---
name: "Valeria Golino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/valeria-golino"
fi1m_id: "valeria-golino"
imdb_id: "nm0000420"
tmdb_id: 3124
wikidata_id: "Q230710"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 October 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T23:22:01.983465+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Valeria Golino

## Identity

Valeria Golino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/valeria-golino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** valeria-golino
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000420
- **TMDB ID:** 3124
- **Wikidata ID:** Q230710
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_Golino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3124

Actor. Born 22 October 1965 in Naples, Campania, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 October 1965, Naples, Campania, Italy
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Badalato](https://film.one/person/bill-badalato.md), [Charlie Sheen](https://film.one/person/charlie-sheen.md), [Jim Abrahams](https://film.one/person/jim-abrahams.md), [Lloyd Bridges](https://film.one/person/lloyd-bridges.md), [Pat Proft](https://film.one/person/pat-proft.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 73 (3), 2010s 89 (1), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Comedy 2, Romance 2, War 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $730m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeria_Golino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3124

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Portrait of a Lady on Fire*](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md) (89), [*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (76)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Leaving Las Vegas*](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Maria*](https://film.one/film/maria.md) (57)

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## Biography

Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and director. Born in Naples on 22 October 1965, she began working as a model in her teens before making her screen debut in Lina Wertmüller’s *Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l’angolo come un brigante da strada* (1983). She rose to prominence in Italy with *Storia d’amore* (1986), for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival.

Golino gained international recognition with roles in *Rain Man* (1988), *Hot Shots!* (1991) and *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993). She has appeared in films including *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), *Frida* (2002), *Human Capital* (2013) and *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019). She has twice won the Volpi Cup and received multiple David di Donatello, Nastro d’Argento and Ciak d’oro awards. Golino made her directorial debut with *Miele* (2013) and has since directed *Euforia* (2018). In 2024 she appeared as Yakinthi Callas in *Maria*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Maria* (2024), Fi1m 57, as Yakinthi Callas — [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019), Fi1m 89, as La Comtesse — [page](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Terri — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), Fi1m 67, as Ramada Rodham Hayman — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), Fi1m 70, as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane — [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)
- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, as Susanna — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)

