Valeria Golino
| Valeria Golino | |
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 Valeria Golino in 2011 |
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| Born | 22 October 1966 Naples, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Partner(s) | Engaged to Benicio del Toro (1988-1992) Engaged to actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio (1993-2001) Engaged to actor Riccardo Scamarcio (since April 2006) |
Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1966) is an Italian-Greek[1] film and television actress. She is best known to English language audiences for the 1988 film Rain Man, and the Hot Shots! films. She has won the David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, and Coppa Volpi awards.
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Early life [edit]
Golino was born in Naples, Italy to an Italian father who was a Germanist and scholar and a Greek mother who was a painter; one of her grandmothers was Egyptian-French.[2][3] She grew up in an "artistic household"[4] and was raised between Athens and Naples.[5] Golino is the niece of L'Espresso journalist Enzo Golino; her brother is a musician. Valeria trained for 2 years at a vocal coaching school in New York to get rid of her native Italian accent so that she would be better received by American film casting agents. She started work as a model in Athens and then dropped out of high school after her first film, after having been discovered by the film's director, Lina Wertmuller.
Career [edit]
Golino obtained her first starring role in 1985's Little Fires and won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for Storia d'amore in 1986. She began to work in Hollywood in 1988 with the movie Big Top Pee-Wee and received roles in prominent films such as Rain Man, as the girlfriend of Tom Cruise, and the comedy films Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Golino sang in both Hot Shots! and Big Top Pee-Wee; however, even though her singing voice can be heard on the soundtracks of both films, she was not known, as of the middle of December 2012, to have recorded any albums.
More recently, she had a supporting role in the successful French thriller 36, Quai des Orfèvres.
She appeared in the music video for R.E.M.'s "Bittersweet Me" (1996).
Her upcoming film Miele has been selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[6]
Filmography [edit]
- Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada (1983)
- Sotto... sotto (1984) – cameo
- Blind Date (1984) – Girl in Bikini
- Figlio mio infinitamente caro (1985) – Francesca
- Piccoli fuochi (1985) – Mara
- Storia d'amore (1986) – Bruna Assecondati
- Detective School Dropouts (1986) – Caterina
- Dernier été à Tanger (1987) – Claudia Marchetti
- Gli occhiali d'oro (1987) – Nora Treves
- Paura e amore (1988) – Sandra Parini
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) – Gina Piccolapupula
- Rain Man (1988) – Susanna
- Torrents of Spring (1989) – Gemma Rosselli
- Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
- The King's Whore (1990) – Jeanne de Luynes
- Hot Shots! (1991) – Ramada Thompson
- The Indian Runner (1991) – Maria
- Year of the Gun (1991) – Lia
- Puerto Escondido (1992) – Anita
- Fallen Angels (TV series) – segment Red Wind (1993) – Eugenie Kolchenko
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) – Ramada Rodham Hayman
- Clean Slate (1994) – Sarah Novak/Beth Holly
- Come due coccodrilli (1994) – Marta
- Immortal Beloved (1994) – Giulietta Guicciardi
- Submission (1995 short)
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) – Terri
- Four Rooms (1995) – Athena (segment "The Missing Ingredient")
- Il fratello minore (1996 short)
- Danza della fata confetto (1996 short) – Secretary
- Escoriandoli (1996) – Ida
- Escape from L.A. (1996) – Taslima
- I Sfagi tou kokora (1996)
- An Occasional Hell (1996) – Elizabeth Laughton
- Le Acrobate (1997) – Maria
- Alexandria Hotel (1998) – Justine
- L'Albero delle Pere (1998) – Silvia
- Side Streets (1998) – Sylvie Otti
- Spanish Judges (1999) – Jamie
- La vita che verrà (1999 TV mini-series) – Nunzia
- Harem Suare (1999) – Anita
- Tipota (1999 short) – Actress
- To Tama (2000)
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) – Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
- Ivans Xtc (2000) – Constanza Vero
- Controvento (2000) – Nina
- Hotel (2001) – Italian Actress
- L'Inverno (2002) – Anna
- Respiro (2002) – Grazia
- Frida (2002) – Lupe Marín
- Julius Caesar (2002 TV movie) – Calpurnia
- Take Me Away (2003) – Luciana
- San-Antonio (2004) – The Italian woman
- Alive (2004) – Elisa
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) – Camille Vrinks
- Mario's War (2005) – Giulia
- Texas (2005) – Maria
- Olé! (2005) – Carmen Holgado
- Il Sole nero (2006) – Agata
- Ma place au soleil (2006)
- Actrices (2006)
- La ragazza del lago (2006) – Chiara
- A Casa Nostra (2006) – Rita
- Lascia perdere Johnny (2007)
- Caos calmo (2008)
- Cash (2008)
- La Fabbrica dei Tedeschi (2008)
- Giulia non esce la sera (aka Giulia Doesn't Date at Night) (2009)
- Les Beaux Gosses (2009)
- L'uomo nero (2009)
- L'amore buio (2010)
- Laria (2010)
- Come un soffio (2010 short)
- Armandino e il Madre (2010 short)
- Un Baiser Papillon (2011)
- Kryptonite! (2011)
Awards and nominations [edit]
| Year | Title of work | Award | Category | Result |
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| 1986 | Storia d'amore | Venice International Film Festival | Best Actress | Won |
| 1987 | Storia d'amore | Nastro d'Argento | Best Actress | Won |
| 2002 | Respiro | Nastro d'Argento | Best Actress | Won |
| 2003 | Respiro | Festival international du film d'amour | Best Actress | Won |
| 2003 | Respiro | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2004 | Prendimi e portami via | Nastro d'Argento | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2006 | Mario's War | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Won |
References [edit]
- ^ "Heavy-breathing 'Respiro' a fitting film for sexy Golino". Seattlepi.com. 2003-06-20. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ Marin, Rick (6 June 1993). "UP AND COMING: Valeria Golino; She Made Her Name Popping an Olive". The New York Times.
- ^ "Valeria Golino Biography (1966-)". Filmreference.com. 1966-10-22. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ Walter Chaw (2003-05-25). ""Viva Valeria!": Film Freak Central Interviews Actress Valeria Golino". Filmfreakcentral.net. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ Meyers, Kate (1991-09-20). "Valeria Golino | The Indian Runner | Close-up | Movies | Entertainment Weekly". Ew.com. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ "2013 Official Selection". Cannes. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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