Asia Argento

Acting

Asia Argento

Born 1975-09-20 · 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.

Acting credits

xXx poster
6.0

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

xXx

2002

Marie Antoinette poster
6.7

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Marie Antoinette

2006

Land of the Dead poster
6.3

The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.

Land of the Dead

2005

Drifters poster
5.8

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

Drifters

2011

New Rose Hotel poster
5.3

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

New Rose Hotel

1999

Queen Margot poster
7.2

Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.

Queen Margot

1994

Dark Glasses poster
4.7

Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten-year-old boy.

Dark Glasses

2022

Demons 2 poster
6.1

A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.

Demons 2

1986

Armony poster
NR

Armony, a 55-year-old solitary truck driver, finds himself taking responsibility for his six-year-old niece Carlotta after the disappearance of his sister. By his side are Pamela, an elderly transgender woman, and Jenny, a neighbor who is expecting a baby. When social services threaten to take the child away, Armony is forced to fight with all his strength to obtain legal guardianship.

Armony

2026

The Stendhal Syndrome poster
5.4

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996

Shadow poster
NR

A teen girl gets lost in a deep forest, she appears to be in danger and frantically tries to find a way out. A monologizing voice-over enters, that of a woman who evokes her loneliness.

Shadow

2017

The Church poster
6.1

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.

The Church

1989

Scarlet Diva poster
4.7

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.

Scarlet Diva

2000

Abel/Asia poster
9.0

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

Abel/Asia

1998

The Phantom of the Opera poster
4.7

A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.

The Phantom of the Opera

1998

Dracula 3D poster
3.5

When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.

Dracula 3D

2012

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster
5.8

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004

Last Days poster
5.6

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

Last Days

2005

Let Her Kill You poster
6.1

Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out alive.

Let Her Kill You

2023

The Last Mistress poster
5.8

Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

The Last Mistress

2007

DeGenerazione poster
5.9

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

DeGenerazione

1994

DeGenerazione poster
5.9

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

DeGenerazione

1994

DeGenerazione poster
5.9

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

DeGenerazione

1994

Go Go Tales poster
5.6

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

Go Go Tales

2008

Behind the camera

Scarlet Diva poster
4.7

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.

Scarlet Diva

2000

Scarlet Diva poster
4.7

A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemption.

Scarlet Diva

2000

Abel/Asia poster
9.0

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

Abel/Asia

1998

Misunderstood poster
6.2

Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her two older sisters are pampered, Aria is treated with cold indifference. Yet she yearns to love and to be loved. At school, Aria excels academically but is considered a misfit by everyone. She is misunderstood. Aria finds comfort in her cat - Dac and in her best friend - Angelica. Thrown out of both parents' homes, abandoned by all, even her best friend, Aria finally reaches the limit of what she can bear. She makes an unexpected decision in her life.

Misunderstood

2014

Misunderstood poster
6.2

Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her two older sisters are pampered, Aria is treated with cold indifference. Yet she yearns to love and to be loved. At school, Aria excels academically but is considered a misfit by everyone. She is misunderstood. Aria finds comfort in her cat - Dac and in her best friend - Angelica. Thrown out of both parents' homes, abandoned by all, even her best friend, Aria finally reaches the limit of what she can bear. She makes an unexpected decision in her life.

Misunderstood

2014

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster
5.8

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things poster
5.8

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004

DeGenerazione poster
5.9

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

DeGenerazione

1994

DeGenerazione poster
5.9

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

DeGenerazione

1994

42 One Dream Rush poster
6.0

An omnibus project bringing together acclaimed directors from around the world, each contributing a 42-second short inspired by a dream. Produced by 42 Below vodka, the collection blends surreal, poetic, and experimental visions into a mosaic of oneiric cinema.

42 One Dream Rush

2010

No artwork available
NR

Short film by Asia Argento depicting an ayahuasca ceremony.

Firmeza

2012

No artwork available
NR

Short film by Asia Argento depicting an ayahuasca ceremony.

Firmeza

2012

Don't Bother to Knock poster
NR

Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio over the course of October 2006. The vignettes, drawing on an ad-hoc 'video diary' aesthetic but in fact painstakingly directed, intertwine reality with fantasy thanks to a script devised by Emma Forrest that confuses fiction with reality.

Don't Bother to Knock

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Delfinasia

2007

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget poster
8.8

A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget

2004

Your Tongue On My Heart poster
6.5

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

Your Tongue On My Heart

1999

Your Tongue On My Heart poster
6.5

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

Your Tongue On My Heart

1999

No artwork available
6.0

After years spent under the yoke of her violent and mafioso husband, Nunzia flees to Switzerland in search of shelter. Along the way, she crosses paths with her husband's henchman, Aitano. It transpires that he's a lover absolutely besotted with her.

Era di marzo

2017

No artwork available
6.0

After years spent under the yoke of her violent and mafioso husband, Nunzia flees to Switzerland in search of shelter. Along the way, she crosses paths with her husband's henchman, Aitano. It transpires that he's a lover absolutely besotted with her.

Era di marzo

2017

La Scomparsa poster
NR

Portrait of Roberta Castoldi, young cellist and poet, author of the book "La Scomparsa".

La Scomparsa

2000