## Complete filmography (129)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *No Pain* (2026), as Elsa
- *Serpenti* (2026), as Cartomante
- *A Common Story* (2026), Producer
- *Love Monster* (2026), Director
- *Gioia* (2026), as Gioia · Producer
- *A Brief Affair* (2025), Actor
- *Elisa* (2025), as Laura
- *Fuori* (2025), as Goliarda Sapienza
- *Feeling Better* (2025), Producer
- *Maria* (2024), as Yakinthi Callas — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *The Art of Joy* (2024), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *The Beautiful Game* (2024), as Gabriella
- *I Told You So* (2024), as Pupa
- *Call My Agent: Italy* (2023), series, as Valeria Golino
- *The Lying Life of Adults* (2023), series, as Vittoria
- *Marcel!* (2022), as Analyst
- *The Invisible Thread* (2022), Producer
- *The Catholic School* (2021), as Ilaria Arbus
- *Blue Eyes* (2021), as Valeria
- *Land of the Sons* (2021), as La strega
- *Fortuna* (2021), as Rita / Gina
- *Un confine incerto* (2021), as Paola Cristiani
- *Raphael: The Young Prodigy* (2021), Actor
- *You Came Back* (2020), as Perla
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, as Paola Lambruschini
- *Volare* (2019), as Elisa
- *Adults in the Room* (2019), as Danae Stratou
- *Portrait of a Lady on Fire* (2019), as La Comtesse — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire.md)
- *5 Is the Perfect Number* (2019), as Rita
- *Casanova, Last Love* (2019), as La Cornelys
- *Euphoria* (2018), Story, Director, Screenplay
- *The Summer House* (2018), as Elena
- *Déi* (2018), Producer
- *Daughter of Mine* (2018), as Tina
- *The Invisible Boy: Second Generation* (2018), as Giovanna
- *The Stand-In* (2017), Actor
- *Emma* (2017), as Emma
- *Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait* (2017), Producer
- *La vita possibile* (2016), as Carla
- *Pericle* (2016), Producer
- *The Very Private Life of Mister Sim* (2015), as Luigia
- *For Your Love* (2015), as Anna Ruotolo
- *The Time of a Young Man About to Kill* (2015), Co-Producer
- *An Italian Name* (2015), as Betta Pontecorvo
- *The Invisible Boy* (2014), as Giovanna
- *Jacky in the Kingdom of Women* (2014), as Bradi Vune
- *Human Capital* (2013), as Roberta
- *Like the Wind* (2013), as Armida Miserere
- *Honey* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *In Treatment* (2013), series, as Eleonora
- *Nuts* (2013), as Giovanna
- *Double* (2012), Producer
- *Kryptonite!* (2011), as Rosaria
- *A Butterfly Kiss* (2011), as Billie
- *La scuola è finita* (2010), as Daria Quarenghi
- *Dark Love* (2010), as Psychologist
- *Armandino e il Madre* (2010), Director, Writer
- *The Cézanne Affair* (2009), as Franca Rossetti
- *The French Kissers* (2009), as La fille de la vidéo
- *Giulia Doesn't Date at Night* (2009), as Giulia
- *The Germans' Factory* (2008), as Anna
- *Ca$h* (2008), as Julia
- *Quiet Chaos* (2008), as Marta
- *Actresses* (2007), as Nathalia Petrovna
- *Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!* (2007), as Annamaria
- *The Girl by the Lake* (2007), as Chiara Canali
- *Black Sun* (2007), as Agata
- *My Place in the Sun* (2007), as Sandra
- *Our Country* (2006), as Rita
- *Mario's War* (2006), as Giulia
- *Just Five Minutes* (2006), as Valeria
- *Olé !* (2005), as Carmen Holgado
- *Texas* (2005), as Maria
- *36th Precinct* (2004), as Camille Vrinks
- *Alive* (2004), as Elisa
- *San Antonio* (2004), as L'Italienne
- *Take Me Away* (2003), as Luciana
- *Julius Caesar* (2002), series, as Calpúrnia
- *Frida* (2002), as Lupe Marín
- *Respiro* (2002), as Grazia
- *L'inverno* (2002), as Anna
- *Hotel* (2001), as Italian Actress
- *Word of Honour* (2001), as Afroditi
- *Against the Wind* (2000), as Nina
- *Spanish Judges* (2000), as Jamie
- *ivans xtc.* (2000), as Constanza Vero
- *Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her* (2000), as Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")
- *Last Harem* (1999), as Anita
- *La Vita Che Verrà* (1999), series, as Nunzia
- *Típota* (1999), as L'attrice
- *Side Streets* (1998), as Sylvie Otti
- *Shooting the Moon* (1998), as Silvia
- *Le acrobate* (1997), as Maria
- *An Occasional Hell* (1996), as Elizabeth Laughton
- *Escoriandoli* (1996), as Ida
- *Slaughter of the Cock* (1996), as Wife
- *Escape from L.A.* (1996), as Taslima
- *Four Rooms* (1995), as Athena
- *Red Wind* (1995), as Eugenie Kolchenko
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Terri — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *Submission* (1995), Actor
- *Like Two Crocodiles* (1995), as Marta
- *Immortal Beloved* (1994), as Giulietta Guicciardi
- *Clean Slate* (1994), as Sarah Novak / Beth Holly
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Eugenie Kolchenko — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), as Ramada Rodham Hayman — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots-part-deux.md)
- *Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology* (1993), Actor
- *Puerto Escondido* (1992), as Anita
- *The Indian Runner* (1991), as Maria
- *Year of the Gun* (1991), as Lia
- *Hot Shots!* (1991), as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/hot-shots.md)
- *The King's Whore* (1990), as Jeanne de Luynes
- *Traces of an Amorous Life* (1990), as Lucia Fontana
- *Torrents of Spring* (1989), as Gemma Rosselli
- *Rain Man* (1988), as Susanna — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Big Top Pee-wee* (1988), as Gina Piccolapupula
- *Love and Fear* (1988), as Sandra
- *The Gold Rimmed Glasses* (1987), as Nora Treves
- *Last Summer in Tangiers* (1987), as Claudia Marchetti
- *Storia d'amore* (1986), as Bruna
- *Detective School Dropouts* (1986), as Katerina
