Italian actress, film director and model y mama

Asia Argento

Intro
Italian actress, film director and model y mama
Awards Received
39th David di Donatello Awards
42nd David di Donatello Awards
News

Asia Argento (Italian: [ˈaːzja arˈdʒɛnto]) is an Italian actress, film director, screenwriter, singer, and DJ. 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. Her directorial credits include The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) and Misunderstood (2014).

After the Weinstein scandal in 2017, she became a leader of the "#MeToo" movement. In August 2018, The New York Times detailed allegations that Argento sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett in 2013, when he was 17 and she was 37.