She speaks four languages: Italian, Greek, French and English. (where she took speech therapy) than in Italy (where she is sometimesĭubbed) in 'The Slaughter of the Cock' she acts as a deaf and dumb Her voice is more appreciated in Hollywood In 1994 she produced and acted in Slaughter of the Cock (1996)īy Greek director Andreas Pantzis. ( Come due coccodrilli (1994), Le acrobate (1997), L'albero delle pere (1998)).

( The King's Whore (1990), Immortal Beloved (1994)) and in Italy. Now she works in the US ( Clean Slate (1994), An Occasional Hell (1996)), Europe Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993). She soon gained prominent roles in Rain Man (1988), After some EuropeanĬo-productions ( Dernier été à Tanger (1987), The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987), Three Sisters (1988)) she began to work in Role in Little Flames (1985) by Peter Del Monte and the next year won the Best Actress AwardĪt the Venice Film Festival for Storia d'amore (1986).

She left high school after her first movieĪnd didn't study performing arts at all. After three years inĪthens with her mother and another three in Naples with her father, sheīegan to work as a model.

Golino grew up in Naples until her parents parted. The second child of an Italian germanist and a Greek painter, Valeria She is known to English-language audiences for her role in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee and the two Hot Shots! films, especially the olive-in-the-belly-button scene. Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and film director.

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