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.
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Queens of Drama
Magalie Charmer
2024
Interstate
Anna
2024
Padre Pio
Tall Man
2023
Vera
Asia
2022
Shongram
Sarah
2019
Obsessive Rythms
Margo
2014
The Voice Thief
Naya
2013
Firmeza
Asia
2012
Dracula 3D
Lucy
2012
Do Not Disturb
Monica
2012
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
2012
Cavalli
Madre
2011
Baciato dalla fortuna
Betty
2011
Drifters
Beatrice Plana
2011
Islands
Martina
2011
Diamond 13
Calhoune
2009
On War
Uma
2008
The Mother of Tears
Sarah Mandy
2007
Boarding Gate
Sandra
2007
The Making of Marie Antoinette
Self
2007
The Last Mistress
Vellini
2007
Go Go Tales
Monroe
2007
Transylvania
Zingarina
2006
Marie Antoinette
Comtesse du Barry
2006
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
Cindy Sherman / The model
2005
Land of the Dead
Slack
2005
Last Days
Asia
2005
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Sarah
2004
The Keeper
Gina
2004
The Red Siren
Anita
2002
xXx
Yelena
2002
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
Self
2001
Love Bites
Violaine Charlier
2001
Scarlet Diva
Anna Battista
2000
Your Tongue On My Heart
1999
B. Monkey
Beatrice
1999
New Rose Hotel
Sandii
1999
The Phantom of the Opera
Christine Daaé
1998
Viola Kisses Everybody
Viola
1998
Traveling Companion
Cora
1996
Bits & Pieces
1996
The Stendhal Syndrome
Det. Anna Manni
1996
Perdiamoci di vista
Arianna Zorzi
1994
Condannato a nozze
Olivia
1993
Trauma
Aura Petrescu
1993
Close Friends
Simona
1992
Palombella rossa
Valentina Apicella
1989
The Church
Lotte
1989
Zoo
Martina
1988
Demons 2
Ingrid Haller
1986
Qui staremo benissimo
Tiens ferme ta couronne
Dario Argento: Panico
Self
2024
Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
Habagail Folger (voice)
2006
American Nails
Stronger Than the Devil
The Book of Joy
Mater
2025
How Dark My Love
Self
2025
Money Road - Ogni tentazione ha un prezzo
(6 episodes)
2025
Get Help
Benedetta
2025
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Mermaid (voice)
2024
La Storia
Santina · (8 episodes)
2024
Fading Gigolo
Costanza · (6 episodes)
2023
Deep Argento
2023
Let Her Kill You
Anne
2023
Dark Glasses
Rita
2022
From My House in Da House: A History of Rome
Self
2021
Without Sun
Léa
2021
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021
ÆLEKTRA
2020
Frida. Viva la Vida
Narrator (voice)
2019
Alien Crystal Palace
Sybille Atlante
2018
Citizen Rose
Self · (1 episode)
2018
Agony
Isidora
2017
Agony (L'esecutore)
2017
Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible
Self
2017
Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda
Natacha Rambova · (2 episodes)
2014
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · (1 episode)
2013
Sangue caldo
Anna Rosi · (6 episodes)
2011
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
Self
2008
X Factor
Self - Judge · (7 episodes)
2008
Buona la prima!
Suggeritrice · (1 episode)
2007
Mafiosa
Charly · (8 episodes)
2006
Don't Bother to Knock
Herself
2006
Friendly Fire
Grand Dame
2006
Leçon de Cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
Herself
2004
Milady
Sally La Chèvre
2004
The Making of Last Days
Herself
2004
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Two Masters' Eyes
2003
Ginostra
The Nun
2003
Phoenix Der Tag
Self · (1 episode)
2001
Les Misérables
Éponine Thénardier · (4 episodes)
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self · (1 episode)
1999
Abel/Asia
Self
1998
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
Herself
1997
DeGenerazione
Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio")
1994
DeGenerazione
Se stessa (segment "Prospettive")
1994
DeGenerazione
Lorna (segment "Squeak!")
1994
Queen Margot
Charlotte de Sauve
1994
Shadow
Sogni e bisogni
(11 episodes)
1985
Domenica In
Self · (1 episode)
1976