Biography
Asia Argento (born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress, singer, model, and director. Her mother is actress Daria di Nicolodi and her father is Dario de Argento, an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, well known for his work in the Italian giallo genre and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. Her maternal great-grandfather was composer Alfredo Casella. Asia Argento started acting at the age of nine, playing a small role in ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Book of Joy
2025
as Mater
In a dull, desolate town, Joy is an orphan who lives her faith with intensity and almost never leaves her church. Until the day she meets Andriy, a yo...

How Dark My Love
2025
as Self
Controversial painter Joe Coleman, known for his intricate portraits of serial killers and outlaws, undertakes his most challenging subject yet — a se...

Get Help
2025
as Benedetta
Sandra, a young Psychology graduate, has just been hired by the famous online psychotherapy site FATTIVEDERE.COM. But when she returns home to tell ev...

Queens of Drama
2024
as Magalie Charmer
It's 2055 and Steevyshady, an obsessive Mimi Madamour stan, tells us of their idol’s mad destiny from the very peak of her career in 2005, all the way...

Dario Argento: Panico
2024
as Self
This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the directo...

Interstate
2024
as Anna
A supernatural thriller in which a hitman, facing an existential crisis, decides to exit the game and leave town with the woman he loves, but his plan...

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
as Mermaid (voice)
In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical...

Deep Argento
2023
Dario Argento is one of the most acclaimed Italian directors in the world, revered as if he were a rock star. At the same time, however, he is a perso...

Padre Pio
2023
as Tall Man
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of ...

Let Her Kill You
2023
as Anne
Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as...

Vera
2022
as Asia
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injure...

Dark Glasses
2022
as Rita
Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten...

Dark Glasses
2022
Associate Producer
Diana, a high-class prostitute trying to escape from a serial killer, suffers a car accident that leaves her blind and kills the family of Chin, a ten...

From My House in Da House: A History of Rome
2021
as Self

Without Sun
2021
as Léa
A few years from now, the sun is on the verge of exploding and spatial shock waves flow the Earth. Most humans suffer auditory pain and Cyril's mother...

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Anthony Bourdain reverber...

ÆLEKTRA
2020
A fashion film written & directed by Asia Argento for Antonio Grimaldi Couture Collection A/W 2020/21.

ÆLEKTRA
2020
Writer, Director
A fashion film written & directed by Asia Argento for Antonio Grimaldi Couture Collection A/W 2020/21.

Frida. Viva la Vida
2019
as Narrator (voice)
The two sides of Frida Kahlo's spirit: on one side the revolutionary, pioneering artist of contemporary feminism and on the other, the human being, vi...

Shongram
2019
as Sarah
Shongram (struggle) is a romantic drama set during the 1971 liberation struggle of Bangladesh. A British Bengali on his death bed is interviewed by a...

Alien Crystal Palace
2018
as Sybille Atlante
A scientist finds the secret that predispose to the formation of the ideal couple. With this new alchemy, he achieves a pioneering experience: the cre...

Agony
2017
as Isidora
A discontented New York family woman is unexpectedly called to Tuscany to execute her estranged mother's will. There, she must decipher visions of her...
Era di marzo
2017
Director, Writer
After years spent under the yoke of her violent and mafioso husband, Nunzia flees to Switzerland in search of shelter. Along the way, she crosses path...

Agony (L'esecutore)
2017
Andrea Ambrose is a young woman living in South Central, Los Angeles. She meets a young prostitute and forms a connection.

Guillaume Depardieu, The Story Of An Enfant Terrible
2017
as Self
Through the testimony of those who met him, the film proposes to discover the complex personality of Guillaume Depardieu. It is also the story of a de...

Misunderstood
2014
Director, Screenplay
Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra...

Obsessive Rythms
2014
as Margo
On the night of New Year's Eve, a small group penetrates into the room of an old hotel in ruins. Carmine, the oldest of the group, poses a challenge t...

The Voice Thief
2013
as Naya
When an opera singer loses her voice, her husband embarks on an odyssey through different underworlds to recover it through supernatural means.
Firmeza
2012
as Asia
Short film by Asia Argento depicting an ayahuasca ceremony.
Firmeza
2012
Director, Screenplay
Short film by Asia Argento depicting an ayahuasca ceremony.

Dracula 3D
2012
as Lucy
When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the co...

Do Not Disturb
2012
as Monica
In this lively French remake of Humpday, best buds reunite and revive their friendship on a questionable dare. Can two straight guys really make a gay...

Close Up
2012
as Self (archive footage)
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and ...

Cavalli
2011
as Madre

Baciato dalla fortuna
2011
as Betty
Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above ...

Drifters
2011
as Beatrice Plana
A man develops an attraction to the daughter of his father's fiancee.

Islands
2011
as Martina
Ivan is an undocumented immigrant from Eastern Europe who is in Italy looking for work to support himself and his father, who has a gambling addiction...

42 One Dream Rush
2010
Director
Collection of short films by various directors based on dreams, 42 seconds each. It was produced by the world's most awarded vodka "42 Below", known f...

S/He
2010
Director
Short film by Asia Argento.

Diamond 13
2009
as Calhoune
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.

On War
2008
as Uma
After a freak accident changes his perspective on life, a Parisian filmmaker meets a stranger who brings him to a commune that's populated by free-spi...
The Making of 'Mother of Tears'
2008
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

The Mother of Tears
2007
as Sarah Mandy
An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dram...

Boarding Gate
2007
as Sandra
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of h...

