Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento

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Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Wiki Biography

Born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento on the 20th September 1975, in Rome, Italy, as Asia she is an award- winning actress, model, singer, and director, perhaps best known to the world as Yelena in the film “xXx” (2002), then as Sarah in the film “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things” (2004), and as Martina in the film “Islands” (2011), among many other differing appearances.

Have you ever wondered how rich Asia Argento is, as of mid- 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Argento’s wealth is as high as $16 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the entertainment industry, which has been active since the mid- ‘80s.

Although her parents, actress Daria Nicolodi, and film director and screenwriter Dario Argento named her Asia, the city registry declined the name as a valid one, and her given name became Aria. However, as she was growing up, her parents called her Asia, and she bore the name into her professional career.

During her childhood, Asia got so little attention from her parents since they were quite busy working, so Asia was somewhat depressed and lonely.

However, her father used to read his own scripts to her as bedtime stories, and this only woke up her creativity. She wrote a book of poems before she turned ten years old, and also made an acting debut when she was cast in a minor role in the film directed by Sergio Citti, before in 1986 being cast in the film “Demons 2”, written and produced by her father. After that, Asia starred in the film “Zoo” in 1988, for which she won the Italian Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress, and appeared in the horror “The Church” (1989) – on which her father also worked – alongside Nick Alexander, and Michele Soavi. Three years later she starred in the romantic drama “Close Friends”, while in 1993 she was given the lead role in the horror film “Trauma” (1993), directed by Dario Argento. Asia’s name was becoming more popular in Italian film industry, and with such successful films as “Perdiamoci di vista” (1994), “La syndrome di Stendhal” (1996), and “Il fatasma dell’ opera” (1998), only cemented her high position in the industry and with the public.

Thanks to her success in Italy, she tried herself in American productions, and made her debut in the mystery drama film “New Rose Hotel” (1998), next to Christopher Walken and Willem Dafoe, and the same year she starred in the romantic crime drama “B. Monkey”, directed by Michael Radford. She continued to appear in English language films throughout the early and mid- 2000s, making a breakthrough with the role of Yelena in the action film “xXx” (2002), starring Vin Diesel and Marton Csokas. She then appeared in Gus Van Sant’s biopic about legendary Seattle musician Kurt Cobain’s “Last Days” in 2005, and the same year starred in the horror “Land of the Dead”, alongside John Leguizamo and Simon Baker, while in 2006 she played Comtesse du Barry in the biopic about Marie Antoinette, who was played by Kirsten Dunst.

She then returned to Europe and expanded her filmography with such successful films as “Mother of Tears” (2007) and “The Last Mistress” the same year, while in 2008 she appeared in Bertrand Bonello’s war drama “On War”. In 2011 she portrayed Martina in Stefano Chiantini’s drama film “Isole”, for which she received an Italian Golden Globe for Best Actress, and the same year appeared in another Italian film “Glis fiorati”, followed by the French film “Cadences Obstinées”. Most recently, she has been working on the thriller “The Executrix”, which will be released late in 2017.

Aside from acting, Asia followed her father into writing and directing; some of her most successful enterprises are the drama film “Scarlet Diva” (2000), then another drama “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things” (2004), and “Incompresa” (2014), which have also added to her wealth.

Regarding her personal life, Asia was married to film director Michele Civetta from 2008 until 2013; the couple has a son together. She has a daughter with her ex-boyfriend Marco Castoldi, born in 2001.

Most recent reports tell that Asia has commenced a romantic relationship with Anthony Bourdain.

