Valeria Golino Bio | Wiki
Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, and Big Top Pee-wee. Valeria is also known for the two Hot Shots! films, particularly the olive-in-the-belly-button scene.
In addition to David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak, and Italian Golden Globe awards, she is one of four actresses to have twice won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival. She was in TV commercials for beer, perfume, and cosmetics, and she modeled swimsuits and blue jeans.
Valeria Golino Age
Valeria was born on October 22, 1965, in Naples, Italy. She is 57 years old.
Valeria Golino Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.7 m).
Valeria Golino Family
She was born in Naples, Italy, to her parents Lalla Golino and Luigi Golino. Valeria’s Italian father was a Germanist scholar, and her Greek mother was a Painter. One of her grandmothers was Egyptian-French.
She grew up in an “artistic household”, and after her parents split up, was raised alternating between Athens and Sorrento. Valeria’s brother Alex is a musician. When she was a girl, her mother frequently took her to the cinema.
Valeria Golino Husband
Valeria has never been married or had children. She dated Peter Del Monte, a famous Italian movie director and screenwriter from 1985 to 1987 when they split, a rumor has it that they were also engaged.
In 1988, she started dating Benicio del Toro, a Puerto Rican film producer, and actor, and the two were together for four years before splitting in 1992 due to what appears to be infidelity on both sides. Valeria started dating actor and film producer named Riccardo Scamarcio in 2006 and broke up in 2016.
Valeria Golino Education
At age 14, Valeria started to work as a fashion model in Athens, Milan, London, and Los Angeles. She was in TV commercials for beer, perfume, and cosmetics, and she modeled swimsuits and blue jeans. Being an unfocused student, she dropped out of high school after acting in her first movie.
Valeria Golino Tom Cruise
Valeria was cast in Rain Man in 1988 as Susanna, the girlfriend of Tom Cruise’s character. Tom is an American actor and producer. One of the world’s highest-paid actors, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d’Or and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards.
Valeria Golino The Morning Show
Valeria made her debut as a TV series director with “The Art of Joy,” an erotically charged female empowerment drama set in early 20th-century Sicily and produced by Sky Studios. The presentation’s standout, revealed for the first time, is “The Art of Joy,” which is based on an epic, and highly erotic, a feminist novel by the late Italian author and actor Goliarda Sapienza.
Valeria Golino Movies And Tv Shows
The Invisible Boy (2014)
An Italian Name (2015)
Per amor vostro (2015)
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim (2015) – Luigia
Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)
The Summer House (2018) – Elena
Daughter of Mine (2018)
The Invisible Boy – Second Generation (2018)
Adults in the Room (2019)
Volare (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
5 Is the Perfect Number (2019)
Casanova, Last Love (2019) – La Cornelys
Last Words (2020)
La terra dei figli [it] (2021)
The Catholic School (2021)
The Morning Show (2021 TV series, Apple TV+)
The Lying Life of Adults (2023 TV series)
Valeria Golino Rain Man
Valeria was cast in Rain Man. Her character’s nationality in Rain Man was changed from American to Italian-American to accommodate her accent. Even though she was known as a dramatic actress in Italy, most of the offers she received in Hollywood were for comedies.
Valeria Golino Big Top Pee-wee
She moved to Los Angeles and began to work in Hollywood, with the movie Big Top Pee-wee in 1988. The original music score is composed by Danny Elfman. It was released on July 22, 1988, and grossed $15 million against a $20 million dollar budget.
A stand-alone sequel, Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, was released in 2016. Despite her self-deprecating reluctance, Valeria also sang in several films, most notably her English-language films Hot Shots! and Big Top Pee-wee.
Valeria Golino Hot Shots
She was cast in the comedy films Hot Shots! in 1991 and Hot Shots! Part Deux, as the girlfriend of the hero. The film is primarily a parody of Top Gun, with some scenes spoofing other popular films, including 9½ Weeks, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dances with Wolves, Marathon Man, Rocky, Superman, and Gone with the Wind. A sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux was released in 1993, with Sheen, Golino, and Bridges reprising their roles
Valeria Golino Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Valeria’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
Who Is Valeria Golino
She is a 57-year-old Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, and Big Top Pee-wee. Valeria has never been married or had children.