclean, named a song after her. Once she heard it, she offered to do a publicity photo for them. It appeared on the back of their "Plans for a Better Day" EP.Granddaughter of photographer Elio Luxardo, known as the Italian Leni Riefenstahl.Starred in three films that were screened at 2007 Cannes Film Festival: Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress (2007), Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate (2007) and Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales (2007).Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2009.Granddaughter of Salvatore Argento.Resides in Los Angeles, California. (February 2004)Niece of Claudio Argento.Her second child is a boy named Nicola Giovanni (b. September 15th, 2008) with her ex-husband Michele Civetta.Living in Rome. (June 2007)Half-sister of Fiore Argento.Born at 8:07am-CEDT |
| Name: |
Asia Argento |
Type: |
Actress,Director,Writer (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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Business scope: |
Actress,Director,Writer |
| Products for sale: |
Actress,Director,Writer |
| Model rank: |
249 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:57:34 |
| Height: |
5' 6' (1.68 m) |
| Biography: |
Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into a family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in Sergio Citti\'s Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 she had the leading r |
| Trivia: |
Daughter of Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi.Officially named Aria since the registration office did not accept Asia.Made Italy's first digital film.Her first name is pronounced "ah-SEE-ah.".In early 2017, it was reported by several Italian news sources that Argento was in a relationship with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain died of an apparent suicide in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, Haut-Rhin, France, on 8 June 2018.Speaks Italian, French, and English.Was the youngest female director in Italy.Her first child is daughter Anna Lou Castoldi born June 20, 2001, in Lugano, Switzerland, with her former partner Marco Castoldi. Anna Lou is named after Asia's half-sister Anna Ceroli, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1994.In October 2017, Argento alleged in a New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow that she had been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein during the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. She confirmed that a scene in her feature debut Scarlet Diva (2000) - where her character is accosted by a movie executive - was indeed a reference to Weinstein.Her close friends are Valeria Golino, Adrien Brody, Libero De Rienzo, Vera Gemma, Norman Reedus, Laura Albert , Marilyn Manson, and Rose McGowan.Claims that she fell in love with Marco Castoldi, singer of Bluvertigo and father of her daughter Anna Lou, at first sight.Ran away from home at 14.The Welsh Hardcore/metal band Hondo Maclean, named a song after her. Once she heard it, she offered to do a publicity photo for them. It appeared on the back of their "Plans for a Better Day" EP.Granddaughter of photographer Elio Luxardo, known as the Italian Leni Riefenstahl.Starred in three films that were screened at 2007 Cannes Film Festival: Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress (2007), Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate (2007) and Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales (2007).Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2009.Granddaughter of Salvatore Argento.Resides in Los Angeles, California. (February 2004)Niece of Claudio Argento.Her second child is a boy named Nicola Giovanni (b. September 15th, 2008) with her ex-husband Michele Civetta.Living in Rome. (June 2007)Half-sister of Fiore Argento.Born at 8:07am-CEDT |
| Trademarks: |
Often dresses in black |
| Quotes: |
During the shooting of my directorial debut, I must never let myself go to any goliardery, even if I might think I am missing some fun, never mingle with the rest of the crew, because they are actors while I am the mirth of a rickety poem. They are solo artists, virtuosos - but I am the orchestra, the strings carpet where everybody has to lay. They are the public, while I am tonight's special event. I allow them to be instantly well-liked, but I must remain rigorous to reveal my eyes, I have to act out the things that never happen. When I think of my film, I don't take anything from the reality that I know, I suck only from the utopia/reality I would want to live. When I say my lines, the I have written for myself, I think about this, of a womb-like world where amniotic liquids protect me from injustices and the boogey man.
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[in answer to the question "How do you want to be remembered?"] As somebody who has done everything, but didn't know how to do anything.
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I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris. I want to live in a country where a guy like Gaspar No�� can direct his films without going to jail. I don't want to live in Italy, the country of the apes, and end up being an actress with an onion placed where I once had a heart, that instead of beating, it stinks.
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I care only about that. Almost only about cinema.
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Sometimes I think my father [director Dario Argento] gave me life because he needed a lead actress for his films. |
| Job title: |
Actress,Director,Writer |
| Others works: |
(1999) Novel: "I Love You Kirk (Italy: Edizioni Frassinelli).
Her photography has been published in several magazines, including German Vogue, Self Service (a French fashion magazine) and Italian GQ.
(2002) Sang on "Je T'Aime, Moi Non Plu |
| Spouse: |
Michele Civetta (August 27, 2008 - 2013) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Anna Lou CastoldiNicola Giovanni Civetta |
| Parents: |
Dario Argento
Daria Nicolodi |
| Relatives: |
Salvatore Argento (Grandparent)
Anna Ceroli (Half Sibling)
Fiore Argento (Half Sibling)
Claudio Argento (Aunt or Uncle)
Elio Luxardo (Grandparent) |
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