IMDB Wikipedia $15 Million 1975 1975-9-20 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Actress Anna Ceroli Anna Lou Castoldi Asia Argento Net Worth Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Christopher Walken Daria Nicolodi Dario Argento Director Fiore Argent Italian Italy John Leguizamo Kirsten Dunst Kurt Cobain’s Land of the Dead (2005) Lazio Marie Antoinette (2006) Marton Csokas Michael Radford Michele Civetta Nick Alexander Nicola Giovanni Civetta Rome September 20 Sergio Citti Simon Baker Stefano Chiantini’s The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) Vin Diesel Virgo Willem Dafoe Writer xXx (2002)

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Quick Info

Full Name Asia Argento
Net Worth $15 Million
Date Of Birth September 20, 1975
Place Of Birth Rome, Lazio, Italy
Height 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Profession Actress, Director, Writer
Nationality Italian
Spouse Michele Civetta (m. 2008–2013)
Children Anna Lou Castoldi, Nicola Giovanni Civetta
Parents Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi
Siblings Fiore Argent, Anna Ceroli
Partner Morgan
Twitter https://twitter.com/asiaargento
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/asiaargento
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000782/
Awards David di Donatello for Best Actress, David di Donatello for Best Actress
Nominations Nastro d’Argento for Best Screenplay, Prize of Un Certain Regard, Nastro d’Argento for Best Screenplay, Un Certain Regard Special Prize, Jury Prize – Un Certain Regard, Un Certain Regard Ensemble Prize
Movies XXX, Scarlet Diva, Misunderstood, Dracula 3D, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, The Stendhal Syndrome, The Mother of Tears, The Last Mistress, Land of the Dead, B. Monkey, The Phantom of the Opera, Boarding Gate, La Reine Margot, New Rose Hotel, Marie Antoinette, Demons 2, Go Go Tales, Trauma…
TV Shows Les Misérables

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Trademarks

  1. Often dresses in black

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Quotes

  • Movies have saved my life and I’m so grateful. I’m so shy and weird that if I didn’t find a place in the world through movies, I don’t know what I would’ve become.
  • Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it’s never good enough. People say I’m the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.
  • In Italy people think I’m a cliché. The dark lady, the bitch from hell. All they can see is that I’m naked.
  • I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy. Then, when I was 21, I was offered this part in a movie where I was supposed to be really sexy [Michael Radford’s B. Monkey (1998)]. It was strange for me to have to research femininity, but I found out these tricks for getting attention that I didn’t know before. It was a kind of revenge, I guess, on all the kids who said I was ugly at school.
  • After xXx (2002) came out, because of all the publicity, I was wearing Prada and going to the gym, and I had an agent in L.A. and all this shit that I’ve avoided for years. I felt that was expected of me, that I had to be a sexy bombshell. I started receiving all these offers for these kick-ass chick sort of roles. But it didn’t make me very happy, to tell the truth, and after giving birth, it all felt different. I don’t mean to sound like a bourgeois moralist, but it’s true–I started thinking, “What is Anna [her daughter] going to think?”
  • I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I’m pushed. Most of the time nothing much is required of directors, which is a pity. I’ve worked with very few directors who’ve asked of me what I asked of myself.
  • In a way, when you talk so much about something, it does not belong to you any more. It’s happened to me and my bad memories. I’ve manipulated them and now they could be parts of Gone with the Wind (1939).
  • The questions about my father [director Dario Argento] get less and less, and I’m relieved about that. No, I wasn’t upset by the things he did to me in his films. I never thought of it like it was me doing it, because he would say, “It’s only a movie,” and I thought the same.
  • I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I’m forced to. All my life, I have felt that what I did was wrong. But now when I work I feel good about it.
  • Sometimes I think my father [director Dario Argento] gave me life because he needed a lead actress for his films.
  • I care only about that. Almost only about cinema.
  • I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris. I want to live in a country where a guy like Gaspar Noé can direct his films without going to jail. I don’t want to live in Italy, the country of the apes, and end up being an actress with an onion placed where I once had a heart, that instead of beating, it stinks.
  • [in answer to the question “How do you want to be remembered?”] As somebody who has done everything, but didn’t know how to do anything.
  • During the shooting of my directorial debut, I must never let myself go to any goliardery, even if I might think I am missing some fun, never mingle with the rest of the crew, because they are actors while I am the mirth of a rickety poem. They are solo artists, virtuosos – but I am the orchestra, the strings carpet where everybody has to lay. They are the public, while I am tonight’s special event. I allow them to be instantly well-liked, but I must remain rigorous to reveal my eyes, I have to act out the things that never happen. When I think of my film, I don’t take anything from the reality that I know, I suck only from the utopia/reality I would want to live. When I say my lines, the I have written for myself, I think about this, of a womb-like world where amniotic liquids protect me from injustices and the boogey man.

