Asia Argento (1975 - )

Date of Birth: 20 September 1975
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Also Known As: Aria Argento (real name)

The younger daughter of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento (her mother was actress Daria Nicolodi), Argento has worked hard to move out of her father's shadow - although she has worked with him many times, she has also proved herself a more than capable actress in her own right.

As well as acting, she has pursued other interests - she has had a novel, I Love You Kirk, published and has regularly sung with a number of Rome based bands. In 1994, she followed in her father's footsteps and directed her first film.

* = television

1987
Demoni II: Il succubi retorno (performer (Ingrid))

1988
La chiesa (performer (Lotte))

1993
Trauma (performer (Aura Petrescu))

1994
DeGenerazione (script; director; assistant director; performer)

1996
La sindrome di Stendhal (performer (Detective Anna Manni))

1998
Il fantasma dell'opera (performer (Christine Daae))

New Rose Hotel (performer (Sandii))

2000
Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror (performer (herself)) *

2001
Non ho sonno (author of The Animal Farm Rhyme)

2002
XXX (performer (Yelena))

2003
Live Freaky Die Freaky (voice)

XXX: A Filmmakers Diary (performer (herself))

2004
XXX2 (performer (Yelena))

2005
Bringing the Dead to Life (performer (herself))

A Day With the Living Dead (performer (herself))

Land of the Dead (performer (Slack))

1984
Sogni e bisogni (performer) *

1989
Palombella rossa (performer (Valentina))

Zoo (performer (Martina))

1992
Le amiche del cuore (performer (Simona))

1993
Condannato a nozze (performer (Olivia))

1994
Perdiamoci di vista! (performer (Arianna))

La reine Margot (performer - Charlotte of Sauve)

1995
Il cielo e sempre piu blu (performer (cousin))

1996
Compagna di viaggio (performer (Cora))

1997
Viola bacia tutti (performer (Viola))

1998
B. Monkey (performer (Beatrice (B. Monkey)))

1999
La tua lingua sul mio cuore (performer; script; director)

2000
Loredasia (producer; script; director; performer)

Les misérables (performer (Éponine Thénardier)) *

Les morsures de l'aube (performer (Violaine))

Scarlet Diva (script; director; performer (Anna Battista))

La scomporsa (producer; director)

2001
125 milioni di caz..te (host)

L'assenzio (script; director; performer)

2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn: 1 August 2002 (performer (herself)) *

Player$ (performer (herself)) *

La sirene rouge (performer (Anita))

2003
The Keeper (performer)

2004
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (script, director, performer)

Tracks: Tarantino Special (6 May 2004) (performer (herself)) *

2005
Last Days (performer)

NOVELS
I Love You Kirk

SEE ALSO
Dario Argento
Daria Nicolodi
Fiore Argento
Claudio Argento
Salvatore Argento

MAGAZINES

Cream vol.1 no.1 (Winter 1998)
illustrated article (Looks familiar?)

L'Espresso no.3 1998
article

Femme Fatales vol.7 no.13 (26 March 1999) (USA)
illustrated interview

Gear May / June 1999
article

Maxim May 1999 (USA)
article

Movieline April 1997 p.16 (USA)
article

Premiere vol.2 no.7 (March 1998) p.40 (USA)
article (Asia Argento by Glenn Kenny)

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009