Biography
The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento and actress Daria Nicolodi, Asia Argento nabbed her first role at age 11 in Lamberto Bava’s Demons 2 (1986). She has long maintained her attachment to the genre, collaborating with Michele Soavi (The Church, 1989) and George A. Romero (Land of the Dead, 2005) as well as her father, master of the giallo, on Trauma (1993), The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) and The Phantom of the Opera (1998). At the same time, she has worked with filmmakers such as Nanni Moretti (Red Wood Pigeon, 1989), Patrice Chéreau (Queen Margot, 1994), Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette, 2006) and Gus Van Sant, for whom she played a character inspired by Courtney Love in Last Days opposite Michael Pitt in 2005. In 2000, she directed her first feature film, Scarlet Diva, conceived as her real and fantasized private diary. In 2004, she directed and played the lead role in The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, the chronicle of a young boy torn between a drug addict prostitute mother and religious grandparents. With Misunderstood (2014), Asia Argento again took on the issue of childhood neglect in a pop-culture dive into the heart of the 1980s. Having served on the Gerardmer Fantasy Film Festival feature film jury in 1999, the multi-talented Italian artist returned in 2020 as Jury President, making her the first woman to assume this role in the festival’s history.
Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer
Actress
Series | ||
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2024 |
La Storia |
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2023 |
Fading Gigolo |
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Capitolo 5: Eva (E05) |
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Capitolo 4: Marta (E04) |
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Capitolo 3: Adele (E03) |
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more episodes (2) | ||
2014 |
Mafiosa |
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Episode 8 (S05E08) |
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Episode 7 (S05E07) |
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Episode 5 (S05E05) |
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more episodes (3) | ||
2011 |
Sangue caldo |
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2000 |
Les Misérables |
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Episode 3 (E03) |
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Episode 2 (E02) |
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1987 |
Turno di notte |
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1985 |
Sogni e bisogni |
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Il ritorno di guerriero (E02) |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Dario Argento Panic |
Deep Argento |
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2021 |
From My House in da House - A History of Rome |
2019 |
Art On Screen - Frida: Viva la vida |
2012 |
Close Up |
2010 |
Diary of Mu (series) |
On the Road to Femina |
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2005 |
Land of the Dead: Bringing the Dead to Life |
The Making of Gus Van Sant's 'Last Days' |
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Undead Again: The Making of 'Land of the Dead' |
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2003 |
XXX: A Filmmakers Diary |
2001 |
Les Morsures de l'aube : Making Of |
2000 |
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (TV movie) |
1999 |
Dario Argento: Il mio cinema |
1998 |
Abel/Asia |
Short | |
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2013 |
The Voice Thief |
2012 |
Firmeza |
2005 |
Cindy, the Doll Is Mine |
2000 |
Loredasia |
Director
Movies | |
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2014 |
Misunderstood |
2004 |
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things |
2000 |
Scarlet Diva |
1994 |
DeGenerazione |
Documentaries | |
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1998 |
Abel/Asia |
Short | |
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2012 |
Firmeza |
2010 |
42 One Dream Rush |
2007 |
Delfinasia |
2000 |
La scomparsa |
Loredasia |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2014 |
Misunderstood |
2004 |
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things |
2000 |
Scarlet Diva |
Music videos | |
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2001 |
Bluvertigo - L'assenzio |
Short | |
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2012 |
Firmeza |
2007 |
Delfinasia |
Performer
Shows | |
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2019 |
Clique dimanche |
2017 |
Non è l'Arena |
2016 |
Nerdrotic - a.f. |
2009 |
MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 |
2006 |
Jour de fête |
2004 |
Le Grand Journal de Canal+ |
2003 |
20h10 pétantes |
2002 |
Player$ |
1999 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn |
1998 |
Tout le monde en parle |
1997 |
Metropolis |
Tracks |
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1996 |
Festivalové vteřiny |
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