Real Name : Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento
Nick Name : Silver Gems
Birth : 20 September 1975, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Height : 5' 6"
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Asia Argento was born into a family of actors and movie-makers, and she is one of the most sought-after actresses of the moment. She made her debut when she was only nine years old in 'Sergio Citti' (qv)'s _"Sogni e bisogni" (1984) (mini)_ . In 1988, she had the leading role in 'Cristina Comencini' (qv)'s first film _Zoo (1989)_ (qv) and was part of the cast of _La chiesa (1989)_ (qv), directed by 'Michele Soavi' (qv). The following year, she played 'Nanni Moretti' (qv)'s daughter in _Palombella rossa (1989)_ (qv) (also directed by 'Nanni Moretti' (qv)). It was with _Le amiche del cuore (1992)_ (qv), written and directed by 'Michele Placido' (qv) 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)_ (qv), she worked for the first time with her father, famed Italian horror director 'Dario Argento' (qv), playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera) is the third film Asia has made with her father; in 1992, she made Trauma (1993) (filmed in the US) and The Stendal Syndrome in 1996. Her mother is actress Daria Nicolodi'. Asia's absorbed, intense style of acting was well-used in 'Giuseppe Piccioni' (qv)'s _Condannato a nozze (1993)_ (qv). In 1993, she co-starred in 'Carlo Verdone' (qv)'s _Perdiamoci di vista! (1994)_ (qv) 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 _La reine Margot (1994)_ (qv), directed by 'Patrice Chéreau' (qv). In 1995, she worked with 'Michel Piccoli' (qv) in 'Peter Del Monte' (qv)'s _Compagna di viaggio (1996)_ (qv), which again won her a David di Donatello and a Grolla d'oro. In 1994, Asia turned her hand to directing two short films: "Prospettive" (an episode of the film _DeGenerazione (1994)_ (qv)) and "A ritroso." In 1996, she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, one on 'Abel Ferrara' (qv), "Abel/Asia," which won an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia made her feature-directing debut with a feature film titled _Scarlet Diva (2000)_ (qv), for which she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. _Scarlet Diva (2000)_ (qv) was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. The movie won an award at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York, USA. In 2001, after directing a number of music videos, she gave birth to her first daughter, Anna Lou. In 2002, she starred in _La sirène rouge (2002)_ (qv) by 'Olivier Megaton' (qv) with 'Jean-Marc Barr (I)' (qv) and the action thriller _xXx (2002)_ (qv), directed by 'Rob Cohen (I)' (qv), with 'Vin Diesel' (qv). Asia Argento 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.
Biography written by: Anonymous
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- A's Enigma (2001) (V)
- Abel/Asia (1998) [Herself]
- B. Monkey (1998) [Beatrice] <1>
- Boarding Gate (2007) [Sandra] <1>
- Cindy: The Doll Is Mine (2005) [Cindy Sherman/The model]
- Coin Locker Babies (2010)
- Compagna di viaggio (1996) [Cora] <2>
- Condannato a nozze (1993) [Olivia] <13>
- Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (2000) (TV) [Herself (interviewee)]
- De la guerre (2008) [Uma] <2>
- DeGenerazione (1994) [Lorna]
- Diamant 13 (2009) [Calhoune] <3>
- Dream of the Dead (2005) (TV) [Herself]
- Dèmoni 2: L'incubo ritorna (1986) [Ingrid Haller] <5>
- Friendly Fire (2006) (V) [Herself] <2>
- Ginostra (2002) [The nun] <7>
- Go Go Tales (2007) [Monroe] <4>
- Il cielo è sempre più blu (1995) [Cousin] <1>
- Il fantasma dell'opera (1998) [Christine Daaé] <2>
- King Shot (2010) {{SUSPENDED}}
- L'assenzio (2001)
- La chiesa (1989) [Lotte] <7>
- La reine Margot (1994) [Charlotte of Sauve] <10>
- La sindrome di Stendhal (1996) [Det. Anna Manni] <1>
- La sirène rouge (2002) [Anita] <2>
- La terza madre (2007) [Sarah Mandy] <1>
- La tua lingua sul mio cuore (1999)
- Land of the Dead (2005) [Slack] <4>
- Land of the Dead: Bringing the Dead to Life (2005) (V) [Herself]
- Last Days (2005) [Asia] <3>
