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Asia Argento is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005), and Marie Antoinette (2006). Her other notable acting credits include Queen Margot (1994), Let's Not Keep in Touch (1994), Traveling Companion (1996), Last Days (2005…
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entertainment · Italian actress and filmmaker (born 1975) · film director · actor · disc jockey · singer · screenwriter · model · writer · film actor · television presenter · voice actor · also Asia Argento, Asia Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento, Argento
Born 20 September 1975 · Q232052
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“We decided to deal compassionately with Bennett’s demand for help and give it to him. Anthony personally undertook to help Bennett economically, upon the condition that we would no longer suffer any further intrusions in our life.”
“I had sex with him it felt weird. I didn”
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“article did a huge disservice to me and to my truth by simplifying all this”
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The Guardian: ‘It deals with my own blood, my inheritance’: Asia Argento on historical trauma in Death Has No Master
The Guardian: Dario Argento Panico review – homage to a lifetime of dark, strange film-making
Released album “Music From My Bed”.
The Guardian: Agony review – Asia Argento stars in atmospheric horror where house is the star
The Guardian: Rose McGowan issues apology to Asia Argento over 'not correct' allegations
The Guardian: Asia Argento threatens legal action against Rose McGowan over 'horrendous lies'
The Guardian: 'Every step I take is a defiance': Rain Dove on modelling, Asia Argento and 'gender capitalism'
The Guardian: What happens when a #MeToo victim like Asia Argento is the accused? | Laura Kipnis
The Guardian: Jimmy Bennett speaks out after Asia Argento denies accusations of assault
The Guardian: Asia Argento denies sexual assault of 17-year-old actor
The Guardian: #MeToo leaders say Asia Argento abuse claim should not discredit movement
The Guardian: Asia Argento: police investigate sexual assault claim against actor
The Guardian: Asia Argento accused of paying off actor who says she sexually assaulted him aged 17
Argento spoke publicly about her experiences and was widely discussed in connection with the "#MeToo" movement
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Expressed regret for signing the petition, calling it "a mistake" and stating later on that Polanski's continued career "speaks terribly of the industry"
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Citing experiences of victim blaming received in Italy following her allegations against Harvey Weinstein
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During the production of the Rome episode of Parts Unknown
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Argento played supporting role in the British film Shongram, a fictional romantic drama based around the factual and historical events of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
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Directed her third feature film, titled Misunderstood (2014), was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at that year's Cannes Film Festival
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Released album “Total Entropy”.
When he was two months past his 17th birthday in a hotel room in California, where the age of consent is 18; Argento was 37 at the time
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Argento was highlighted in the retrospective Argento: Il Cinema Nel Sangue at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City
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Argento signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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Released ep “Asia Argento vs. Antipop, Archigram & Friends”.
Argento directed and wrote her first fiction feature film, Scarlet Diva (2000), which her father co-produced
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress (1997).
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Awarded Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress for Traveling Companion (1996).
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress (1994).
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For her performance in Perdiamoci di vista, and again in 1996 for Compagna di viaggio, which also earned her a Grolla d'oro award
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Born 1975-09-20.
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