Italian actress

Asia Argento

Asia Argento is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005), and Marie Antoinette (2006). Her other notable acting credits include Queen Margot (1994), Let's Not Keep in Touch (1994), Traveling Companion (1996), Last Days (2005), and Islands (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes.

Born

1975

September 20

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1975 Born

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1058 Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland.
1066 At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin.
1187 Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
1260 The Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.

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The world in 1975

When Asia arrived

april 13 Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
april 17 The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
april 19 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
april 19 South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

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Alanna Ubach 1975– American actress Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alicia Witt 1975– American actress and musician Cristobal Huet 1975– French ice hockey player David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Dulé Hill 1975– American actor Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer Hugh Dancy 1975– English actor and model

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