Valeria Golino
Known for acting · Born 22 October 1965 · 60 · Naples, Campania, Italy
139 credits
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
Rain Man
1988
Hot Shots!
1991
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
The Invisible Boy
2014
Human Capital
2013
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019
An Italian Name
2015
Ca$h
2008
5 Is the Perfect Number
2019
Volare
2019
Euphoria
2018
Puerto Escondido
1992
Acting (125)
2026GioiaGioiaFilm
2026SnakeCartomanteFilm
2026No PainElsaFilm
2025FuoriGoliarda SapienzaFilm
2025ElisaLauraFilm
2025A Brief AffairCeciliaFilm
2025Libero sempre comunque maiSelfFilm
2024MariaYakinthi CallasFilm
2024The Beautiful GameGabriellaFilm
2024I Told You SoPupaFilm
2024Volonté: The Man of a Thousand FacesSelfFilm
2023The Lying Life of AdultsVittoria · 6 episodesSeries
2023Call My Agent: ItalyValeria GolinoSeries
2023GialappaShowSeries
2023The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for EmancipationSelfFilm
2022Marcel!AnalystFilm
2021The Catholic SchoolIlaria ArbusFilm
2021Land of the SonsLa stregaFilm
2021FortunaRita / GinaFilm
2021Blue EyesValeriaFilm
2021Un confine incertoPaola CristianiFilm
2021Raphael: The Young ProdigyFilm
2021C ce soirSelf - GuestSeries
2020You Came BackPerlaFilm
2019Portrait of a Lady on FireLa ComtesseFilm
2019The Morning ShowPaola Lambruschini · 8 episodesSeries
20195 Is the Perfect NumberRitaFilm
2019VolareElisaFilm
2019Adults in the RoomDanae StratouFilm
2019Casanova, Last LoveLa CornelysFilm
2018The Invisible Boy: Second GenerationGiovannaFilm
2018The Summer HouseElenaFilm
2018Daughter of MineTinaFilm
2018BelveSeries
2017EmmaEmmaFilm
2017The Stand-InFilm
2016La vita possibileCarlaFilm
2015An Italian NameBetta PontecorvoFilm
2015The Very Private Life of Mister SimLuigiaFilm
2015For Your LoveAnna RuotoloFilm
2014The Invisible BoyGiovannaFilm
2014Jacky in the Kingdom of WomenBradi VuneFilm
2013Human CapitalRobertaFilm
2013Like the WindArmida MiserereFilm
2013NutsGiovannaFilm
2013In TreatmentEleonora · 2 episodesSeries
2011Kryptonite!RosariaFilm
2011A Butterfly KissBillieFilm
2010Dark LovePsychologistFilm
2010La scuola è finitaDaria QuarenghiFilm
2010Portrait Of My FatherSelfFilm
2009The French KissersLa fille de la vidéoFilm
2009Giulia Doesn't Date at NightGiuliaFilm
2009The Cézanne AffairFranca RossettiFilm
2008Ca$hJuliaFilm
2008Quiet ChaosMartaFilm
2008The Germans' FactoryAnnaFilm
2007The Girl by the LakeChiara CanaliFilm
2007ActressesNathalia PetrovnaFilm
2007Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!AnnamariaFilm
2007Black SunAgataFilm
2007My Place in the SunSandraFilm
2006Mario's WarGiuliaFilm
2006Our CountryRitaFilm
2006Just Five MinutesValeriaFilm
2005Olé !Carmen HolgadoFilm
2005TexasMariaFilm
200436th PrecinctCamille VrinksFilm
2004San AntonioL'ItalienneFilm
2004AliveElisaFilm
2003Take Me AwayLucianaFilm
2002FridaLupe MarínFilm
2002RespiroGraziaFilm
2002Julius CaesarCalpúrnia · 2 episodesSeries
2002L'invernoAnnaFilm
2001HotelItalian ActressFilm
2001Word of HonourAfroditiFilm
2000Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at HerLilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")Film
2000ivans xtc.Constanza VeroFilm
2000Spanish JudgesJamieFilm
2000Against the WindNinaFilm
1999Last HaremAnitaFilm
1999TípotaL'attriceFilm
1999La Vita Che VerràNunzia · 4 episodesSeries
1998Shooting the MoonSilviaFilm
1998Vivement dimancheSelfSeries
1998Side StreetsSylvie OttiFilm
1997Le acrobateMariaFilm
1996Escape from L.A.TaslimaFilm
1996An Occasional HellElizabeth LaughtonFilm
1996EscoriandoliIdaFilm
1996Slaughter of the CockWifeFilm
1995Four RoomsAthenaFilm
1995Leaving Las VegasTerriFilm
1995Like Two CrocodilesMartaFilm
1995SubmissionFilm
1995Red WindEugenie KolchenkoFilm
1994Immortal BelovedGiulietta GuicciardiFilm
1994Clean SlateSarah Novak / Beth HollyFilm
1993Hot Shots! Part DeuxRamada Rodham HaymanFilm
1993Fallen AngelsEugenie KolchenkoSeries
1993Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's ApologyFilm
1992Puerto EscondidoAnitaFilm
1992HBO First LookSelf / Giulietta GuicciardiSeries
1991Hot Shots!Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois LaneFilm
1991The Indian RunnerMariaFilm
1991Year of the GunLiaFilm
1990The King's WhoreJeanne de LuynesFilm
1990Traces of an Amorous LifeLucia FontanaFilm
1989Torrents of SpringGemma RosselliFilm
1988Rain ManSusannaFilm
1988Big Top Pee-weeGina PiccolapupulaFilm
1988Love and FearSandraFilm
1987The Gold Rimmed GlassesNora TrevesFilm
1987Last Summer in TangiersClaudia MarchettiFilm
1986Storia d'amoreBrunaFilm
1986Detective School DropoutsKaterinaFilm
1985Little FlamesMaraFilm
1985My Dearest SonFrancescaFilm
1984Blind DateGirl in BikiniFilm
1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street BanditAdalgisa De AndreiisFilm
—Jours de chanceFilm
—By the King's FavorFilm
—PetrichorSaraFilm
—Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza StreetFilm
Directing (4)
2026Love MonsterDirectorFilm
2024The Art of JoyDirector, Writer, CreatorSeries
2013HoneyDirector, Screenplay, StoryFilm
2010Armandino e il MadreDirector, WriterFilm
Production (9)
2026GioiaProducerFilm
2026A Common StoryProducerFilm
2025Feeling BetterProducerFilm
2022The Invisible ThreadProducerFilm
2018DéiProducerFilm
2017Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitProducerFilm
2016PericleProducerFilm
2015The Time of a Young Man About to KillCo-ProducerFilm
2012DoubleProducerFilm
Writing (1)
2018EuphoriaStory, Director, ScreenplayFilm