Asia Argento
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.
Last Days
(Asia)
Interstate
(Anna)
The Phantom of the Opera
(Christine Daaé)
Marie Antoinette
(Comtesse du Barry)
The Last Mistress
(Vellini)
B. Monkey
(Beatrice)
New Rose Hotel
(Sandii)
Land of the Dead
(Slack)
Scarlet Diva
(Anna Battista)
xXx
(Yelena)
Diamond 13
(Calhoune)
Transylvania
(Zingarina)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
(Sarah)
On War
(Uma)
Demons 2
(Ingrid Haller)
The Church
(Lotte)
The Keeper
(Gina)
Boarding Gate
(Sandra)
The Mother of Tears
(Sarah Mandy)
Trauma
(Aura Petrescu)
Close Up
(Self (archive footage))
The Stendhal Syndrome
(Det. Anna Manni)
Go Go Tales
(Monroe)
Queens of Drama
(Magalie Charmer)
Love Bites
(Violaine Charlier)
Palombella Rossa
(Valentina Apicella)
Cavalli
(Madre)
Viola bacia tutti
(Viola)
Perdiamoci di vista
(Arianna)
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
(Cindy Sherman / The model)
Baciato dalla fortuna
(Betty)
Your Tongue On My Heart
Bits & Pieces
Drifters
(Beatrice Plana)
Islands
(Martina)
Do Not Disturb
(Monica)
Close Friends
(Simona)
Dracula 3D
(Lucy)
Qui staremo benissimo
Firmeza
(Asia)
The Voice Thief
(Naya)
Traveling Companion
(Cora)
The Making of Marie Antoinette
(Self)
Obsessive Rythms
(Margo)
The Red Siren
(Anita)
Zoo
(Martina)
Condannato a nozze
(Olivia)
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Padre Pio
(Tall Man)
Vera
(Asia)
Shongram
(Sarah)
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
(Self)
Dario Argento: Panico
(Self)
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
(Habagail Folger (voice))
American Nails
Stronger Than the Devil
From My House in Da House: A History of Rome
(Self)
Deep Argento
Agony
Queen Margot
(Charlotte de Sauve)
Agony (L'esecutore)
The Book of Joy
(Mater)
Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible
(Self)
Milady
(Sally La Chèvre)
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
(Herself)
Abel/Asia
(Self)
Agony
(Isidora)
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
(Herself)
Friendly Fire
(Grand Dame)
Alien Crystal Palace
(Sybille Atlante)
The Making of Last Days
(Herself)
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
Parts Unknown: Hong Kong
(Herself)
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
(Self)
Don't Bother to Knock
(Herself)
Frida. Viva la Vida
(Narrator (voice))
Ginostra
(The Nun)
ÆLEKTRA
DeGenerazione
(Se stessa (segment "Prospettive"))
DeGenerazione
(Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio"))
DeGenerazione
(Lorna (segment "Squeak!"))
Two Masters' Eyes
Dark Glasses
(Rita)
Sans soleil
(Léa)
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
(Mermaid (voice))
Let Her Kill You
(Anne)
Shadow
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
Fatti vedere
Domenica In
(Self)
Buona la prima!
(Suggeritrice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
(Self)
Les Misérables
(Éponine Thénardier)
Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda
(Natacha Rambova)
Sangue caldo
(Anna Rosi)
La Storia
(Santina)
X Factor
(Self - Judge)
Mafiosa
(Charly)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
(Self)
Citizen Rose
(Self)
Fading Gigolo
Leçon de Cinéma
(Self)
Phoenix Der Tag
(Self)
Scarlet Diva
(Writer)
Scarlet Diva
(Director)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
(Screenplay)
Your Tongue On My Heart
(Screenplay)
Your Tongue On My Heart
(Director)
Don't Bother to Knock
(Director)
Don't Bother to Knock
(Editor)
Firmeza
(Screenplay)
Firmeza
(Director)
Dark Glasses
(Associate Producer)
Misunderstood
(Director)
DeGenerazione
(Director)
ÆLEKTRA
(Writer)
DeGenerazione
(Assistant Director)
DeGenerazione
(Story)
DeGenerazione
(Screenplay)
Abel/Asia
(Director)
Era di marzo
(Director)
Delfinasia
(Director)
Era di marzo
(Writer)
42 One Dream Rush
(Director)
Misunderstood
(Screenplay)
La Scomparsa
(Director)
Parts Unknown: Hong Kong
(Director)
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
(Director)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
(Director)
ÆLEKTRA
(Director)