- Le amiche del cuore (1992) [Simona] <1>
- Les morsures de l'aube (2001) [Violaine Charlier] <2>
- Les morsures de l'aube: Making of (2001) (V) [Herself]
- Live Freaky Die Freaky (2006) (voice) [Habagail Folger]
- Loredasia (2000) <1>
- Marie Antoinette (2006) [Comtesse du Barry] <6>
- Milady (2004) (TV) [Sally La Chèvre] <2>
- New Rose Hotel (1998) [Sandii] <3>
- Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! (2004) (TV)
- Palombella rossa (1989) [Valentina] <6>
- Perdiamoci di vista! (1994) [Arianna] <2>
- Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (2005) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Sandii]
- Premio Internazionale del Cinema Rodolfo Valentino. XXXII Edizione (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- Scarlet Diva (2000) [Anna Battista] <1>
- Sex, Drugs & Jeremie (2005) (V) [Herself]
- Starring (2003/I) [Herself]
- Starz on the Set: 'xXx' (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) [Sarah] <1>
- The Keeper (2004) [Gina] <2>
- The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (2007) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Transylvania (2006) [Zingarina] <1>
- Trauma (1993) [Aura Petrescu] <2>
- Two Masters' Eyes (2003) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Undead Again: The Making of 'Land of the Dead' (2005) (V) [Herself]
- Une vieille maîtresse (2007) [Vellini] <1>
- Viola bacia tutti (1998) [Viola] <1>
- xXx (2002) [Yelena] <2>
- xXx: A Filmmaker's Diary (2003) (V) [Herself] <4>
- XXX: Diesel Powered (2002) (V) [Herself]
- Zoo (1989) [Martina] <1>
- "125 milioni di caz..te" (2001) [Herself - Host] <2>
- "20h10 pétantes" (2003) {(2005-01-18)} [Herself]
- "Cinema mil" (2005) {(#1.8)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Durch die Nacht mit..." (2002) {Joe Coleman und Asia Argento} [Herself]
- "Jour de fête" (2006) {(2006-09-19)} [Herself]
- "La nuit des Césars" (1976) {30ème nuit des Césars (#1.30)} [Herself]
- "Le grand journal de Canal+" (2004) {(2005-01-17)} [Herself]
- "Le grand journal de Canal+" (2004) {(2005-05-18)} [Herself]
- "Le grand journal de Canal+" (2004) {(2006-09-28)} [Herself]
- "Les misérables" (2000) [Éponine Thénardier] <7>
- "Metropolis" (1997) {Cannes 2007 - Special} [Herself]
- "Player$" (2002) {XXx (#1.8)} [Herself]
- "Quelli che... il calcio" (2001) {(#15.8)} (archive footage) [Various]
- "Sogni e bisogni" (1985) [Giada]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" (1999) {(2002-08-01)} [Herself]
- "Tout le monde en parle" (1998) {(2001-01-20)} [Herself]
- "Tracks" (1997) {Spécial Freaks} [Herself]
- "Tracks" (1997) {Tarantino Special} [Herself]
- "Turno di notte" (1987) {Giallo Natale (#1.13)}
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- 'Michele Civetta' (qv) (27 August 2008 - present); 1 child
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- "Total Movie & Entertainment" (USA), August 2002, Iss. 9, pg. 52-57, by: Matthew Duersten, "Sexxy Beast"
- "Bizarre" (UK), July 2001, Iss. 47, pg. 52-54+56-58, by: Billy Chainsaw, "My Bizarre Life"
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- "The Village Voice" (USA), 18 March 2008, by: J. Hoberman, "The One Reason to See Boarding Gate"
- "The New York Times" (USA), 24 June 2007, by: Dennis Lim, "Sex, Scary and Often Naked: That's Acting"
- "Télépro" (Belgium), 10 February 2005, Iss. 2658, pg. 9, "Belle rebelle"
- "Black Book" (USA), February 2005, Iss. 37, pg. 76-77, "Diary Of Italian Film Royalty: Asia Argento - Notes from the Dark Crystal"
- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 19 October 2002, Iss. 42, pg. 6+7, by: Anton Damen, "'Ik een Bond-girl? Nooit'"
- "Rolling Stone" (USA), 5 September 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 904, pg. 40-43, by: Erik Hedegaard, "Exploring Asia"
- "Maxim" (USA), August 2002, Iss. 56, pg. 152-156+158, by: Davge Itzkoff, "XXX Marks the Spot"
- "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 28 June 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 660, pg. 41, by: EW Staff, "It Hottie (Female)"