- *My Dearest Son* (1985), as Francesca
- *Little Flames* (1985), as Mara
- *Blind Date* (1984), as Girl in Bikini
- *A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit* (1983), as Adalgisa De Andreiis
- *By the King's Favor*, Actor
- *Petrichor*, as Sara
- *Jours de chance*, Actor
- *Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-22ab7c6f22eb.jpg) Valeria Golino — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Valeria_Golino_Cannes_2016_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jurors of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Benjamin Biolay, Valeria Golino, Joanna Kulig, Debra Granik and Édgar Ramírez (left to](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-1be4ed8375d8.jpg) Jurors of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Benjamin Biolay, Valeria Golino, Joanna Kulig, Debra Granik and Édgar Ramírez (left to — Canal22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Benjamin_Biolay%2C_Valeria_Golino%2C_Joanna_Kulig%2C_Debra_Granik_and_%C3%89dgar_Ram%C3%ADrez_at_2022_Cannes_Film_Festival_Day_2.jpg/1280px-Benjamin_Biolay%2C_Valeria_Golino%2C_Joanna_Kulig%2C_Debra_Granik_and_%C3%89dgar_Ram%C3%ADrez_at_2022_Cannes_Film_Festival_Day_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Valeria Golino at the world premiere of Cafe Society, 2016 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-dca4c17de7ca.jpg) Valeria Golino at the world premiere of Cafe Society, 2016 Cannes Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Cannes_073_%2828008287572%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_073_%2828008287572%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jury members Kirsten Dunst, Laszlo Nemes, Vanessa Paradis, Arnaud Desplechin, Donald Sutherland, Mads Mikkelsen, Valeria Golino and Katayoon Shahabi at the worl (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-0bb4210646a5.jpg) Jury members Kirsten Dunst, Laszlo Nemes, Vanessa Paradis, Arnaud Desplechin, Donald Sutherland, Mads Mikkelsen, Valeria Golino and Katayoon Shahabi at the worl (2016) — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Cannes_094_%2828033398581%29.jpg/1280px-Cannes_094_%2828033398581%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-9d7ac738040e.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-e0466c51cb6f.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-d275efc659d4.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB
- ![Cast and Crew Fuori at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-b06fefb90b1d.jpg) Cast and Crew Fuori at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Fuori-60007.jpg/1280px-Fuori-60007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Valeria Golino and Elodie di Patrizi presenting the movie Fuori at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-dd8a49626873.jpg) Valeria Golino and Elodie di Patrizi presenting the movie Fuori at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/MKr387573_Valeria_Golino_e_Elodie_di_Patrizi_%28Fuori%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg/1280px-MKr387573_Valeria_Golino_e_Elodie_di_Patrizi_%28Fuori%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-6858aef614d1.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-64e14f842fd3.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB
- ![Valeria Golino](https://film.one/media/person/10087/gallery-451be6acf0ca.jpg) Valeria Golino — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 15 won, 2 nominated

- Volpi Cup for Best Actress 2017: Volpi Cup for Best Actress (won), for *Per amor vostro*
- David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress 2016: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Human Capital*
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress 2016: Volpi Cup for Best Actress (won), for *Per amor vostro*
- David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress 2014: David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Human Capital*
- Haifa International Film Festival 2014: Haifa International Film Festival (won), for *Miele*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director 2014: Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director (won), for *Miele*
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes 2014: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes (won), for *Miele*
- European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year 2013: European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year (nominated), for *Miele*
- David di Donatello for Best Actress 2006: David di Donatello for Best Actress (won), for *Mario's War*
- Taormina Film Fest 2006: Taormina Film Fest (won), for *Mario's War*
- Busto Arsizio Film Festival 2004: Busto Arsizio Film Festival (won), for *Respiro*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress 2004: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress (won), for *Respiro*
- Busto Arsizio Film Festival 2003: Busto Arsizio Film Festival (won), for *Respiro*
- Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress 2003: Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Respiro*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress 2003: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress (won), for *Respiro*
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress 1987: Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress (won), for *Storia d'amore*
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress 1987: Volpi Cup for Best Actress (won), for *Storia d'amore*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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