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 Hot Shots! films, particularly the olive-in-the-belly-button scene. In addition to David di Donatello, Silver Ribbon, Golden Ciak and Italian Golden Globe awards, she is also one of the three actresses who has won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival twice.
Early life Golino was born in Naples, Italy, to an Italian father who was a Germanist and scholar, and a Greek mother, Lalla, who was a painter; one of her grandmothers was Egyptian-French. She grew up in an "artistic household" and, after her parents split, was raised between Athens and Sorrento (Naples). Golino is the niece of L'Espresso journalist Enzo Golino; her brother is a musician. As a child her mother would frequently take her to the cinema and it is thanks to her that she quickly became interested in films. But in spite of this, she never thought about pursuing a film career until she made her first movie: in fact she wanted to be a cardiologist. She was diagnosed with scoliosis at 11 and had to have a steel rod implanted in her back for five years; she remained in Chicago for six months where she learned to speak English. At 14 she started to work as a model in Athens, Milan (for Vogue magazine), London and Los Angeles: she shot commercials for beers, perfumes and makeups and modeled bathing suits and jeans. An absent-minded student, she dropped out of high school after her first film.
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Full name at birth | Valeria Golino
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Claim to fame | her roles as Adalgisa De Andreiis in the 1983 comedy film A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit, Francesca in the 1985 drama film My Dearest Son, Bruna Assecondati in the 1986 romantic drama film A Tale of Love, Gina Piccolapupula in the 1988 comedy film Big Top Pee-wee, Susanna in the Oscar-winning 1988 road drama film Rain Man, Ramada Thompson/Scarlett O'Hara/Lois Lane in the 1991 comedy film Hot Shots! and Its 1993 sequel film Hot Shots! Part Deux, Lupe Marín in the 2002 biographical drama film Frida, Giulia in the 2005 drama film Mario’s War, Rosaria in the 2011 comedy film Kryptone!, Armida Miserere in the 2013 biographical drama film Like the Wind, and Paola Lambruschini in the Apple TV+ original newsroom drama web series The Morning Show
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Date of birth | 22 October 1965
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Place of birth | Naples, Campania, Italy
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Occupation | Actress, Producer, Director, Model
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Height | 5' 5½" (166 cm)
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Weight | 139 lbs (63 kg)
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Residence | Naples, Campania, Italy
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Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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