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Valeria Golino
Golino on the red carpet at the 60th Academy Awards in 1988.
Born (1966-10-22) 22 October 1966 (age 58)
Naples, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1983–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.

Early life

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 if her native italian accent so she was 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

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 of 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).

Filmography

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations
Year Title of work Award Category Result
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

  1. ^ "Heavy-breathing 'Respiro' a fitting film for sexy Golino". Seattlepi.com. 20 June 2003. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ Marin, Rick (6 June 1993). "UP AND COMING: Valeria Golino; She Made Her Name Popping an Olive". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Valeria Golino Biography (1966-)". Filmreference.com. 22 October 1966. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  4. ^ Walter Chaw (25 May 2003). ""Viva Valeria!": Film Freak Central Interviews Actress Valeria Golino". Filmfreakcentral.net. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  5. ^ Meyers, Kate (20 September 1991). "Valeria Golino | The Indian Runner | Close-up | Movies | Entertainment Weekly". Ew.com. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
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