Asia Argento
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting104
movieGet Help
2025
Benedetta Fabiani
movieQueens of Drama
2024
Magalie Charmer
movieSchirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Mermaid (voice)
tvThe Story
2024
Santina
tvFading Gigolo
2023
Costanza
moviePadre Pio
2023
Tall Man
movieVera
2023
Asia
movieFrida. Viva la Vida
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieShongram
2019
Sarah
movieAgony
2017
Isidora
movieBaku, I Love You
2015
Asia (segment "Aziya")
tvRodolfo Valentino - La leggenda
2014
Natacha Rambova
movieDo Not Disturb
2012
Monica
movieClose Up
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieCavalli
2011
Madre
movieDrifters
2011
Beatrice Plana
tvSangue caldo
2011
Anna Rosi
movieIslands
2011
Martina
movieDiamond 13
2009
Calhoune
movieGo Go Tales
2008
Monroe
tvX Factor
2008
Self - Judge
movieThe Mother of Tears
2007
Sarah Mandy
movieBoarding Gate
2007
Sandra
movieThe Last Mistress
2007
Vellini
tvBuona la prima!
2007
Suggeritrice
tvMafiosa
2006
Charly
movieFriendly Fire
2006
Grand Dame
movieTransylvania
2006
Zingarina
movieMarie Antoinette
2006
Comtesse du Barry
movieLive Freaky! Die Freaky!
2006
Habagail Folger (voice)
movieCindy, the Doll Is Mine
2005
Cindy Sherman / The model
movieMilady
2004
Sally La Chèvre
movieGinostra
2003
The Nun
moviexXx
2002
Yelena
movieLove Bites
2001
Violaine Charlier
tvLes Misérables
2000
Éponine Thénardier
movieScarlet Diva
2000
Anna Battista
movieB. Monkey
1999
Beatrice
movieNew Rose Hotel
1999
Sandii
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1998
Christine Daaé
movieThe Stendhal Syndrome
1996
Det. Anna Manni
movieDeGenerazione
1994
Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio") / Se stessa (segment "Prospettive") / Lorna (segment "Squeak!")
movieQueen Margot
1994
Charlotte de Sauve
moviePerdiamoci di vista
1994
Arianna Zorzi
movieTrauma
1993
Aura Petrescu
movieClose Friends
1992
Simona
moviePalombella rossa
1989
Valentina Apicella
movieThe Church
1989
Lotte
movieZoo
1988
Martina
movieDemons 2
1986
Ingrid Haller
Directing13
movieMisunderstood
2014
Director
Firmeza
2012
Director
movie42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
Delfinasia
2007
Director
movieDon't Bother to Knock
2006
Director
movieScarlet Diva
2000
Director
movieLa Scomparsa
2000
Director
movieYour Tongue On My Heart
1999
Director
movieAbel/Asia
1998
Director
movieDeGenerazione
1994
Director, Assistant Director
Writing7
movieMisunderstood
2014
Screenplay
Firmeza
2012
Screenplay
movieScarlet Diva
2000
Writer
movieYour Tongue On My Heart
1999
Screenplay
movieDeGenerazione
1994
Story, Screenplay
Production2
movieDark Glasses
2022
Associate Producer
Gia: The Shadow of Beauty
Executive Producer