- "Femme Fatales" (USA), December 2000, Vol. 9, Iss. 8, pg. 40-47+51, by: Alan Jones, "Asia Argento, Scarlet Diva"
- "Gear" (USA), May/June 1999
- "Premiere" (USA), March 1998, Vol. 2, Iss. 7, pg. 40, by: Glenn Kenny, "Asia Argento"
- "Movieline" (USA), April 1997, pg. 16
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- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), January 2009, Vol. 31, Iss. 186, pg. 56, by: n/a, "Unforgettable Nudes Of 2008: Asia Argento"
- "Playboy" (USA), December 2008, Vol. 55, Iss. 12, pg. 73, by: Stephen Rebello, "Sex In Cinema 2008"
- "High Society" (USA), September 2008
- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 23 February 2008, Iss. 8, "xXx RTL5 20.30"
- "Playboy" (USA), December 2007, Vol. 54, Iss. 12, pg. 92, by: Stephen Rebello, "Sex in Cinema 2007"
- "Elle Belgique" (Belgium), October 2007, Iss. 50, pg. 110-113, by: Eugénoe Puttvegen de Moor and Luisa Simonetta, "La double vie d'Asia Argento"
- "High Society" (USA), September 2006
- "Zoo Weekly" (UK), 31 March 2006, Iss. 111, pg. 40, by: staff, "The HOT List: #3 - Asia Invades Hollywood"
- "Relax" (Japan), June 2005, pg. 32-38, by: Wakai Shingo
- "Relax" (Japan), June 2005, pg. 32-38, by: Photos by 'Wakai Shingo'
- "Men" (Greece), November 2004, Iss. 134, pg. 64-67, "Optasia Argento"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), September 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 132, pg. 37, by: staff, "Top 100 Sexiest Stars: #69 Asia Argento"
- "High Society" (USA), February 2004, "Hollywood Caught Topless"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), November 2003, Vol. 27, Iss. 122, pg. 66, by: staff, "Full- Frontal Fillies: Asia Argento"
- "High Society" (USA), January 2003, "Asia Argento's Full-Frontal Sex Scene"
- "Bizarre" (USA), December 2002, Iss. 65, pg. 48-55, by: Ken Baker, "Hey, it's the real-life Lara Croft, Angelina Jolie"
- "High Society" (USA), June 2002, "Hardcore Hollywood A-Z"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2002, Vol. 15, Iss. 3, pg. 44-47, by: staff, "The 25 Sexiest Women of 2002 - #13"
- "High Society" (USA), December 2001, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pg. 20, by: staff, "2001 Cinema Sex Awards: Asia Argento, "B Monkey" and "New Rose Hotel""
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), November 2001, Vol. 23, Iss. 100, pg. 91, "100 Sexiest Celebrities Of All Time Nude! #25 : Roman Temptress"
- "Bizarre" (UK), July 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 47, pg. 52-58, by: Giovanni Cozzi, "My Bizarre Life: Asia Argento"
- "High Society" (USA), February 2001, "Cumming Attractions"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2001, Vol. 14, Iss. 5, pg. 44-45, by: staff, "Fangs For The Mammaries: Scarlet Diva"
- "Mayfair" (UK), August 2000, Vol. 35, Iss. 8, pg. 55, by: staff, "Asia Carumba!"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2000, Vol. 13, Iss. 8, pg. 80-83, by: staff, "Good Breeding: Hell's Belle"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 1999
- "Cream" (UK), Premiere issue, winter 1998, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, "Looks familiar? (famous offspring of famous people)"
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- "Afisha" (Russia), 29 July 2005, Iss. 15 (158)
- "Corriere della sera" (Italy), February 2005, Iss. 6
- "Bizarre" (USA), December 2002, Iss. 65
- "Bizarre" (UK), December 2002
- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 19 October 2002, Iss. 42
- "Rolling Stone" (USA), 5 September 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 904
- "Total Movie & Entertainment" (USA), August 2002
- "Total Movie & Entertainment" (USA), August 2002, Iss. 9
- "Bizarre" (UK), July 2001, Vol. 1, Iss. 47
- "Femme Fatales" (USA), 26 March 1999, Vol. 7, Iss. 13
- "L'Espresso" (Italy), 1998, Iss. 3
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- Her first novel, "I Love You Kirk", was published in Italy in 1999 by Edizioni Frassinelli.
- Her photography has been published in several magazines, including German Vogue, Self Service (a French fashion magazine) and Italian GQ.
