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Valeria Golino

  • Actress
  • Director
  • Producer
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Valeria Golino at an event for Frida (2002)
A girl in search of her true reflection in a divided Naples: the Naples of the heights, which assumes a mask of refinement, and the Naples of the depths, a place of excess and vulgarity.
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The second child of an Italian germanist and a Greek painter, Valeria Golino grew up in Naples until her parents parted. After three years in Athens with her mother and another three in Naples with her father, she began to work as a model. She left high school after her first movie and didn't study performing arts at all. In 1985 she got the leading role in Little Flames (1985) by Peter Del Monte and the next year won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for Storia d'amore (1986). After some European co-productions (Dernier été à Tanger (1987), The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987), Three Sisters (1988)) she began to work in Hollywood (Big Top Pee-wee (1988)). She soon gained prominent roles in Rain Man (1988), Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993). Now she works in the US (Clean Slate (1994), An Occasional Hell (1996)), Europe (The King's Whore (1990), Immortal Beloved (1994)) and in Italy. too, especially with young directors (Come due coccodrilli (1994), Le acrobate (1997), L'albero delle pere (1998)). In 1994 she produced and acted in Slaughter of the Cock (1996) by Greek director Andreas Pantzis. Her voice is more appreciated in Hollywood (where she took speech therapy) than in Italy (where she is sometimes dubbed); in "The Slaughter of the Cock" she acts as a deaf and dumb woman. She speaks four languages: Italian, Greek, French and English. Her brother is a musician and their uncle Enzo Golino is a famous journalist.
BornOctober 22, 1965
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BornOctober 22, 1965
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  • Awards
    • 71 wins & 78 nominations

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Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino in Hot Shots! (1991)
Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino in Rain Man (1988)
Valeria Golino, Valentina Cervi, Ennio Fantastichini, Adriano Giannini, Alessandro Haber, Gianna Nannini, Rocco Papaleo, Simone Cristicchi, and Salvador Spagnolo in Tigri di carta (2008)
Valeria Golino in Four Rooms (1995)
Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino in Rain Man (1988)
Valeria Golino, Pierre Arditi, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Gigi Borini, and Souzan Chirazi in The Summer House (2018)
Valeria Golino, Alba Rohrwacher, and Sara Casu in Daughter of Mine (2018)
Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino in Hot Shots! (1991)
Valeria Golino in Hot Shots! (1991)
Valeria Golino in Hot Shots! (1991)
Nicolas Cage and Valeria Golino in Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

Known for:

Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man (1988)
Rain Man
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  • Susanna
  • 1988
Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots!
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  • Ramada Thompson
  • Scarlett O'Hara
  • Lois Lane
  • 1991
Adèle Haenel in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8.1
  • La Comtesse
  • 2019
Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Hot Shots! Part Deux
6.6
  • Ramada Rodham Hayman
  • 1993

Credits

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Actress

  • Te l'avevo detto
    • Post-production
  • The Beautiful Game
    • Gabriella
    • Post-production
  • The Morning Show
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
    • Paola Lambruschini
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • The Lying Life of Adults (2023)
    The Lying Life of Adults
    • Aunt Vittoria
    • Vittoria
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Marcel! (2022)
    Marcel!
    • Analista
    • 2022
  • H24, 24 h de la vie d'une femme (2021)
    H24, 24 h de la vie d'une femme
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • The Catholic School (2021)
    The Catholic School
    • Ilaria Arbus
    • 2021
  • Valeria Golino in Blue Eyes (2021)
    Blue Eyes
    • Valeria
    • 2021
  • The Land of the Sons (2021)
    The Land of the Sons
    • La strega
    • 2021
  • Fortuna (2020)
    Fortuna
    • Rita
    • Gina
    • 2020
  • You Came Back (2020)
    You Came Back
    • Perla
    • 2020
  • An Uncertain Border (2019)
    An Uncertain Border
    • Paola Cristiani
    • 2019
  • All my crazy love (2019)
    All my crazy love
    • Elisa
    • 2019
  • Christos Loulis in Adults in the Room (2019)
    Adults in the Room
    • Dea
    • 2019
  • Valeria Golino, Carlo Buccirosso, and Toni Servillo in 5 Is the Perfect Number (2019)
    5 Is the Perfect Number
    • Rita
    • 2019
  • Adèle Haenel in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    • La Comtesse
    • 2019
  • Stacy Martin in Casanova, Last Love (2019)
    Casanova, Last Love
    • La Cornelys
    • 2019

Director

  • The Art of Joy
    • Director
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • Euphoria (2018)
    Euphoria
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Honey (2013)
    Honey
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Armandino e il madre (2010)
    Armandino e il madre
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010

Producer

  • The Invisible Thread (2022)
    The Invisible Thread
    • producer
    • 2022
  • Dei (2018)
    Dei
    • producer
    • 2018
  • Julian Schnabel in Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
    Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
    • Producer
    • 2017
  • Pericle (2016)
    Pericle
    • producer
    • 2016
  • The Time of a Young Man About to Kill (2015)
    The Time of a Young Man About to Kill
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • L'uomo doppio (2012)
    L'uomo doppio
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Word of Honor (2001)
    Word of Honor
    • associate producer
    • 2001
  • Valeria Golino in Slaughter of the Cock (1996)
    Slaughter of the Cock
    • producer
    • 1996

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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Baléria Gkolíno
  • Height
    • 5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
  • Born
    • October 22, 1965
    • Naples, Campania, Italy
  • Parents
      Luigi Golino
  • Other works
    Music video for R.E.M.: "Bittersweet Me".
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles
    • 4 Pictorials
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    When casting for the leading role in Pretty Woman (1990), it came down to Valeria and Julia Roberts (the latter was eventually cast). Before the audition, Roberts whispered to her: 'Go and get them, big mama!'. The same thing happened shortly thereafter when Golino narrowly missed out on the leading role in Flatliners (1990): once again, she was first runner-up to Roberts.
  • Quotes
    Acting came to me instead of me going to acting. I always loved movies -- I was a cinephile, but I never thought about being an actor until Lina Wertmüller put me in my first movie.
  • Trademark
      Husky voice

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