Valeria Golino

Acting

Valeria Golino

Born October 22, 1965Naples, Campania, Italy125 credits

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

Gioia
6.5

Gioia

Movie

2026

A Brief Affair
6.3

A Brief Affair

Movie

2025

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

LIBERO sempre comunque mai

Movie

2025

Elisa
6.3

Elisa

Movie

2025

Fuori
6.5

Fuori

Movie

2025

Maria
6.5

Maria

Movie

2024

Filmography

Gioia
2026Gioiaas GioiaMovie
A Brief Affair
2025A Brief AffairMovie
LIBERO sempre comunque mai
2025LIBERO sempre comunque maias SelfMovie
Elisa
2025Elisaas LauraMovie
Fuori
2025Fuorias Goliarda SapienzaMovie
Maria
2024Mariaas Yakinthi CallasMovie
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Facesas SelfMovie
The Art of Joy
2024The Art of JoyDirectorTV
The Beautiful Game
2024The Beautiful Gameas GabriellaMovie
I Told You So
2024I Told You Soas PupaMovie
The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation
2023The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipationas SelfMovie
GialappaShow
2023GialappaShowTV
Call My Agent: Italy
2023Call My Agent: Italyas Valeria GolinoTV
The Lying Life of Adults
2023The Lying Life of Adultsas VittoriaTV
Marcel!
2022Marcel!as AnalystMovie
The Catholic School
2021The Catholic Schoolas Ilaria ArbusMovie
Blue Eyes
2021Blue Eyesas ValeriaMovie
Land Of The Sons
2021Land Of The Sonsas La stregaMovie
Un confine incerto
2021Un confine incertoas Paola CristianiMovie
Fortuna
2021Fortunaas Rita / GinaMovie
Raphael: The Young Prodigy
2021Raphael: The Young ProdigyMovie
C ce soir, le débat
2021C ce soir, le débatas Self - GuestTV
You Came Back
2020You Came Backas PerlaMovie
The Morning Show
2019The Morning Showas Paola LambruschiniTV
Volare
2019Volareas ElisaMovie
Adults in the Room
2019Adults in the Roomas Danae StratouMovie
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019Portrait of a Lady on Fireas La ComtesseMovie
5 Is the Perfect Number
20195 Is the Perfect Numberas RitaMovie
Casanova, Last Love
2019Casanova, Last Loveas La CornelysMovie
Euphoria
2018EuphoriaStoryMovie
The Summer House
2018The Summer Houseas ElenaMovie
Belve
2018BelveTV
Daughter of Mine
2018Daughter of Mineas TinaMovie
The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
2018The Invisible Boy: Second Generationas GiovannaMovie
The Stand-In
2017The Stand-InMovie
Emma
2017Emmaas EmmaMovie
La vita possibile
2016La vita possibileas CarlaMovie
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015The Very Private Life of Mister Simas LuigiaMovie
For Your Love
2015For Your Loveas Anna RuotoloMovie
An Italian Name
2015An Italian Nameas Betta PontecorvoMovie
The Invisible Boy
2014The Invisible Boyas GiovannaMovie
Jacky in the Kingdom of Women
2014Jacky in the Kingdom of Womenas Bradi VuneMovie
Human Capital
2013Human Capitalas RobertaMovie
Like the Wind
2013Like the Windas Armida MiserereMovie
Honey
2013HoneyDirectorMovie
In Treatment
2013In Treatmentas EleonoraTV
Nuts
2013Nutsas GiovannaMovie
Kryptonite!
2011Kryptonite!as RosariaMovie
A Butterfly Kiss
2011A Butterfly Kissas BillieMovie
La scuola è finita
2010La scuola è finitaas Daria QuarenghiMovie
Portrait Of My Father
2010Portrait Of My Fatheras SelfMovie
Dark Love
2010Dark Loveas PsychologistMovie
Armandino e il Madre
2010Armandino e il MadreDirectorMovie
The Cézanne Affair
2009The Cézanne Affairas Franca RossettiMovie
The French Kissers
2009The French Kissersas La fille de la vidéoMovie
Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
2009Giulia Doesn't Date at Nightas GiuliaMovie
The Germans' Factory
2008The Germans' Factoryas AnnaMovie
Ca$h
2008Ca$has JuliaMovie
Quiet Chaos
2008Quiet Chaosas MartaMovie
