Asia Argento

Born: 1975-09-20

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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as Yelena
Released: 2002-08-09

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US...

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Marie Antoinette

as Comtesse du Barry
Released: 2006-05-24

An Austrian teenager marries the Dauphin of France and becomes that country's queen following...

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Let Her Kill You

as Anne
Released: 2023-03-08

Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on...

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Queen Margot

as Charlotte de Sauve
Released: 1994-05-13

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the...

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Land of the Dead

as Slack
Released: 2005-06-18

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city...

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Dark Glasses

as Rita
Released: 2022-02-24

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident...

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Demons 2

as Ingrid Haller
Released: 1986-10-09

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested...

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The Stendhal Syndrome

as Det. Anna Manni
Released: 1996-01-26

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer...

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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

as Sarah
Released: 2004-09-15

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his...

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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Released: 2021-07-16

An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural...

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The Church

as Lotte
Released: 1989-03-10

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the...

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New Rose Hotel

as Sandii
Released: 1999-03-19

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his...

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Boarding Gate

as Sandra
Released: 2007-08-22

A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise...

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Drifters

as Beatrice Plana
Released: 2011-09-09

A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.

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Last Days

as Asia
Released: 2005-06-12

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose...

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Dracula 3D

as Lucy
Released: 2012-11-09

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by...

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Trauma

as Aura Petrescu
Released: 1993-03-12

A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her...

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The Last Mistress

as Vellini
Released: 2007-05-30

Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and...

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Palombella Rossa

as Valentina Apicella
Released: 1989-09-15

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice....

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The Phantom of the Opera

as Christine Daaé
Released: 1998-11-20

A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean...

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Go Go Tales

as Monroe
Released: 2007-05-23

A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.

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Scarlet Diva

as Anna Battista
Released: 2000-05-26

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while...

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Baciato dalla fortuna

as Betty
Released: 2011-09-30

Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for...

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Padre Pio

as Tall Man
Released: 2023-06-01

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San...

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Close Up

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2012-09-30

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press...

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B. Monkey

as Beatrice
Released: 1999-07-15

When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her...

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The Mother of Tears

as Sarah Mandy
Released: 2007-10-31

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent...

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Do Not Disturb

as Monica
Released: 2012-10-03

In this lively French remake of Humpday, best buds reunite and revive their friendship on a...

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Viola bacia tutti

as Viola
Released: 1998-01-23

Three deadbeat friends see their motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on...

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On War

as Uma
Released: 2008-10-01

After a freak accident changes his perspective on life, a Parisian filmmaker meets a stranger...

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DeGenerazione

as Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio")
Released: 1994-07-15

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers...

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DeGenerazione

as Se stessa (segment "Prospettive")
Released: 1994-07-15

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers...

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DeGenerazione

as Lorna (segment "Squeak!")
Released: 1994-07-15

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers...

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Queens of Drama

as Magalie Charmer
Released: 2024-05-18

2055. Steevyshady, a 65-year-old Youtuber, posts a video on Mimi4Ver, his channel dedicated to...

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Love Bites

as Violaine Charlier
Released: 2001-03-21

Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat's name to get into an exclusive...

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Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

as Mermaid (voice)
Released: 2024-01-20

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve...

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Perdiamoci di vista

as Arianna
Released: 1994-01-27

Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

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Dario Argento: Panico

as Self
Released: 2023-08-30

This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an...

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The Keeper

as Gina
Released: 2004-05-14

When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly...

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Diamond 13

as Calhoune
Released: 2009-06-21

A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug...

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Close Friends

as Simona
Released: 1992-05-16

Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film...

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Frida: Viva la vida

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2019-11-25

The two sides of Frida Kahlo's spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of...

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The Making of Marie Antoinette

as Self
Released: 2007-07-02

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

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Friendly Fire

as Grand Dame
Released: 2006-09-26

A surreal fantasy on the themes of love and friendship, set to the music and songs of the Sean...

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Alien Crystal Palace

as Sybille Atlante
Released: 2018-11-21

A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. With this new...

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Bits & Pieces

as uncredited
Released: 1996-02-02

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies,...

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The Red Siren

as Anita
Released: 2002-08-21

Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no...

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Ginostra

as The Nun
Released: 2003-01-29

An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of...

