Asia Argento
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 20, 1975
- Birthplace
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
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.
Filmography
- Gia: The Shadow of Beauty
Gia: The Shadow of Beauty TBA
Executive Producer
A Mother For An Hour TBA
as Daria
American Nails TBA
Actor
- Tiens ferme ta couronne
Tiens ferme ta couronne TBA
Actor
Death Has No Master 2027
as Caro
Making Marie Antoinette 2026
as Self
Armony 2026
Actor
Things That Happen 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Stronger Than the Devil 2026
as Mila
The Book of Joy 2025
as Mater
Qui staremo benissimo 2025
as Kidney
How Dark My Love 2025
as Self
Get Help 2025
as Benedetta Fabiani
Queens of Drama 2024
as Magalie Charmer
Dario Argento: Panico 2024
as Self
Interstate 2024
as Anna
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust 2024
as Mermaid (voice)
Deep Argento 2023
Actor
Let Her Kill You 2023
as Anne
Vera 2023
as Asia
Padre Pio 2022
as Tall Man
Dark Glasses 2022
as Rita, Associate Producer
From My House in Da House: A History of Rome 2021
as Self
Without Sun 2021
as Léa
Frida - Viva la vida 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Shongram 2019
as Sarah
Alien Crystal Palace 2018
as Sybille
Agony 2017
as Isidora
- Era di marzo
Era di marzo 2017
Director, Writer
Shadow 2017
Actor
Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible 2017
as Self
Baku, I Love You 2015
as Asia (segment "Aziya")
The Cult of JT LeRoy 2014
as Self
Misunderstood 2014
Director, Screenplay
Obsessive Rhythms 2014
as Margo
The Voice Thief 2013
as Naya
- Firmeza
Firmeza 2012
as Asia, Screenplay, Director
Dracula 3D 2012
as Lucy
Do Not Disturb 2012
as Monica
Close Up 2012
as Self (archive footage)
Cavalli 2011
as Madre
Baciato dalla fortuna 2011
as Betty
Drifters 2011
as Beatrice Plana
Islands 2011
as Martina
42 One Dream Rush 2010
Director
Diamond 13 2009
as Calhoune
On War 2008
as Uma
- The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
The Making of 'Mother of Tears' 2008
as Self
Go Go Tales 2008
as Monroe
The Mother of Tears 2007
as Sarah Mandy
Boarding Gate 2007
as Sandra
The Making of Marie Antoinette 2007
as Self
The Last Mistress 2007
as Vellini
- Delfinasia
Delfinasia 2007
Director
Don't Bother to Knock 2006
as Herself, Director, Editor
Friendly Fire 2006
as Grand Dame
Transylvania 2006
as Zingarina
Marie Antoinette 2006
as Comtesse du Barry
Live Freaky! Die Freaky! 2006
as Habagail Folger (voice)
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine 2005
as Cindy Sherman / The model
Land of the Dead 2005
as Slack
- Dream of the Dead
Dream of the Dead 2005
as Self
Last Days 2005
as Asia
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget 2004
Director
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004
as Sarah, Screenplay, Director
The Keeper 2004
as Gina
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me! 2004
as Self
Milady 2004
as Sally La Chèvre
The Making of Last Days 2004
as Self
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty 2003
Actor
- Two Masters' Eyes
Two Masters' Eyes 2003
Actor
Ginostra 2003
as The Nun
The Red Siren 2002
as Anita
xXx 2002
as Yelena
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror 2001
as Self
Love Bites 2001
as Violaine Charlier
Scarlet Diva 2000
as Anna Battista, Writer, Director
La Scomparsa 2000
Director
Your Tongue On My Heart 1999
Actor, Screenplay, Director
B. Monkey 1999
as Beatrice
New Rose Hotel 1999
as Sandii
The Phantom of the Opera 1998
as Christine Daaé
Viola Kisses Everybody 1998
as Viola
Abel/Asia 1998
as Self, Director
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors 1997
as Self
Traveling Companion 1996
as Cora
Bits & Pieces 1996
Actor
The Stendhal Syndrome 1996
as Det. Anna Manni
DeGenerazione 1994
as Se stessa (segment "Prospettive"), as Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio"), as Lorna (segment "Squeak!"), Director, Assistant Director, Story, Screenplay
Queen Margot 1994
as Charlotte de Sauve
Perdiamoci di vista 1994
as Arianna Zorzi
Condemned to Be Wed 1993
as Olivia
Trauma 1993
as Aura Petrescu
Close Friends 1992
as Simona
Palombella rossa 1989
as Valentina Apicella
The Church 1989
as Lotte
Zoo 1988
as Martina
Demons 2 1986
as Ingrid Haller
Credits from TMDB.