Actresses
2007Actressesas Nathalia PetrovnaMovie
Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!
2007Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!as AnnamariaMovie
The Girl by the Lake
2007The Girl by the Lakeas Chiara CanaliMovie
Black Sun
2007Black Sunas AgataMovie
My Place in the Sun
2007My Place in the Sunas SandraMovie
Our Country
2006Our Countryas RitaMovie
Mario's War
2006Mario's Waras GiuliaMovie
J
2006Just Five Minutesas ValeriaMovie
Olé !
2005Olé !as Carmen HolgadoMovie
Texas
2005Texasas MariaMovie
36th Precinct
200436th Precinctas Camille VrinksMovie
Alive
2004Aliveas ElisaMovie
San Antonio
2004San Antonioas L'ItalienneMovie
Take Me Away
2003Take Me Awayas LucianaMovie
Julius Caesar
2002Julius Caesaras CalpúrniaTV
Frida
2002Fridaas Lupe MarínMovie
Respiro
2002Respiroas GraziaMovie
L'inverno
2002L'invernoas AnnaMovie
Hotel
2001Hotelas Italian ActressMovie
Word of Honour
2001Word of Honouras AfroditiMovie
Against the Wind
2000Against the Windas NinaMovie
Spanish Judges
2000Spanish Judgesas JamieMovie
ivans xtc.
2000ivans xtc.as Constanza VeroMovie
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
2000Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Heras Lilly (segment "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine")Movie
Last Harem
1999Last Haremas AnitaMovie
T
1999Típotaas L'attriceMovie
Vivement dimanche
1998Vivement dimancheas SelfTV
Side Streets
1998Side Streetsas Sylvie OttiMovie
Shooting the Moon
1998Shooting the Moonas SilviaMovie
Le acrobate
1997Le acrobateas MariaMovie
An Occasional Hell
1996An Occasional Hellas Elizabeth LaughtonMovie
Escoriandoli
1996Escoriandolias IdaMovie
S
1996Slaughter of the Cockas WifeMovie
Escape from L.A.
1996Escape from L.A.as TaslimaMovie
Four Rooms
1995Four Roomsas AthenaMovie
Red Wind
1995Red Windas Eugenie KolchenkoMovie
Leaving Las Vegas
1995Leaving Las Vegasas TerriMovie
S
1995SubmissionMovie
Like Two Crocodiles
1995Like Two Crocodilesas MartaMovie
Immortal Beloved
1994Immortal Belovedas Giulietta GuicciardiMovie
Clean Slate
1994Clean Slateas Sarah Novak / Beth HollyMovie
Fallen Angels
1993Fallen Angelsas Eugenie KolchenkoTV
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993Hot Shots! Part Deuxas Ramada Rodham HaymanMovie
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
1993Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's ApologyMovie
Puerto Escondido
1992Puerto Escondidoas AnitaMovie
HBO First Look
1992HBO First Lookas Self / Giulietta GuicciardiTV
The Indian Runner
1991The Indian Runneras MariaMovie
Year of the Gun
1991Year of the Gunas LiaMovie
Hot Shots!
1991Hot Shots!as Ramada Thompson / Scarlett O'Hara / Lois LaneMovie
The King's Whore
1990The King's Whoreas Jeanne de LuynesMovie
Traces of an Amorous Life
1990Traces of an Amorous Lifeas Lucia FontanaMovie
Torrents of Spring
1989Torrents of Springas Gemma RosselliMovie
Rain Man
1988Rain Manas SusannaMovie
Big Top Pee-wee
1988Big Top Pee-weeas Gina PiccolapupulaMovie
Love and Fear
1988Love and Fearas SandraMovie
The Gold Rimmed Glasses
1987The Gold Rimmed Glassesas Nora TrevesMovie
Last Summer in Tangiers
1987Last Summer in Tangiersas Claudia MarchettiMovie
Storia d'amore
1986Storia d'amoreas BrunaMovie
Detective School Dropouts
1986Detective School Dropoutsas KaterinaMovie
My Dearest Son
1985My Dearest Sonas FrancescaMovie
Little Flames
1985Little Flamesas MaraMovie
Blind Date
1984Blind Dateas Girl in BikiniMovie
A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit
1983A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Banditas Adalgisa De AndreiisMovie
J
—Jours de chanceMovie
N
—Nessun doloreMovie
B
—By the King's FavorMovie