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Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

as Habagail Folger (voice)
Released: 2006-01-31

In a distant future, a cult forms around the Manson Family, when Charles Manson is mistaken for...

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Islands

as Martina
Released: 2011-05-10

Ivan is an undocumented immigrant from Eastern Europe who is in Italy looking for work to...

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Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!

as Herself
Released: 2004-03-01

A documentary on Asia Argento, made during the making of "the Heart is Deceitful Above All...

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Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

as Self
Released: 2001-04-15

Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

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Transylvania

as Zingarina
Released: 2006-09-09

Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and...

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Milady

as Sally La Chèvre
Released: 2004-01-06

Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her...

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Vera

as Asia
Released: 2022-08-31

Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships,...

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Condannato a nozze

as Olivia
Released: 1993-09-24

A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to...

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The Making of Last Days

as Herself
Released: 2004-01-01

Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Last Days."

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The Voice Thief

as Naya
Released: 2013-09-12

When an opera singer loses her voice, her husband embarks on an odyssey through different...

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Cavalli

as Madre
Released: 2011-10-21

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Abel/Asia

as Self
Released: 1998-01-01

Behind the scenes mini-doc from Asia Argento on Abel Ferrara during the filming of New Rose Hotel.

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Obsessive Rythms

as Margo
Released: 2014-01-08

On the night of New Year's Eve, a small group penetrates into the room of an old hotel in ruins....

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The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors

as Herself
Released: 1997-01-01

Documentary about Dario Argento, "Profondo Rosso" shop in Rome, and most important works...

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Agony

as Isidora
Released: 2017-10-05

A discontented New York family woman is unexpectedly called to Tuscany to execute her estranged...

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Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty

as uncredited
Released: 2003-09-12

Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film...

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Traveling Companion

as Cora
Released: 1996-05-26

In Rome, Cora is a waitress at a club, walks people's dogs, sleeps with various men, kips with...

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Shongram

as Sarah
Released: 2019-04-18

Shongram (struggle) is a romantic drama set during the 1971 liberation struggle of Bangladesh. ...

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Don't Bother To Knock

as Herself
Released: 2006-10-17

Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for...

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ÆLEKTRA

as uncredited
Released: 2020-07-07

A fashion film written & directed by Asia Argento for Antonio Grimaldi Couture Collection A/W...

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Zoo

as Martina
Released: 1988-11-17

Martina lives in the Rome's zoo, because her father is the guardian. She becomes friend with a...

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Parts Unknown: Hong Kong

as Herself
Released: 2018-06-03

Anthony Bourdain experiences Hong Kong through the eyes and lens of legendary cinematographer...

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Sans soleil

as Léa
Released: 2021-10-20

A few years from now, the sun is on the verge of exploding and spatial shock waves flow the...

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Cindy, the Doll Is Mine

as Cindy Sherman / The model
Released: 2005-10-01

Cindy, the doll is mine is a short film by French director Bertrand Bonello. It stars Italian...

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Your Tongue On My Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1999-08-12

An experimental Super 8 short film directed by and starring Asia Argento, which premiered at the...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self
First aired: 1999-03-30

Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until...

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Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

as Self
First aired: 2013-04-14

Bourdain travels across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate...

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Leçon de Cinéma

as Self
First aired: 2004-03-20

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Buona la prima!

as Suggeritrice
First aired: 2007-04-17

Buona la prima! is an Italian television series.

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X Factor

as Self - Judge
First aired: 2008-03-10

X Factor is a successful TV show airing on prime time in Italy. The singing competition is the...

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La Storia

as Santina
First aired: 2024-01-08

Ida, a single mother of two sons, hides her Jewish heritage and fights against poverty and...

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Mafiosa

as Charly
First aired: 2006-12-12

By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a...

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Les Misérables

as Éponine Thénardier
First aired: 2000-09-04

Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel...

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Fading Gigolo

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-12-21

When his father Giacomo comes back into his life after a heart attack, Alfonso has to cope with...

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Domenica In

as Self
First aired: 1976-10-03

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Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda

as Natacha Rambova
First aired: 2014-04-17

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Citizen Rose

as Self
First aired: 2018-01-30

Rose McGowan, artist and activist, documents the work being done to spread her message of...

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Sangue caldo

as Anna Rosi
First aired: 2011-09-09

The "good criminal" Arturo La Paglia, said Mister (Gabriel Garko) wants to score his last shot,...

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