Valeria Golino

ActorProducerDirectorWriterProduction Oct 22 (age 60) Naples, Campania, Italy 1983–2026 (43 year career)

5.8 avg rating

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 four actresses who has won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival twice.

Known For

Film

Rain Man

Susanna

Film

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

La Comtesse

Film

Frida

Lupe Marín

Film

Leaving Las Vegas

Terri

Film

Hot Shots!

Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

Film

Human Capital

Roberta

Film

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Ramada Rodham Hayman

Film

Four Rooms

Athena

Filmography

Acting (120)

Movies (109)

Gioia

as Gioia

Fuori

as Goliarda Sapienza

A Brief Affair

Elisa

as Laura

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

2025

as Self

Maria

as Yakinthi Callas

The Beautiful Game

as Gabriella

I Told You So

as Pupa

Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces

2024

as Self

7.1

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation

as Self

Marcel!

as Analyst

The Catholic School

as Ilaria Arbus

Land Of The Sons

as La strega

Un confine incerto

as Paola Cristiani

Blue Eyes

as Valeria

Raphael: The Young Prodigy

Fortuna

as Rita / Gina

You Came Back

as Perla

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

as La Comtesse

Adults in the Room

as Danae Stratou

Casanova, Last Love

as La Cornelys

5 Is the Perfect Number

as Rita

Volare

as Elisa

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation

as Giovanna

The Summer House

as Elena

Daughter of Mine

as Tina

Emma

as Emma

The Stand-In

La vita possibile

as Carla

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

as Luigia

For Your Love

as Anna Ruotolo

An Italian Name

as Betta Pontecorvo

The Invisible Boy

as Giovanna

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

as Bradi Vune

Nuts

as Giovanna

Like the Wind

as Armida Miserere

Human Capital

as Roberta

A Butterfly Kiss

as Billie

Kryptonite!

as Rosaria

La scuola è finita

as Daria Quarenghi

Dark Love

as Psychologist

Portrait Of My Father

2010

as Self

7.3

The French Kissers

2009

as La fille de la vidéo

5.8

The Cézanne Affair

2009

as Franca Rossetti

6.3

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night

as Giulia

Ca$h

as Julia

Quiet Chaos

as Marta

The Germans' Factory

as Anna

Actresses

as Nathalia Petrovna

The Girl by the Lake

as Chiara Canali

Black Sun

as Agata

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!

as Annamaria

My Place in the Sun

as Sandra

Just Five Minutes

as Valeria

Our Country

as Rita

Mario's War

as Giulia

Olé !

as Carmen Holgado

Texas

as Maria

36th Precinct

as Camille Vrinks

San Antonio

as L'Italienne

Alive

as Elisa

Take Me Away

as Luciana

Frida

as Lupe Marín

Respiro

as Grazia

L'inverno

as Anna

Hotel

as Italian Actress

Word of Honour

as Afroditi

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her

2000

as Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")

Spanish Judges

as Jamie

Against the Wind

as Nina

ivans xtc.

as Constanza Vero

Last Harem

as Anita

Típota

as L'attrice

Shooting the Moon

as Silvia

Side Streets

as Sylvie Otti

Le acrobate

as Maria

Escape from L.A.

as Taslima

An Occasional Hell

as Elizabeth Laughton

3.3

Escoriandoli

1996

as Ida

6.5

Slaughter of the Cock

as Wife

Four Rooms

as Athena

Leaving Las Vegas

as Terri

Like Two Crocodiles

as Marta

Submission

Red Wind

as Eugenie Kolchenko

Immortal Beloved

1994

as Giulietta Guicciardi

7.1

Clean Slate

1994

as Sarah Novak / Beth Holly

5.8

Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993

as Ramada Rodham Hayman

6.5

Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology

Puerto Escondido

as Anita

Hot Shots!

as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois Lane

The Indian Runner

as Maria

Year of the Gun

as Lia

Traces of an Amorous Life

as Lucia Fontana

The King's Whore

as Jeanne de Luynes

Torrents of Spring

as Gemma Rosselli

Rain Man

as Susanna

Big Top Pee-wee

as Gina Piccolapupula

4.9

Love and Fear

1988

as Sandra

4.6

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

1987

as Nora Treves

6.1

Last Summer in Tangiers

1987

as Claudia Marchetti

3.7

Detective School Dropouts

as Katerina

Storia d'amore

as Bruna

My Dearest Son

as Francesca

Little Flames

as Mara

Blind Date

as Girl in Bikini

A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit

1983

as Adalgisa De Andreiis

4.6

Jours de chance

Nessun dolore

Television (11)

GialappaShow

Call My Agent: Italy

as Valeria Golino

The Lying Life of Adults

as Vittoria

C ce soir, le débat

as Self - Guest

The Morning Show

as Paola Lambruschini

Belve

In Treatment

as Eleonora

Julius Caesar

as Calpúrnia

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Fallen Angels

as Eugenie Kolchenko

HBO First Look

as Self / Giulietta Guicciardi

4.9

Crew (18)

Movies (16)

Gioia

Producer

Feeling Better

Producer

The Invisible Thread

Producer

Déi

Producer

Euphoria

Director

Euphoria

Screenplay

Euphoria

Story

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

Producer

Pericle

Producer

The Time of a Young Man About to Kill

Co-Producer

Honey

Director

Honey

Screenplay

Honey

Story

Double

Producer

Armandino e il Madre

2010

Writer

5.8

Una storia

Producer

Television (2)

The Art of Joy

Director

The Art of Joy

Writer