Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

Known for
Acting
Born
October 22, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Naples, Campania, Italy

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

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Filmography

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Jours de chance

Jours de chance

Movie

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By the King's Favor

By the King's Favor

Movie

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Petrichor

Petrichor

Movie · as Sara

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Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street poster

Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street

Movie

2026
Gioia poster

Gioia

Movie · as Gioia

2026
No Pain poster

No Pain

Movie · as Elsa

2026
Snake poster

Snake

Movie · as Cartomante

2025
A Brief Affair poster

A Brief Affair

Movie · as Cecilia

2025
Fuori poster

Fuori

Movie · as Goliarda Sapienza

2025
Elisa poster

Elisa

Movie · as Laura

2025
Libero sempre comunque mai poster

Libero sempre comunque mai

Movie · as Self

2024
I Told You So poster

I Told You So

Movie · as Pupa

2024
Maria poster

Maria

Movie · as Yakinthi Callas

2024
The Beautiful Game poster

The Beautiful Game

Movie · as Gabriella

2024
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces poster

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

Movie · as Self

2023
The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation poster

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

Movie · as Self

2023
Call My Agent: Italy poster

Call My Agent: Italy

TV · as Valeria Golino · 1 ep

2023
The Lying Life of Adults poster

The Lying Life of Adults

TV · as Vittoria · 6 eps

2023
GialappaShow poster

GialappaShow

TV · 1 ep

2022
Marcel! poster

Marcel!

Movie · as Analyst

2021
Raphael: The Young Prodigy poster

Raphael: The Young Prodigy

Movie

2021
Land of the Sons poster

Land of the Sons

Movie · as La strega

2021
Un confine incerto poster

Un confine incerto

Movie · as Paola Cristiani

2021
Fortuna poster

Fortuna

Movie · as Rita / Gina

2021
Blue Eyes poster

Blue Eyes

Movie · as Valeria

2021
The Catholic School poster

The Catholic School

Movie · as Ilaria Arbus

2021
C ce soir poster

C ce soir

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
You Came Back poster

You Came Back

Movie · as Perla

2019
Casanova, Last Love poster

Casanova, Last Love

Movie · as La Cornelys

2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire poster

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Movie · as La Comtesse

2019
5 Is the Perfect Number poster

5 Is the Perfect Number

Movie · as Rita

2019
Volare poster

Volare

Movie · as Elisa

2019
Adults in the Room poster

Adults in the Room

Movie · as Danae Stratou

2019
The Morning Show poster

The Morning Show

TV · as Paola Lambruschini · 8 eps

2018
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation poster

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation

Movie · as Giovanna

2018
Daughter of Mine poster

Daughter of Mine

Movie · as Tina

2018
The Summer House poster

The Summer House

Movie · as Elena

2018
Belve poster

Belve

TV · 1 ep

2017
Emma poster

Emma

Movie · as Emma

2017
The Stand-In poster

The Stand-In

Movie

2016
La vita possibile poster

La vita possibile

Movie · as Carla

2015
An Italian Name poster

An Italian Name

Movie · as Betta Pontecorvo

2015
For Your Love poster

For Your Love

Movie · as Anna Ruotolo

2015
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim poster

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

Movie · as Luigia

2014
The Invisible Boy poster

The Invisible Boy

Movie · as Giovanna

2014
Jacky in the Kingdom of Women poster

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

Movie · as Bradi Vune

2013
Nuts poster

Nuts

Movie · as Giovanna

2013
Like the Wind poster

Like the Wind

Movie · as Armida Miserere

2013
Human Capital poster

Human Capital

Movie · as Roberta

2013
In Treatment poster

In Treatment

TV · as Eleonora · 2 eps

2011
A Butterfly Kiss poster

A Butterfly Kiss

Movie · as Billie

2011
Kryptonite! poster

Kryptonite!

Movie · as Rosaria

2010
Dark Love poster

Dark Love

Movie · as Psychologist

2010
Portrait Of My Father poster

Portrait Of My Father

Movie · as Self

2010
La scuola è finita poster

La scuola è finita

Movie · as Daria Quarenghi

2009
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night poster

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night

Movie · as Giulia

2009
The French Kissers poster

The French Kissers

Movie · as La fille de la vidéo

2009
The Cézanne Affair poster

The Cézanne Affair

Movie · as Franca Rossetti

2008
Quiet Chaos poster

Quiet Chaos

Movie · as Marta

2008
Ca$h poster

Ca$h

Movie · as Julia

2008
The Germans' Factory poster

The Germans' Factory

Movie · as Anna

2007
Actresses poster

Actresses

Movie · as Nathalia Petrovna

2007
The Girl by the Lake poster

The Girl by the Lake

Movie · as Chiara Canali

2007
My Place in the Sun poster

My Place in the Sun

Movie · as Sandra

2007
Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! poster

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!

