Valeria Golino

The second child of an Italian germanist and a Greek painter, 'Valeria Golino' (qv) grew up in Naples until her parents parted. After three years in Athens with her mother and another three in Naples with her father, she began to work as a model. She left high school after her first movie and didn't study performing arts at all. In 1985 she got the leading role in _Little Flames (1985)_ (qv) by 'Peter Del Monte' (qv) and the next year won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival for _A Tale of Love (1986)_ (qv). After some European co-productions (_Letzter Sommer in Tanger (1987)_ (qv), _Brille mit Goldrand (1987)_ (qv), _Three Sisters (1988)_ (qv)) she began to work in Hollywood (_Big Top Pee-wee (1988)_ (qv)). She soon gained prominent roles in _Rain Man (1988)_ (qv), _Hot Shots! (1991)_ (qv) and _Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)_ (qv). Now she works in the US (_Clean Slate (1994)_ (qv), _An Occasional Hell (1996)_ (qv)), Europe (_The King's Whore (1990)_ (qv), _Immortal Beloved (1994)_ (qv)) and in Italy. too, especially with young directors (_Come due coccodrilli (1994)_ (qv), _Le acrobate (1997)_ (qv), _Shooting the Moon (1998)_ (qv)). In 1994 she produced and acted in _Slaughter of the Cock (1996)_ (qv) by Greek director 'Andreas Pantzis' (qv). Her voice is more appreciated in Hollywood (where she took speech therapy) than in Italy (where she is sometimes dubbed); in "The Slaughter of the Cock" she acts as a deaf and dumb woman. She speaks four languages: Italian, Greek, French and English. Her brother is a musician and their uncle Enzo Golino is a famous journalist.::Giuseppe Caruso <[email protected]>