Valeria Golino
Acting
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Biography
Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) 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
Filmography
Gioia
2026
as Gioia
No Pain
2026
as Elsa
Serpenti
2026
as Cartomante
A Brief Affair
2025
Fuori
2025
as Goliarda Sapienza
Elisa
2025
as Laura
Libero sempre comunque mai
2025
as Self
I Told You So
2024
as Pupa
Maria
2024
as Yakinthi Callas
The Beautiful Game
2024
as Gabriella
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
as Self
The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation
2023
as Self
Call My Agent: Italy
2023
as Valeria Golino
The Lying Life of Adults
2023
as Vittoria
GialappaShow
2023
Marcel!
2022
as Analyst
Raphael: The Young Prodigy
2021
Land of the Sons
2021
as La strega
Un confine incerto
2021
as Paola Cristiani
Fortuna
2021
as Rita / Gina
Blue Eyes
2021
as Valeria
The Catholic School
2021
as Ilaria Arbus
C ce soir
2021
as Self - Guest
You Came Back
2020
as Perla
Casanova, Last Love
2019
as La Cornelys
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019
as La Comtesse
5 Is the Perfect Number
2019
as Rita
Volare
2019
as Elisa
Adults in the Room
2019
as Danae Stratou
The Morning Show
2019
as Paola Lambruschini
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
2018
as Giovanna
Daughter of Mine
2018
as Tina
The Summer House
2018
as Elena
Belve
2018
Emma
2017
as Emma
The Stand-In
2017
La vita possibile
2016
as Carla
An Italian Name
2015
as Betta Pontecorvo
For Your Love
2015
as Anna Ruotolo
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015
as Luigia
The Invisible Boy
2014
as Giovanna
Jacky in the Kingdom of Women
2014
as Bradi Vune
Nuts
2013
as Giovanna
Like the Wind
2013
as Armida Miserere
Human Capital
2013
as Roberta
In Treatment
2013
as Eleonora
A Butterfly Kiss
2011
as Billie
Kryptonite!
2011
as Rosaria
Dark Love
2010
as Psychologist
Portrait Of My Father
2010
as Self
La scuola è finita
2010
as Daria Quarenghi
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
2009
as Giulia
The French Kissers
2009
as La fille de la vidéo
The Cézanne Affair
2009
as Franca Rossetti
Quiet Chaos
2008
as Marta
Ca$h
2008
as Julia
The Germans' Factory
2008
as Anna
Actresses
2007
as Nathalia Petrovna
The Girl by the Lake
2007
as Chiara Canali
My Place in the Sun
2007
as Sandra
Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!
2007
as Annamaria
Black Sun
2007
as Agata
Mario's War
2006
as Giulia
Our Country
2006
as Rita
Just Five Minutes
2006
as Valeria
Texas
2005
as Maria
Olé !
2005
as Carmen Holgado
36th Precinct
2004
as Camille Vrinks
Alive
2004
as Elisa
San Antonio
2004
as L'Italienne
Take Me Away
2003
as Luciana
Respiro
2002
as Grazia
L'inverno
2002
as Anna
Frida
2002
as Lupe Marín
Julius Caesar
2002
as Calpúrnia
Hotel
2001
as Italian Actress
Word of Honour
2001
as Afroditi
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000
as Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
Spanish Judges
2000
as Jamie
Against the Wind
2000
as Nina
ivans xtc.
2000
as Constanza Vero
Last Harem
1999
as Anita
Típota
1999
as L'attrice
La Vita Che Verrà
1999
as Nunzia
Side Streets
1998
as Sylvie Otti
Shooting the Moon
1998
as Silvia
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Le acrobate
1997
as Maria
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Taslima
An Occasional Hell
1996
as Elizabeth Laughton
Escoriandoli
1996
as Ida
Slaughter of the Cock
1996
as Wife
Four Rooms
1995
as Athena
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
as Terri
Like Two Crocodiles
1995
as Marta
Submission
1995
Red Wind
1995
as Eugenie Kolchenko
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Giulietta Guicciardi
Clean Slate
1994
as Sarah Novak / Beth Holly
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
as Ramada Rodham Hayman
Fallen Angels
1993
as Eugenie Kolchenko
Puerto Escondido
1992
as Anita
HBO First Look
1992
as Self / Giulietta Guicciardi
Year of the Gun
1991
as Lia
The Indian Runner
1991
as Maria
Hot Shots!
1991
as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane
The King's Whore
1990
as Jeanne de Luynes
Traces of an Amorous Life
1990
as Lucia Fontana
Torrents of Spring
1989
as Gemma Rosselli
Rain Man
1988
as Susanna
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Gina Piccolapupula
Love and Fear
1988
as Sandra
Last Summer in Tangiers
1987
as Claudia Marchetti
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
1987
as Nora Treves
Storia d'amore
1986
as Bruna
Detective School Dropouts
1986
as Katerina
Little Flames
1985
as Mara
My Dearest Son
1985
as Francesca
Blind Date
1984
as Girl in Bikini
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
1983
as Adalgisa De Andreiis