Asia Argento: News

Asia Argento’s destiny was written even before she was born. Her father Dario Argento was an influential filmmaker, her mother Daria Nicolodi was an actress, and her uncle Claudio Argento was a producer. As it turned out, Argento became all of those and more - filmmaker, actress, producer, writer, etc. Born on September 20, 1975, in Rome, Argento began acting at the age of nine. She made her debut in a TV series called ‘Sogni e bisogni’ in 1985. She made her feature film debut in her father’s 1986 film ‘Demons 2.’ Her debut in a lead role came in Cristina Comencini’s film ‘Zoo’ in 1988. She soon became the go-to actress for those directors who wanted an intense style of acting for their characters. Argento made her directorial debut in 1994 by directing a segment of the film ‘De Generazione’ in 1994. Her first feature film as a director was ‘Scarlet Diva’ in 2000. She has also written and published several short stories like ‘Dynamo,’ ‘Sette,’ ‘Village,’ etc. In 2021, she published her autobiography ‘Anatomy of a Wild Heart.’ She has won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress in 1994 and 1997, and the Golden Ciak Award for Best Actress in 1994 and 1996. Argento came into the international spotlight in 2017 by being one of the leading voices of the #MeToo movement. In 2018, a New York Times article alleged that she sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett when he was a minor.