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On the cover of Scarlet Diva Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento (born September 20, 1975) is an Italian television and film actress and director.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Private life
- 4 Selected Filmography
- 5 External links
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Early life
Born in Rome, Italy, she was directed in one of her first works Trauma (1993) by her father, Dario Argento, and also had her first (of many) nude scenes in the film, when she was 16.
Career
She directed and wrote her first moviem called Scarlet Diva (2000). Four years later she directed her second movie, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004), this time in the United States. Her mother is the actress Daria Nicolodi.
She is currently set to star as French royal mistress Madame du Barry in Sofia Coppola's biopic of Marie Antoinette.
Private life
She gave birth to her first child, a girl named Anna Lou, on June 20, 2001, with Italian rock and roll musician Morgan as the father. Her first name is pronounced [a.ˈsiː.ə].
Selected Filmography
- Coin Locker Babies (2006)
- Marie-Antoinette (2006)
- Land of the Dead (2005)
- Cindy: The Doll Is Mine (2005)
- Last Days (2005)
- The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
- The Keeper (2004)
- xXx (2002)
- Scarlet Diva (2000)
- New Rose Hotel (1998)
- La Reine Margot (1994)
External links
- Asia Argento at the Internet Movie Database
- Cult Sirens: Asia Argento
- Asia Argento Official site
- Dark Dreams: the Films of Dario Argentode:Asia Argento
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