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Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

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Biography

Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and the two Hot Shots! movies, particularly the olive-in-the-belly-button scene. In addition to the awards David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak, and Italian Golden Globe, she is also one of the four actresses who has won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival twice.

Known For

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

Rain Man

Rain Man

1988

Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

1995

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

1993

Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

1996

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

36th Precinct

36th Precinct

2004

Quiet Chaos

Quiet Chaos

2008

Mario's War

Mario's War

2006

Actresses

Actresses

2007

Year of the Gun

Year of the Gun

1991

The Indian Runner

The Indian Runner

1991

Respiro

Respiro

2002

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

Hot Shots!

Hot Shots!

1991

Ca$h

Ca$h

2008

Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

1994

The Girl by the Lake

The Girl by the Lake

2007

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night

2009

Alive

Alive

2004

Torrents of Spring

Torrents of Spring

1989

Last Summer in Tangiers

Last Summer in Tangiers

1987

Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido

1992

Last Harem

Last Harem

1999

My Place in the Sun

My Place in the Sun

2007

Clean Slate

Clean Slate

1994

The French Kissers

The French Kissers

2009

Raphael: The Young Prodigy

Raphael: The Young Prodigy

2021

Blind Date

Blind Date

1984

The King's Whore

The King's Whore

1990

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!

2007

Texas

Texas

2005

Olé !

Olé !

2005

The Germans' Factory

The Germans' Factory

2008

Le acrobate

Le acrobate

1997

Dark Love

Dark Love

2010

The Cézanne Affair

The Cézanne Affair

2009

Like Two Crocodiles

Like Two Crocodiles

1995

Our Country

Our Country

2006

A Butterfly Kiss

A Butterfly Kiss

2011

Kryptonite!

Kryptonite!

2011

Black Sun

Black Sun

2007

An Occasional Hell

An Occasional Hell

1996

Spanish Judges

Spanish Judges

2000

San Antonio

San Antonio

2004

Love and Fear

Love and Fear

1988

Take Me Away

Take Me Away

2003

Side Streets

Side Streets

1998

Traces of an Amorous Life

Traces of an Amorous Life

1990

Shooting the Moon

Shooting the Moon

1998

Escoriandoli

Escoriandoli

1996

Marcel!

Marcel!

2022

Nuts

Nuts

2013

Like the Wind

Like the Wind

2013

Típota

Típota

1999

Hotel

Hotel

2001

Human Capital

Human Capital

2013

I Told You So

I Told You So

2024

Just Five Minutes

Just Five Minutes

2006

Maria

Maria

2024

Jours de chance

Jours de chance

Little Flames

Little Flames

1985

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

2023

The Invisible Boy

The Invisible Boy

2014

An Italian Name

An Italian Name

2015

Portrait Of My Father

Portrait Of My Father

2010

Slaughter of the Cock

Slaughter of the Cock

1996

La scuola è finita

La scuola è finita

2010

Storia d'amore

Storia d'amore

1986

For Your Love

For Your Love

2015

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

2015

Word of Honour

Word of Honour

2001

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit

1983

Submission

Submission

1995

A Brief Affair

A Brief Affair

2025

My Dearest Son

My Dearest Son

1985

Fuori

Fuori

2025

La vita possibile

La vita possibile

2016

Red Wind

Red Wind

1995

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation

2018

Emma

Emma

2017

The Stand-In

The Stand-In

2017

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

1987

Detective School Dropouts

Detective School Dropouts

1986

Daughter of Mine

Daughter of Mine

2018

L'inverno

L'inverno

2002

Frida

Frida

2002

The Summer House

The Summer House

2018

Casanova, Last Love

Casanova, Last Love

2019

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

5 Is the Perfect Number

5 Is the Perfect Number

2019

Volare

Volare

2019

Adults in the Room

Adults in the Room

2019

You Came Back

You Came Back

2020

Land Of The Sons

Land Of The Sons

2021

Against the Wind

Against the Wind

2000

Un confine incerto

Un confine incerto

2021

Fortuna

Fortuna

2021

ivans xtc.

ivans xtc.

2000

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

2014

Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes

2021

The Catholic School

The Catholic School

2021

The Beautiful Game

The Beautiful Game

2024

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

2024

Gioia

Gioia

2026

Elisa

Elisa

2025

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

2025

Nessun dolore

Nessun dolore

By the King's Favor

By the King's Favor

The Morning Show

The Morning Show

2019

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

2002

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels

1993

Call My Agent: Italy

Call My Agent: Italy

2023

The Lying Life of Adults

The Lying Life of Adults

2023

In Treatment

In Treatment

2013

GialappaShow

GialappaShow

2023

C ce soir, le débat

C ce soir, le débat

2021

HBO First Look

HBO First Look

1992

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

1998

Belve

Belve

2018