Movie · as Annamaria

2007
Black Sun poster

Black Sun

Movie · as Agata

2006
Mario's War poster

Mario's War

Movie · as Giulia

2006
Our Country poster

Our Country

Movie · as Rita

2006
Just Five Minutes

Just Five Minutes

Movie · as Valeria

2005
Texas poster

Texas

Movie · as Maria

2005
Olé ! poster

Olé !

Movie · as Carmen Holgado

2004
36th Precinct poster

36th Precinct

Movie · as Camille Vrinks

2004
Alive poster

Alive

Movie · as Elisa

2004
San Antonio poster

San Antonio

Movie · as L'Italienne

2003
Take Me Away poster

Take Me Away

Movie · as Luciana

2002
Respiro poster

Respiro

Movie · as Grazia

2002
L'inverno poster

L'inverno

Movie · as Anna

2002
Frida poster

Frida

Movie · as Lupe Marín

2002
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

TV · as Calpúrnia · 2 eps

2001
Hotel poster

Hotel

Movie · as Italian Actress

2001
Word of Honour poster

Word of Honour

Movie · as Afroditi

2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her poster

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

Movie · as Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")

2000
Spanish Judges poster

Spanish Judges

Movie · as Jamie

2000
Against the Wind poster

Against the Wind

Movie · as Nina

2000
ivans xtc. poster

ivans xtc.

Movie · as Constanza Vero

1999
Last Harem poster

Last Harem

Movie · as Anita

1999
Típota

Típota

Movie · as L'attrice

1999
La Vita Che Verrà poster

La Vita Che Verrà

TV · as Nunzia · 4 eps

1998
Side Streets poster

Side Streets

Movie · as Sylvie Otti

1998
Shooting the Moon poster

Shooting the Moon

Movie · as Silvia

1998
Vivement dimanche poster

Vivement dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Le acrobate poster

Le acrobate

Movie · as Maria

1996
Escape from L.A. poster

Escape from L.A.

Movie · as Taslima

1996
An Occasional Hell poster

An Occasional Hell

Movie · as Elizabeth Laughton

1996
Escoriandoli poster

Escoriandoli

Movie · as Ida

1996
Slaughter of the Cock poster

Slaughter of the Cock

Movie · as Wife

1995
Four Rooms poster

Four Rooms

Movie · as Athena

1995
Leaving Las Vegas poster

Leaving Las Vegas

Movie · as Terri

1995
Like Two Crocodiles poster

Like Two Crocodiles

Movie · as Marta

1995
Submission

Submission

Movie

1995
Red Wind poster

Red Wind

Movie · as Eugenie Kolchenko

1994
Immortal Beloved poster

Immortal Beloved

Movie · as Giulietta Guicciardi

1994
Clean Slate poster

Clean Slate

Movie · as Sarah Novak / Beth Holly

1993
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology poster

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

Movie

1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux poster

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Movie · as Ramada Rodham Hayman

1993
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

TV · as Eugenie Kolchenko · 1 ep

1992
Puerto Escondido poster

Puerto Escondido

Movie · as Anita

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · as Self / Giulietta Guicciardi · 1 ep

1991
Year of the Gun poster

Year of the Gun

Movie · as Lia

1991
The Indian Runner poster

The Indian Runner

Movie · as Maria

1991
Hot Shots! poster

Hot Shots!

Movie · as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

1990
The King's Whore poster

The King's Whore

Movie · as Jeanne de Luynes

1990
Traces of an Amorous Life poster

Traces of an Amorous Life

Movie · as Lucia Fontana

1989
Torrents of Spring poster

Torrents of Spring

Movie · as Gemma Rosselli

1988
Rain Man poster

Rain Man

Movie · as Susanna

1988
Big Top Pee-wee poster

Big Top Pee-wee

Movie · as Gina Piccolapupula

1988
Love and Fear poster

Love and Fear

Movie · as Sandra

1987
Last Summer in Tangiers poster

Last Summer in Tangiers

Movie · as Claudia Marchetti

1987
The Gold Rimmed Glasses poster

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

Movie · as Nora Treves

1986
Storia d'amore poster

Storia d'amore

Movie · as Bruna

1986
Detective School Dropouts poster

Detective School Dropouts

Movie · as Katerina

1985
Little Flames poster

Little Flames

Movie · as Mara

1985
My Dearest Son poster

My Dearest Son

Movie · as Francesca

1984
Blind Date poster

Blind Date

Movie · as Girl in Bikini

1983
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit poster

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

Movie · as Adalgisa De Andreiis