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She starred in her first film at the age of nine, getting her start performing in many of her father's horror films. She has become known as an actress in her own right, winning two David di Donatello awards (the Italian Oscar) and two Ciacks (the Italian Golden Globe). Argento has acted for a number of non-Italian directors, most notably Patrice Chéreau in "La Reine Margot" (1994) and Michael Radford in B. Monkey (1998).
She gained an international following after starring in XXX, playing Vin Diesel's mysterious love interest.
In addition to acting, Argento is also a screenwriter and director. She wrote, directed, and starred in Scarlet Diva, (2000) a semi-autobiographical story that journied into the frenzied mind of an actress fueled by excess. She recently completed filming The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004). Argento directed the film, and co-wrote the screenplay with fiction writer J.T. LeRoy based on a collection of his stories. She stars in the film with a large ensemble cast that includes Winona Ryder, Ornella Muti and Peter Fonda. She portrayed Comtesse du Barry in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoniette. Asia Argento also starred in controversial French director Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress which premiered at Cannes and screened at the New York Film Festival. Argento currently has three films in production, Mother of Tears: The Third Mother, De la guerre, and Coin Locker Babies, an adaptation of a Japanese novel.
