Valeria Golino is an Italian-Greek film as well as a TV actress. She was born on 22nd October, 1965 in Naples, Italy and started her acting career in 1985. She has performed in more than 70 movies in her career, which hold testimony to her success.
Career Highlights
Valeria Golino started her career in 1985, appearing in the movie titled “Little Fires”, which proved to be a phenomenal success. In 1988, she entered the world of Hollywood and appeared in the movie titled “Big Top Pee-Wee”. She appeared opposite Tom Cruise in “Rain Man”, which brought her into the limelight in Hollywood.
She continued to appear in the Italian movies and achieved the status as one of the best leading ladies of the Italian Cinema. She performed various roles with perfection and made the transition from one role to another, look easy.
In 1988, she appeared in “Paura e amore” playing the role of Sandra Parini followed by another challenging role of Jeanne de Luynes in “The King’s Whore”, which helped her gain critical acclaim. Valeria Golino without an iota of doubt remained one of the best leading female actresses in the Italian Cinema, but unlike others Valeria Golino proved her mettle in the world of Hollywood.
One of the major breakthroughs in her career in Hollywood was her role opposite Tom Cruise in the movie titled “Rain Man”. Prior to that, in 1986 she won the award in the category for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for the movie “Storia d’amore”.
Top Ten Movies of Valeria Golino:
⦁ Blind Date
⦁ Storia d’amore
⦁ Rain Man
⦁ Torrents of Spring
⦁ The Indian Runner
⦁ Escape from L.A.
⦁ Side Streets
⦁ Take Me Away
⦁ 36 Quai des Orfèvres
⦁ Cash
