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Asia Argento’s Milestones
Played title role in Michael Radford's "B. Monkey" (filmed in 1996; released theatrically in the USA in 1999)
1985 Feature acting debut in "Sogni e Bisogni"
1986 Had early film role in "Demoni 2 - L'Incubo Ritorna/Demons 2 - The Nightmare Is Back", scripted by Dario Argento
1993 First directed by her father in "Trauma"
1994 Co-starred as Charlotte of Sauve in "Queen Margot"
1994 Directorial debut making two short films: "Prosepettive" and "A ritroso"
1996 Appeared in the experimental "Bits and Pieces"
1996 Starred in "Stendhal Syndrome", directed by her father
1998 Directed documentary on Abel Ferrara, "Abel/Asia which won an award at the Rome Film Festival
1999 Directed a four-minute short "Your Tongue on My Heart"; premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival
1999 Starred opposite Julian Sands in remake of "The Phantom of the Opera", directed by her father
2000 Feature directorial debut with the English-language film "Scarlet Diva"; also starred; screened at Cannes
2001 Co-starred in "Love Bites"
2002 Co-starred in the summer's action blockbuster "XXX"
2005 Cast in George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead," a thriller where the living dead have taken over the world
2005 Starred opposite Michael Pitt in Gus Van Sant's "Last Days" loosely based on the life and career of musican Kurt Cobain
2006 Cast as Madame du Barry in Sofia Coppola's "Marie-Antoinette"
2006 Wrote, directed and starred in "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things," based on JT Leroy's critically acclaimed novel of the same name

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Born

September, 20 1975 in Rome, Italy

Professions

actor, director