Valeria Golino

Acting · Born 1965-10-22 in Naples, Campania, Italy

Biography

Valeria Golino 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 three actresses who has won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival twice.

Filmography

• Four Rooms as Athena
• Rain Man as Susanna
• Leaving Las Vegas as Terri
• Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
• Escape from L.A. as Taslima
• Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her as Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
• Big Top Pee-wee as Gina Piccolapupula
• 36th Precinct as Camille Vrinks
• Quiet Chaos as Marta
• Mario's War as Giulia