- Vocals on the song "Je T'Aime, Moi Non Plus" (also featuring 'Brian Molko' (qv)), from the album "Positions" by Trash Palace (2003, Discograph Records)
- Music video: "This Picture" by Placebo (2003)
- Music video: "sAint" by 'Marilyn Manson' (qv) (2003) (Director)
- She was 'Jimmy Bennett (III)' (qv)'s acting coach for the film _Hostage (2005)_
- Music video: "Eight" by 'Marilyn Manson' (qv) (2004)
- Vocals on the song "La Tua Lingua sul Mio Cuore" (also featuring Soul Kingdom), from the album "RYLZ" by Royalize (Royality Records)
- Vocals on the song "Hard Track", from the album "The Latest" by Slicker (2001, Hefty Records)
- Vocals on the song "Double Jeu", from the album "L'Absence" by 'Hector Zazou' (qv) (2004, Taktic Music)
- TV commercials for Renault Max Cars (Italy) (2000)
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- (February 2004) Resides in Los Angeles, California.
- (June 2007) Currently living in Rome.
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- 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.
- [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.
- 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 Noé' (qv) 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.
- I care only about that. Almost only about cinema.
- Sometimes I think my father [director 'Dario Argento' (qv)] gave me life because he needed a lead actress for his films.
- I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to. All my life, I have felt that what I did was wrong. But now when I work I feel good about it.
- The questions about my father [director 'Dario Argento' (qv)] get less and less, and I'm relieved about that. No, I wasn't upset by the things he did to me in his films. I never thought of it like it was me doing it, because he would say, "It's only a movie," and I thought the same.
- In a way, when you talk so much about something, it does not belong to you any more. It's happened to me and my bad memories. I've manipulated them and now they could be parts of _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv).
- I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed. Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity. I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.
- After _xXx (2002)_ (qv) came out, because of all the publicity, I was wearing Prada and going to the gym, and I had an agent in L.A. and all this shit that I've avoided for years. I felt that was expected of me, that I had to be a sexy bombshell. I started receiving all these offers for these kick-ass chick sort of roles. But it didn't make me very happy, to tell the truth, and after giving birth, it all felt different. I don't mean to sound like a bourgeois moralist, but it's true - I started thinking, "What is Anna [her daughter] going to think?"
- I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy. Then, when I was 21, I was offered this part in a movie where I was supposed to be really sexy ['Michael Radford' (qv)'s _B. Monkey (1998)_ (qv)]. It was strange for me to have to research femininity, but I found out these tricks for getting attention that I didn't know before. It was a kind of revenge, I guess, on all the kids who said I was ugly at school.
- In Italy people think I'm a cliché. The dark lady, the bitch from hell. All they can see is that I'm naked.
- Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.
- Movies have saved my life and I'm so grateful. I'm so shy and weird that if I didn't find a place in the world through movies, I don't know what I would've become.
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- Officially named Aria since the registration office did not accept Asia.
- Born at 8:07am-CEDT
- Daughter of 'Dario Argento' (qv) and 'Daria Nicolodi' (qv).
- Granddaughter of 'Salvatore Argento' (qv).
- Mother of Anna Lou, born June 20, 2001, in Lugano, Switzerland, from her relationship with 'Marco Castoldi' (qv). Anna Lou is named after Asia's half-sister Anna Ceroli, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1994.
- Half-sister of 'Fiore Argento' (qv).
- Niece of 'Claudio Argento' (qv).
- Her first name is pronounced "ah-SEE-ah.".
- Speaks Italian, French, and English.
- Her great-grandfather is Alfredo Casella, one of the most important composers of Italian Futurism.
- Granddaughter of Elda Luxardo, photographer, known as the Italian 'Leni Riefenstahl' (qv).
- Was the youngest female director in Italy.
- Made Italy's first digital film.
- Her close friends are 'Valeria Golino' (qv), 'Adrien Brody' (qv), 'Libero De Rienzo' (qv), 'Vera Gemma' (qv), 'Norman Reedus' (qv), 'J.T. LeRoy' (qv) , 'Marilyn Manson' (qv), and 'Rose McGowan (I)' (qv).
- Was engaged to 'Michael Pitt (II)' (qv) (2004).
- Was engaged to actor 'Vincent Gallo' (qv) (1998)
- 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.
- Ran away from home at 14.
- Claims that she fell in love with Marco Castoldi, singer of Bluvertigo and father of her daughter Anna Lou, at first sight.
- Starred in three films which were screened at 2007 Cannes Film Festival; Catherine Breillat's Old Mistress, Olivier Assayas's Boarding Gate, and Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales.
- Her second child is a boy named Nicola Giovanni (b. September 15th, 2008).
- Served as a juror at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
- Directed the Controversial Music Video for Marilyn Manson's song "sAINT" which was banned in The U.S.A.
- Has been in relationships with Michele Civetta, Al Saadi Gheddafi, Michael Pitt, Vin Diesel, Vincent Gallo, Morgan (from rock band Bluevertigo), Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Abel Ferrara, Sergio Rubini, and Fu'ad Ait Aattou.
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