Misunderstood asia argento biography
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Asia Argento Biography
Sep 20, 1975Birth Place:
Rome, Italy
Biography
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Asia Argento
Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975)
For the High School DxD character, see List of High School DxD characters § Asia Argento.
Asia Argento (Italian:[ˈaːzjaarˈdʒɛnto];[1] born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005) and Marie Antoinette (2006). Her other notable acting credits include Queen Margot (1994), Let's Not Keep in Touch (1994), Traveling Companion (1996), Last Days (2005) and Islands (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes.[2] Her directorial credits include The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) and Misunderstood (2014).
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Let's meet... Asia Argento
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One of Italy’s most popular actresses, Asia Argento has been labeled on more than one occasion in her native country as “the face of the new generation.” The daughter of legendary horror director Dario Argento and stage actress Daria Nicolodi, Argento was born in Rome on September 20, 1975. She broke into film at the tender age of nine, making her debut acting performance in Sergio Citti’s Sogni e bisogni.
In 1989, she was cast in the leading role in Cristina Comencini’s Zoo, for which she earned an Italian Ciak Award – the rough equivalent of a Golden Globe. In 1989, she appeared in La Chiesa, and later that same year she played a part in Nanni Moretti’s Palombella rossa.
Asia’s breakthrough role came in 1992 with Le Amiche del cuore, a performance that demonstrated her range and capacity to make the transition from child actor to mature professional, capabl