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Important Facts

  • Living in Rome. [June 2007]
  • Resides in Los Angeles, California. [February 2004]
  • Served as a juror at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Her second child is a boy named Nicola Giovanni (b. September 15th, 2008) with her ex-husband Michele Civetta.
  • Starred in three films that were screened at 2007 Cannes Film Festival: Catherine Breillat’s The Last Mistress (2007), Olivier Assayas’ Boarding Gate (2007) and Abel Ferrara’s Go Go Tales (2007).
  • Claims that she fell in love with Marco Castoldi, singer of Bluvertigo and father of her daughter Anna Lou, at first sight.
  • Ran away from home at 14.
  • The Welsh Hardcore/metal band Hondo Maclean, named a song after her. Once she heard it, she offered to do a publicity photo for them. It appeared on the back of their “Plans for a Better Day” EP.
  • Her close friends are Valeria Golino, Adrien Brody, Libero De Rienzo, Vera Gemma, Norman Reedus, Laura Albert , Marilyn Manson, and Rose McGowan.
  • Made Italy’s first digital film.
  • Was the youngest female director in Italy.
  • Granddaughter of photographer Elio Luxardo, known as the Italian Leni Riefenstahl.
  • Her maternal grandmother, Fulvia Casella, was the daughter of Alfredo Casella, one of the most important composers of Italian Futurism, and of his wife, Yvonne Müller, who was a French Jew.
  • Speaks Italian, French, and English.
  • Her first name is pronounced “ah-SEE-ah.”.
  • Niece of Claudio Argento.
  • Half-sister of Fiore Argento.
  • Her first child is a daughter named Anna Lou born June 20, 2001, in Lugano, Switzerland, with her former partner Marco Castoldi. Anna Lou is named after Asia’s half-sister Anna Ceroli, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1994.
  • Granddaughter of Salvatore Argento.
  • Daughter of Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi.
  • Born at 8:07am-CEDT
  • Officially named Aria since the registration office did not accept Asia.

