Celebrated Name: | Asia Argento |
Real Name/Full Name: | Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento |
Gender: | Female |
Age: | 46 years old |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Height: | 1.65 m |
Weight: | 55 kg (121 lbs) |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Divorced |
Husband/Spouse (Name): | Michele Civette (m. 2008; div. 2013) |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Yes
(Anna Lou, Nicola Giovanni) |
Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | Marco Castoldi (2000 – 2006), Anthony Bourdain (2017 – 2018, Upon his death) |
Is Asia Argento Lesbian?: | No |
Profession: | Actress, Model, Director, Writer, Singer, DJ |
Salary: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2024: | $2 million |
Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Asia Argento is a renowned Italian actress and model. She also is a writer and film director. She comes from a family of Actors and Filmmakers. Argento steps her foot in the world of films at an early age of nine, playing a role in the film by Sergio Citti. She is known for her roles in XXX(2002), Land of the Dead(2005), and Marie Antoinette(2006). She recently came into light when she became the leader of the #Metoo women’s rights movement in 2017.
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Early Life and Biography
Argento was born in Rome, Italy, and her family was well known for links in the cinematic world. Her father is a well-known film director of Italy, whose name is Dario Argento. He was well known for his works in the Italian Giallo genre and his significant contribution to modern-day Horror based movies. Her mother, Daria Nicolodi, was an actress and her maternal Great-grandfather, Alfredo Casella was a composer.
At an early age of eight, she published her book of poems. She started acting when she was aged nine. She always has stated that she had never started working out of ambition; it was only to grab her father’s attention. She has mentioned that she never was on good terms with her father as they were not close enough. She was cast in her father’s movie when she was 16.
Personal Life
Argento is well versed in both English and French, besides speaking Italian. Her fluency in languages grabbed her the role in the movie Morsures de L’Aube. Argento came into a relationship with Italian rock and roll musician, Marco Castoldi, with whom she gave birth to her first child Anna Lou, who was born in 2001. Argento and Mario broke up in 2006.
Argento’s marriage took place on 27 August 2008 with film director Michele Civette in Arezzo. Her second child was born in 2008. They named her Nicola Giovanni. The couple split apart legally in 2013. After they got divorced, Argento and her children moved to the Vigna Clara neighborhood of Rome.
There were rumours that Argento is dating a celebrity chef in early 2017. She was believed to be the host of ‘Parts Unknown,’ Anthony Bourdain. On 8 June 2018, he died after committing suicide in France.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 20 September 1975, Asia Argento is 46 years old as of today’s date 4th January 2024. Her height is 1.65m, and her weight is 55 kg.
Career
Asia Argento started acting career at the tender age of nine, where she was cast in a small role in a film by Sergio Citti. She was cast in her father’s movie when she was 16. Her father’s movie Trauma(1993) came when she was 18. Argento subsequently started to appear in English language movies, such as B.Monkey and New Rose Hotel (both 1998). Argento also tried and performed in French-language roles, beginning her role in the film Charlotte de Sauve La Reine Margot(1994).
‘Scarlet Diva’ in 2000 was Argento’s first fiction feature movie, which she wrote and directed, which was co-produced by her father. She started becoming known when she starred in the Hollywood action movie XXX (2002) alongside Vin Diesel. The film grossed $277.4 million and shot Argento to international fame. Alongside her cinematic accomplishments, she has written a number of stories for magazines such as Dynamo and L’Espresso. She also has modeled for the denim jeans brand Miss Sixty.
Awards & Achievements
Asia Argento has received the David di Donatello, which is a type of Academy Award in Italy for Best Actress in 1994 for her performance in Perdiamoci di vista, and again in 1996 for Compagna di Viaggio, which also earned her a Grolla d ‘oro award.
In 2014, a movie titled ‘Misunderstood’ was selected to complete in the Un-regard section at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, which was Argento’s third feature film.
Net Worth & Salary of Asia Argento in 2024
As of January 2024, Asia Argento has an estimated net worth of $2 million. She has acted in many Italian movies along with movies in English and French languages. She is also the best selling author who has written several books, one of such being ‘I Love You Kirk,’ which was released in 1999. Her directing career shot to fame when in 2014, her feature film got mentioned in Cannes festival.
Asia Argento is a famous Italian Actress, model, director who became a leader in the #Metoo women’s rights movement after the 2017 Harvey Weinstein Scandal. Argento is a celebrity in the retrospective Argento: II Cinema Nel Sangue at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. She has professionally shown how various arts can be achieved by sheer hard work.