Asia Argento
The name is the unique combination of acting, singing, modelling, and in the field
of direction. Apart from her contemporaries she is popular for her style, elegance
and piquancy are the qualities that set her. The famous icon was born as Aria
Asia Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento on 20th September, 1975 in a very prestigious
filmy background where her mother Daria Nicolodi is an actress, her father Dario
Argento best known as an Italian filmmakers and for his brilliant performance and
influence on modern horror and slasher movies. The famous composer Alfredo
Casella was her maternal great-grandfather.
The celebrity parent’s busy schedule and her introvert nature gave her a lonely,
depressed and disturbed childhood. Her father’s scripts was her bedtime stories.
Her performance:
In 1985, at the age of nine she made her debut old in Sergio Citti's "Sogni e
bisogni". In 1986, under her father’s production. In 1986, she played a small but
significant part in Demons 2 which was also under her father’s production.
She has proficiency in multiple language like Italian, French, and English. She
dragged audience by her outstanding performance in as Charlotte de Sauve in
La Reine Margot. In 1994 by directing short films Prospettive and A ritroso she
made her first foray in direction. In 1996, her direction in the documentary on her
father gave her another mileage. In 1998 under her direction Abel Ferrara gave
her the Rome Film Festival Award.
In the year 2000, she made her first foray into direction of movie in Scarlet
Diva along with her father’s production. In 2004, the second movie The Heart Is
Deceitful Above All Things under her production won her huge recognition.
Apart from this, she has written a number of stories for magazines such as
Dynamo and L'Espresso, Sette, and Village, while her first novel, titled “I Love You
Kirk” gave her fame that rose to unprecedented levels.
She was offered a number of modeling assignments such as the brand "Miss
Sixty", Hondo Maclean. Her fame catapulted to a new level of mainstream
recognition after spellbound performance such as Zoo in 1988, The Church and
Red Lob in 1989, Close Friends in 1992 for which beautiful reviews were showered
upon her. The Stendhal Syndrome in 1996, Perdiamoci di vista! In 1994 and in
the same year as Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult role that
gave her the David di Donatello for best actress.
One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation made enough of an
impression to land more unforgettable work in Traveling Companion, Viola bacia
tutti, New Rose Hotel, B. Monkey, Les Misérables, Les morsures de l'aube aka
Love Bites, This Picture, The Keeper, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Last
Days, Cindy: The Doll Is Mine, Transylvania, Désengagement, Boarding Gate, The
Mother of Tears, Coin Locker Babies, Diamond 13, Cavalli, Dracula 3D and Do not
Disturb.
Her appearance in musical videos such as Placebo's music video for "This
Picture", and on Placebo front man Brian Molko's cover version of "Je t'aime...
moi non plus are also noteworthy. She also gave her voice to the Italian version of
the video game Mirror's Edge.
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