Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and filmmaker who works in both fields. Her performances in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and the two Hot Shots! movies—particularly the olive-in-the-belly-button scene—have made her best known to English-speaking audiences. She is one of four actresses to have twice received the Best Actress prize at the Venice Film Festival in addition to David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak, and Italian Golden Globe honors.
Who is Valeria Golino?
The daughter of an Italian father who was a Germanist scholar and a Greek mother, Lalla, a painter, Golino was born in Naples, Italy. She had a French-Egyptian grandmother.
After her parents divorced, she was raised alternating between Athens and Sorrento in an “artistic family” (near Naples).
Golino is the brother of musician Golino and the niece of L’Espresso columnist Enzo Golino.
Her mother frequently took her to the movies when she was a young kid, which rapidly piqued her interest in movies.
Despite this, she didn’t consider a career in the film until she produced her first film. She preferred to become a cardiologist.
How old is Valerie Golino?
The Italian actress was born on 22 October 1965, and hence, will be 58 years as of 2023.
What is Valerie Golino’s net worth
The Italian actress and director have an estimated net worth of $10 million dollars.
What is Valerie Golino’s career?
In the Marco Simon Puccioni-directed film Like the Wind from 2013, she portrayed Armida Miserere, a high-security warden in a challenging leading role that received critical acclaim and festival honors.
She sang in various movies despite her self-deprecating hesitation, most notably her English-language movies Hot Shots! and Big Top Pee-wee as well as in Italian in the movie Like the Wind.
She cut two albums in 1987, “Piangi Rome” for Giulia Doesn’t Date at Night (with Baustelle) and “Maybe Once Again” for L’inverno, the latter of which earned her a Silver Ribbon for Best Song.
What is Valerie Golino’s height and weight?
The Italian actress stands at a height 5feet 7inches tall and weighs 58kg.
What is Valerie Golino’s nationality and ethnicity?
Valerie Golino is an Italian and belongs to a mixed ethnicity of Greek, Egyptian-French, and German.
Valerie Golino’s husband and children
Valeria Golino is currently engaged to Riccardo Scamarcio. She has been in six celebrity relationships averaging approximately 8.9 years each. However, he has never been married.
