Asia Argento
Biography
Asia Argento is an Italian actress and filmmaker who was born in Rome in 1975 and started acting as a child, taking a small part at nine before starring in her father Dario Argento's Trauma (1993). She won David di Donatello awards for Best Actress for her work in Perdiamoci di vista and Compagna di viaggio. Her English-language work includes B. Monkey and New Rose Hotel, both released in 1998. Wider recognition came with the action film XXX (2002), and she also acted in Marie Antoinette (2006) and Land of the Dead (2005). Argento wrote and directed the fiction feature Scarlet Diva (2000), followed by The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things in 2004 and Misunderstood in 2014. She has also acted in Queen Margot (1994) and received three Italian Golden Globes.
51years old
Turns 52 on September 20in 313 days
- Born Rome
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento (birth name)Also credited as Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 38 years1986 to 2024
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Big break
Argento's role as Russian spy Yelena in the 2002 action film XXX, opposite Vin Diesel, brought her international fame and the film grossed $277.4 million.
Beyond film
Argento provided the Italian dub for Faith Connors, the runner in the video game Mirror's Edge, between 2008 and 2009.
Behind the camera
Asia Argento's third feature film, Misunderstood, competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
Asia Argento movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Dario Argento directed five of these films. Thomas Kretschmann appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Thomas Kretschmann's page
Léa Seydoux's page
Paolo Bonacelli's page
Aurore Clément's page
Daria Nicolodi's page
Kim Gordon's page
All films by Dario Argento
Also two films together2 more actors
- Coralina Cataldi-TassoniMother of Tears (2007) and Demons 2 (1986)
- Vera GemmaScarlet Diva (2000) and The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Asia Argento's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$395 million
10 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 7 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$277M70.3% of the total
- 2$61M15.4% of the total
- 3$47M11.9% of the total
- 4$3.1M0.8% of the total
- 5$1.9M0.5% of the total
- 6$1.8M0.5% of the total
- 7$1.3M0.3% of the total
- 8$895K0.2% of the total
$72,353from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 1994 to 1997.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1997 | David di Donatello for Best Actress | Won | |
| 1996 | Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress | Traveling Companion | Won |
| 1994 | David di Donatello for Best Actress | Won | |
| Ciak d'oro - Best Lead Actress | Won | ||
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