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
The Executrix 2017 post-production Isidora Actress
Mafiosa 2014 TV Series Charly Actress
Rodolfo Valentino – La leggenda 2014 TV Mini-Series Natacha Rambova Actress
Shongram 2014 Sarah Actress
Cadences obstinées 2013 Margo Actress
The Voice Thief 2013 Short Naya Actress
Firmeza 2012 Short Asia Actress
Do Not Disturb 2012/III Monica Actress
Dracula 3D 2012 Lucy Kisslinger Actress
Gli sfiorati 2011 Beatrice Plana Actress
Baciato dalla fortuna 2011 Betty Actress
Sangue caldo 2011 TV Series Anna Rosi Actress
Isole 2011 Martina Actress
Cavalli 2011 Madre Actress
Diamant 13 2009 Calhoune Actress
De la guerre 2008 Uma Actress
Mother of Tears 2007 Sarah Mandy Actress
The Last Mistress 2007 Vellini Actress
Go Go Tales 2007 Monroe Actress
Boarding Gate 2007 Sandra Actress
Friendly Fire 2006 Video Grand Dame Actress
Transylvania 2006 Zingarina Actress
Marie Antoinette 2006 Comtesse du Barry Actress
Live Freaky Die Freaky 2006 Habagail Folger (voice) Actress
Land of the Dead 2005 Slack Actress
Cindy: The Doll Is Mine 2005 Short Cindy Sherman / The model Actress
Last Days 2005 Asia Actress
Milady 2004 TV Movie Sally La Chèvre Actress
The Keeper 2004 Gina Actress
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004 Sarah Actress
Ginostra 2002 The Nun Actress
xXx 2002 Yelena Actress
The Red Siren 2002 Anita Actress
L’assenzio 2001 Short Actress
Les morsures de l’aube 2001 Violaine Charlier Actress
Loredasia 2000 Short Actress
Les misérables 2000 TV Mini-Series Éponine Thénardier Actress
Scarlet Diva 2000 Anna Battista Actress
La tua lingua sul mio cuore 1999 Short Actress
The Phantom of the Opera 1998 Christine Daaé Actress
B. Monkey 1998 Beatrice Actress
New Rose Hotel 1998 Sandii Actress
Viola Kisses Everybody 1998 Viola Actress
Traveling Companion 1996 Cora Actress
Il cielo è sempre più blu 1996 Cousin Actress
La sindrome di Stendhal 1996 Det. Anna Manni Actress
Queen Margot 1994 Charlotte of Sauve Actress
Perdiamoci di vista 1994 Arianna Actress
DeGenerazione 1994 Lorna Actress
Condannato a nozze 1993 Olivia Actress
Trauma 1993 Aura Petrescu Actress
Le amiche del cuore 1992 Simona Actress
Palombella rossa 1989 Valentina Actress
The Church 1989 Lotte Actress
Zoo 1988 Martina Actress
Turno di notte 1987 TV Series Actress
Demons 2 1986 Ingrid Haller Actress
Sogni e bisogni 1985 TV Mini-Series Gloria Actress
Incompresa 2014 Director
Firmeza 2012 Short Director
42 One Dream Rush 2010 Short Director
Delfinasia 2007 Short Director
Lest We Forget: The Video Collection 2004 Video video “[s]AINT” Director
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004 Director
L’assenzio 2001 Short Director
Loredasia 2000 Short Director
La scomparsa 2000 Short Director
Scarlet Diva 2000 Director
La tua lingua sul mio cuore 1999 Short Director
Abel/Asia 1998 Documentary short Director
A ritroso 1994 Short Director
DeGenerazione 1994 segment “Prospettive” Director
Incompresa 2014 Writer
Firmeza 2012 Short Writer
Delfinasia 2007 Short Writer
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004 screenplay Writer
L’assenzio 2001 Short Writer
Loredasia 2000 Short Writer
Scarlet Diva 2000 Writer
La tua lingua sul mio cuore 1999 Short writer Writer
A ritroso 1994 Short Writer
DeGenerazione 1994 Writer
Loredasia 2000 Short creative producer / supervising producer Producer
La scomparsa 2000 Short producer Producer
Incompresa 2014 writer: “Aria Lives I”, “High Jinks I”, “Il Giochetto”, “Tutto Rosa”, “Aria Lives II”, “Aria Lives III”, “Aria Lives IV”, “Red Magick”, “High Jinx II”, “High Jinx III”, “Aria Lives V”, “Aria Lives VI” Soundtrack
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004 performer: “There He Goes” Soundtrack
Hostage 2005 acting coach Miscellaneous
Sleepless 2001 author: “The Animal Farm Rhyme” Miscellaneous
DeGenerazione 1994 first assistant director Assistant Director
Paris, je t’aime 2006 thanks Thanks
Le journal du Festival 2017 TV Series Herself Self
Forte forte forte 2015 TV Series Herself – Judge Self
Au Field de la nuit 2014 TV Series Herself Self
The Cult of JT LeRoy 2014 Documentary Herself Self
Cinema 3 2014 TV Series Herself Self
Le grand journal de Canal+ 2005-2014 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Close Up 2012 Documentary Herself Self
The 2010 World Music Awards 2010 TV Special Herself Self
On the Road to Femina 2010 Documentary Self
MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 2009 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Premio Internazionale del Cinema Rodolfo Valentino. XXXII Edizione 2009 TV Movie Herself Self
Festival international de Cannes 2009 TV Series Herself Self
Buona la prima! 2009 TV Series Herself – Suggeritore Self
Durch die Nacht mit… 2007 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Metropolis 2007 TV Series Herself Self
Jour de fête 2006 TV Series Herself Self
Making of Last Days 2005 Video short Herself Self
Land of the Dead: Bringing the Dead to Life 2005 Video documentary short Herself Self
Undead Again: The Making of ‘Land of the Dead’ 2005 Video documentary short Herself Self
Sex, Drugs & Jeremie 2005 Video short Herself Self
A’s Enigma 2005 Video documentary short Self
Dream of the Dead 2005 TV Short documentary Herself Self
Tracks 2004-2005 TV Series documentary Herself Self
La nuit des Césars 2005 TV Series documentary Herself Self
20h10 pétantes 2005 TV Series Herself Self
Nice to Meet You, Please Don’t Love Me! 2004 TV Movie documentary Self
Cinéma, de notre temps 2003 TV Series documentary Self
Starring 2003/I Short Herself Self
xXx: A Filmmaker’s Diary 2002 Video documentary short Herself Self
XXX: Diesel Powered 2002 Video documentary short Herself Self
The Making of ‘Scarlet Diva’ 2002 Video short Herself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2002 TV Series Herself Self
Starz on the Set: ‘xXx’ 2002 TV Short documentary Herself Self
Player$ 2002 TV Series Herself Self
Les morsures de l’aube: Making of 2001 Video documentary short Herself Self
+ de cinéma 2001 TV Series documentary short Herself Self
125 milioni di caz..te 2001 TV Mini-Series Herself – Host Self
Tout le monde en parle 2001 TV Series Herself Self
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror 2000 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Abel/Asia 1998 Documentary short Herself Self
Eurotrash 1993 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Scherzi a parte 1992 TV Series Herself (2007) Self
Author: The JT LeRoy Story 2016 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness 2013 TV Series documentary Slack Archive Footage
Quelli che… il calcio 2007 TV Series Various Archive Footage
The Making of ‘Marie Antoinette’ 2007 Video short Herself Archive Footage
Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe 2005 TV Special Sandii (uncredited) Archive Footage
Cinema mil 2005 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Two Masters’ Eyes 2003 Video documentary short Herself Archive Footage

Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2012 Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Isole (2011) Won
2009 Capri Arts Award Capri, Hollywood Diamant 13 (2009) Won
2007 European Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Won
2003 Outstanding Achievement Award Los Angeles Italian Film Awards Acting Won
2003 Best Actress Melbourne Underground Film Festival Scarlet Diva (2000) Won
2001 Certificate of Excellence Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival Best New Director Scarlet Diva (2000) Won
1999 German Independence Honorary Award Oldenburg Film Festival Won
1997 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Compagna di viaggio (1996) Won
1996 Golden Ciak Golden Ciak Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) La sindrome di Stendhal (1996) Won
1996 Golden Goblet Golden Goblets, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Compagna di viaggio (1996) Won
1994 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Won
1994 Golden Pegasus Flaiano International Prizes Best Actress Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Won
1994 Golden Ciak Golden Ciak Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Won
1994 Audience Award Mystfest DeGenerazione (1994) Won
1989 Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Zoo (1988) Won
1988 Bronze Gryphon Giffoni Film Festival Best Actress Zoo (1988) Won
2012 Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Isole (2011) Nominated
2009 Capri Arts Award Capri, Hollywood Diamant 13 (2009) Nominated
2007 European Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Nominated
2003 Outstanding Achievement Award Los Angeles Italian Film Awards Acting Nominated
2003 Best Actress Melbourne Underground Film Festival Scarlet Diva (2000) Nominated
2001 Certificate of Excellence Williamsburg Brooklyn Film Festival Best New Director Scarlet Diva (2000) Nominated
1999 German Independence Honorary Award Oldenburg Film Festival Nominated
1997 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Compagna di viaggio (1996) Nominated
1996 Golden Ciak Golden Ciak Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) La sindrome di Stendhal (1996) Nominated
1996 Golden Goblet Golden Goblets, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Compagna di viaggio (1996) Nominated
1994 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Nominated
1994 Golden Pegasus Flaiano International Prizes Best Actress Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Nominated
1994 Golden Ciak Golden Ciak Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Perdiamoci di vista (1994) Nominated
1994 Audience Award Mystfest DeGenerazione (1994) Nominated
1989 Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Zoo (1988) Nominated
1988 Bronze Gryphon Giffoni Film Festival Best Actress Zoo (1988) Nominated