The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

The Last Mistress
2007
as Vellini
Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

Go Go Tales
2007
as Monroe
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Delfinasia
2007
Director

Don't Bother to Knock
2006
as Herself
Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio over the course of October 2006. The vigne...

Don't Bother to Knock
2006
Director, Editor
Actress and director Asia Argento created this mesmerising series of film shorts exclusively for SHOWstudio over the course of October 2006. The vigne...

Friendly Fire
2006
as Grand Dame
A surreal fantasy on the themes of love and friendship, set to the music and songs of the Sean Lennon album "Friendly Fire".

Transylvania
2006
as Zingarina
Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this...

Marie Antoinette
2006
as Comtesse du Barry
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19...

Live Freaky! Die Freaky!
2006
as Habagail Folger (voice)
In a distant future, a cult forms around the Manson Family, when Charles Manson is mistaken for the messiah. Meanwhile, in 1969, Manson convinces his ...

Cindy, the Doll Is Mine
2005
as Cindy Sherman / The model
Cindy, the doll is mine is a short film by French director Bertrand Bonello. It stars Italian actress Asia Argento in the double role of photographer ...

Land of the Dead
2005
as Slack
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in...

Last Days
2005
as Asia
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial...

Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
2004
Director
A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Sarah
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becom...

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
Screenplay, Director
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becom...

The Keeper
2004
as Gina
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.

Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
2004
as Herself
A documentary on Asia Argento, made during the making of "the Heart is Deceitful Above All Things." Cinema has always been a part of her life, so much...

Milady
2004
as Sally La Chèvre
Milady De Winter, a beautiful femme fatale without scruples, plays with the feelings of her suitors. And sometimes very dangerously.

The Making of Last Days
2004
as Herself
Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Last Days."

Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
2003
Intimate portrait of Abel Ferrara: the result is an eccentric road movie, with the restless film maker as a charming, shabby guide around New York by ...
Two Masters' Eyes
2003
This documentary features interviews with directors Dario Argento and George Romero, Special Make-Up Effects supervisor Tom Savini, executive producer...

Ginostra
2003
as The Nun
An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to solve the murder of a key witness.

The Red Siren
2002
as Anita
Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother, Eva, rich and powerful, avoids cha...

xXx
2002
as Yelena
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not e...

Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror
2001
as Self
Documentary that explores Argento's film career.

Love Bites
2001
as Violaine Charlier
Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat's name to get into an exclusive party. The name - Jordan - gets him whisked by two burly b...

Scarlet Diva
2000
as Anna Battista
A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemp...

Scarlet Diva
2000
Director, Writer
A young Italian actress embarks on a self-destructive spree of sex, drugs and other excess while doing some soul searching to find the path for redemp...

La Scomparsa
2000
Director
Portrait of Roberta Castoldi, young cellist and poet, author of the book "La Scomparsa".

Your Tongue On My Heart
1999
An experimental Super 8 short film directed by and starring Asia Argento, which premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Your Tongue On My Heart
1999
Director, Screenplay
An experimental Super 8 short film directed by and starring Asia Argento, which premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.

B. Monkey
1999
as Beatrice
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire ...

New Rose Hotel
1999
as Sandii
A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

The Phantom of the Opera
1998
as Christine Daaé
A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a m...

Viola Kisses Everybody
1998
as Viola
Three friends see their end-of-summer motorhome holiday trip hijacked by Viola, a beautiful girl on the run from both the law and violent gangsters a...

Abel/Asia
1998
as Self
Behind the scenes mini-doc from Asia Argento on Abel Ferrara during the filming of New Rose Hotel.

Abel/Asia
1998
Director
Behind the scenes mini-doc from Asia Argento on Abel Ferrara during the filming of New Rose Hotel.

The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
1997
as Herself
Documentary about Dario Argento, "Profondo Rosso" shop in Rome, and most important works throughout his career.

Traveling Companion
1996
as Cora
In Rome, Cora is a waitress at a club, walks people's dogs, sleeps with various men, kips with pals, and has a salty tongue.

Bits & Pieces
1996
Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy'...

The Stendhal Syndrome
1996
as Det. Anna Manni
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brut...

DeGenerazione
1994
as Alessia (segment "Consegna a domicilio")
Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

DeGenerazione
1994
as Se stessa (segment "Prospettive")
Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

DeGenerazione
1994
as Lorna (segment "Squeak!")
Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

DeGenerazione
1994
Director, Assistant Director, Screenplay
Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

Queen Margot
1994
as Charlotte de Sauve
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble ...

Perdiamoci di vista
1994
as Arianna Zorzi
Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.

Condannato a nozze
1993
as Olivia
A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to cheat on her. Things take a turn for the literal when one...

Trauma
1993
as Aura Petrescu
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known a...

Close Friends
1992
as Simona
Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a vi...

Palombella rossa
1989
as Valentina Apicella
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election...

The Church
1989
as Lotte
In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madne...

Zoo
1988
as Martina
Martina lives in the Rome's zoo, because her father is the guardian. She becomes friend with a young Slavic escaped from a gypsy camp. When the police...

Demons 2
1986
as Ingrid Haller
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans d...
Qui staremo benissimo
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Tiens ferme ta couronne
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American Nails
N/A
The rise and fall of a modern Phaedra, in a tale set in the gangster world of primal violence, power and revenge. This no-holds-barred retelling of Eu...
Stronger Than the Devil
N/A
Valentin, a man with a shady past but who is trying to turn over a new leaf, reunites with his estranged son Joseph and his son’s girlfriend Alice aft...

Shadow
N/A
A teen girl gets lost in a deep forest, she appears to be in danger and frantically tries to find a way out. A monologizing voice-over enters, that o...