Asia Argento
CountryItaly 
GenderFemale
BirthdaySept. 20, 1975
BiographyAsia Argento (Italian: [ˈaːzja arˈdʒɛnto]; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) 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), and Islands (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes. Her directorial credits include The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) and Misunderstood (2014).
After the Weinstein scandal in 2017, Argento became a leading advocate in the "#MeToo" movement. In August 2018, The New York Times published allegations that Argento had sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett in 2013, when he was 17 and she was 37. She had first met her accuser on the set of a movie she directed, when he was 7 years old.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Asia Argento. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
After the Weinstein scandal in 2017, Argento became a leading advocate in the "#MeToo" movement. In August 2018, The New York Times published allegations that Argento had sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett in 2013, when he was 17 and she was 37. She had first met her accuser on the set of a movie she directed, when he was 7 years old.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Asia Argento. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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