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Asia Argento, born September 20, 1975, is an Italian actress, singer, model, activist and director who was is also Anthony Bourdain’s late girlfriend. Argento and Bourdain met when she appeared on the Rome-based episode of his CNN series Parts Unknown.
Argento is the daughter of Dario Argento — an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter –and actress Daria Nicolodi. Argento, who was born in Rome, Italy, began to act at the age of nine years old. Argento wrote and directed her first fiction feature film, Scarlet Diva, in the year 2000. The film was produced by her father, Dario Argento.
She first achieved international recognition when she portrayed Yelena — an undercover Russian spy — in the American action film xXx alongside Vin Diesel. Following xXx, Argento was offered numerous roles in big-budget Hollywood movies, however, she turned them down to instead directed her second feature film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Thing. The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Thing was released in 2004.
In addition to her acting and directing career, Argento has also ventured into music, releasing her debut album, Total Entropy, in May 2013.
Argento began dating American chef, television host, and author Anthony Bourdain in 2017 after the two met during the filming of Bourdain’s CNN series Parts Unknown in Rome. Argento dated Bourdain up until his death by suicide on June 8, 2018.
