Valeria Golino
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Valeria Golino (October 22, 1966, Naples, Italy) is a Greek-Italian actress. Niece of L'Espresso journalist Enzo Golino. Golino's brother is a musician. At various times she has been involved with director Peter del Monte (1985-1987), actor Fabrizio Bentivoglio (1993 to 2001), Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro (1988 to 1992), and Italian actor Andrea Di Stefano since 2002.
The daughter of an Italian father and a Greek mother, Golino grew up between Athens and Naples. She started work as a model in Athens and then dropped out of high school after her first movie, after having been discovered by the movie's director, Lina Wertmuller. She 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 such prominent films such as Rain Man as the love interest of Tom Cruise and the comedy films Hot Shots! and Hot Shots! Part Deux co-starring with Charlie Sheen. She had also been considered for the starring role in Pretty Woman but the role went to Julia Roberts because Golino still had a very thick Italian accent.
She performed the song "The Man I Love" in the movie Hot Shots!.
[edit] Filmography
- Lascia perdere Johnny (2007)
- The Dust of Time (2007)
- A Casa Nostra (2006) - Rita
- Vieni A Casa mia (2006) - Chiara
- Actrice (2006)
- Ma place au soleil (2006)
- Il Sole nero (2006) - Agata
- Olé! (2005) - Carmen Holgado
- Texas (2005) - Maria
- Mario's War (2005) - Giulia
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) - Camille Vrinks
- Alive (2004) - Elisa
- San Antonio (2004) - The Italian woman
- Take Me Away (2003) - Luciana
- Julius Caesar (2002 TV movie) - Calpurnia
- Frida (2002) - Lupe Marín
- Respiro (2002) - Grazia
- L'Inverno (2002) - Anna
- Hotel (2001) - Italian Actree
- Controvento (2000) - Nina
- Ivansxtc (2000) - Constanza Vero
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) - Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
- Ti Tamo (2000)
- Tipota (1999 short) - Actress
- Harem Suaré (1999) - Anita
- La vita che verrà (1999 TV mini-series) - Nunzia
- Spanish Judges (1999) - Jamie
- Side Streets (1998) - Sylvie Otti
- L'Albero delle Pere (1998) - Silvia
- Alexandria Hotel (1998) - Justine
- Le Acrobate (1997) - Maria
- An Occasional Hell (1996) - Elizabeth Laughton
- I Sfagi tou kokora (1996)
- Escape from L.A. (1996) - Taslima
- Escoriandoli (1996) - Ida
- Danza della fata confetto (1996 short) - Secretary
- Il fratello minore (1996 short)
- Four Rooms (1995) - Athena (segment "The Missing Ingredient")
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Terri
- Submission (1995 short)
- Immortal Beloved (1994) - Giulietta Guicciardi
- Come due coccodrilli (1994) - Marta
- Clean Slate (1994) - Sarah Novak/Beth Holly
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) - Ramada Rodham Hayman
- Fallen Angels (TV series) - segment Red Wind (1993) - Eugenie Kolchenko
- Puerto Escondido (1992) - Anita
- Year of the Gun (1991) - Lia
- The Indian Runner (1991) - Maria
- Hot Shots! (1991) - Ramada Thompson
- The King's Whore (1990) - Jeanne de Luynes
- Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)
- Torrents of Spring (1989) - Gemma Rosselli
- Rain Man (1988) -'Susanna
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988) - Gina Piccolapupula
- Paura e amore (1988) - Sandra Parini
- Gli occhiali d'oro (1987) - Nora Treves
- Dernier été à Tanger (1987) - Claudia Marchetti
- Figlio mio infinitamente caro (1987) - Francesca
- Detective School Dropouts (1986) - Caterina
- Storia d'amore (1986) - Bruna Assecondati
- Piccoli fuochi (1985) - Mara
- Blind Date (1984) - Girl in Bikini
- Sotto... sotto (1984) - cameo
- Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada (1983)
