# Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee, and Hot Shots!, where she performed the "olive-in-the-belly-button" scene. In addition to David di Donatello, Nastro d'Argento, Ciak d'oro and Globo d'oro awards, she is one of four actresses to have twice won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival.

## Early life

Golino was born on 22 October 1965 in Naples, Italy, the daughter of an Italian father who was a Germanist scholar, and a Greek mother, Lalla, who was a painter. One of her grandmothers was Egyptian-French. She grew up in an "artistic household", and after her parents split up, was raised alternating between Athens and Sorrento (near Naples). Golino is the niece of the journalist Enzo Golino at L'Espresso, and her brother is a musician. When she was a girl, her mother frequently took her to the cinema, and she quickly became interested in films. In spite of this, though, she never thought about pursuing a film career until she made her first movie. Instead, she wanted to be a cardiologist.
Valeria was diagnosed with scoliosis at age 11, and she had a steel rod implanted in her back for five years. She remained in the care of a surgeon in Chicago for six months, where she learned to speak English. At age 14, she started to work as a fashion model in Athens, Milan, London, and Los Angeles. She was in TV commercials for beer, perfume, and cosmetics, and she modeled swimsuits and blue jeans. Being an unfocused student, she dropped out of high school after acting in her first movie.

## Career
### 1983–1987

Golino never formally studied acting. Her career started by chance when her uncle Enzo received a phone call from the director Lina Wertmüller, who was searching for a young girl for her movie, and encouraged Golino to go to Wertmuller's house to meet her.
The two met and Valeria was eventually cast in her first film, A Joke of Destiny (1983), alongside Ugo Tognazzi after an audition where she performed Shakespeare. Despite her parents' reservations and Wertmuller's demanding on-set behavior, she liked the experience so much that she decided to pursue an acting career. She gave up modeling, which she had never found fulfilling or interesting, and started to study diction and elocution. Among her early auditions were A Thorn in the Heart (an audition that she called "distasteful") and The Name of the Rose but was passed over for both films. She was offered roles in Giochi d'estate (1984) and other similarly themed romantic films about teenagers, but she turned them down to focus on smaller and more challenging projects.
She followed her first with a string of independent films, including roles in My Dearest Son and Little Flames (both 1985), her first leading role, both of which won her a Globo d'oro award for Best Breakthrough Actress. Later that year, she was involved in a car accident which displaced the metal rod in her back and had to have surgery in order to fix it: she was bedridden for five months.
Her star-making role came the following year, when she played the life-loving cleaning lady who romances two different men in A Tale of Love by Francesco Maselli. Her performance received rave reviews and earned her two prizes at the 1986 Venice Film Festival: the official Best Actress award (now called Volpi Cup) and the Golden Ciak award. The same film also won her the oldest and most prestigious critics' prize of the Italian cinema, the Silver Ribbon award for Best Actress.
Her following projects were once again independent, auteur-driven films, The Gold Rimmed Glasses and Love and Fear. She was supposed to reunite with Maselli for his following film L'uomo della casa di fronte, co-starring Marcello Mastroianni, but the project never happened. The same director then moved on to another film, Private Access, and Golino turned down the role that was eventually played by Ornella Muti.

### 1988–2000

She moved to Los Angeles in the 1988 following her then partner, a Puerto Rican actor. Her Hollywood period started with the movie Big Top Pee-wee (1988). She was cast in Rain Man (also 1988) as Susanna, the girlfriend of Tom Cruise's character, and in the comedy films Hot Shots! (1991) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), as the girlfriend of the protagonist (Hot Shots! was a direct spoof of Top Gun). She became known for the "olive-in-the-belly-button" scene.
Her character's nationality in Rain Man was changed from American to Italian-American to accommodate her accent. Even though she was known as a dramatic actress in Italy, most of the offers she received in Hollywood were for comedies.
Golino auditioned for lead roles in Pretty Woman and Flatliners, but both times she lost the part to Julia Roberts during the final audition. She was first runner-up for both roles and, in the case of Pretty Woman, she revealed many years later: "I was in the running until the final audition: it came down to Julia Roberts and me. The director asked us to walk in the same corridor, wearing the same clothes and makeup. As soon as I saw her [Roberts], I knew that she would have been chosen. And since she knew that, she told me: 'Go and get them, big mama!' I wouldn't have dared to say that to my rival. I would have been good in that film but she was perfect". She also turned down the leading role in the Ken Loach film Hidden Agenda, which she called "an offer that I still regret having declined".
In 1993, she was heavily involved in producing and starring in an independent feature film, Cat in the Box, which was never made, and because of that project, she was forced to turn down a role in a movie directed by Carlo Verdone.
During the following year, she was offered the leading role in True Lies, but she had to turn that down because of conflicts in scheduling with Slaughter of the Cock (1996), an independent film made in Cyprus. She had joined this film project in 1992, while it was still in preproduction, and she fervently wanted to be a part of it. Later on that year, she was supposed to act with Gian Maria Volonté in the film Treni sull'acqua. This project would have marked her third collaboration with the director Peter Del Monte, but it was canceled after the death of Volonté.
In early 1996, she was supposed to play a journalist in the film Bravo Randy, directed by Alessandro D'Alatri and also starring Jovanotti in the titular role of a tramp who falls into a coma after an accident. However, the project fell apart just a few months before shooting was slated to begin: fearing a lack of influence, the Italian production company blocked the funds as the film would have been shot in California.

### 2000–present

In 2000, Golino returned to Italy. In January 2001, she was supposed to star with Claudio Amendola in a TV mini-series called Cuore di ghiaccio, directed by Luciano Casciani, produced by Mediaset and set in Cefalù, but the project never took off the ground.
She had a supporting role in the successful French thriller 36, Quai des Orfèvres (2004) and a leading role in Cash (2008), although the producers of the film had wanted Kristin Scott Thomas instead. Her role as Irene in Sacred Heart (2004) had been written specifically for her by director Ferzan Ozpetek, but she was forced to abandon the project for personal reasons. She was replaced by Barbora Bobuľová.
In 2005, she was offered the leading role in Fine pena mai (2008) but she turned it down, considering herself to be too old for the part. The role was eventually played by Valentina Cervi.
In 2006, Theodoros Angelopoulos cast her in The Dust of Time (2008) after being impressed by Golino's work in Respiro. However the many delays in the shooting forced her to drop out of the project in late 2007 for scheduling conflicts. She was replaced by Irène Jacob.
In 2009, she was the subject of the monograph Valeria Golino: Respiro d'attrice by Massimo Causo.
The following year she was offered the chance to direct a short film by the company Pasta Garofalo, Armandino e il Madre, for which she also wrote the script. Her first feature film as director, Honey (2013), was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won a commendation from the Ecumenical Jury.
She played Armida Miserere, a high-security warden in Like the Wind (2013), directed by Marco Simon Puccioni, a difficult leading role praised by the critics and awarded in festival.
Despite her self-deprecating reluctance, she also sang in several films, most notably her English-language films Hot Shots! and Big Top Pee-wee and in Italian in Like the Wind. She recorded two LPs in 1987, the song "Maybe Once More" for L'inverno and 'Piangi Roma' for Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (featuring Baustelle), the latter of which won her a Silver Ribbon award for Best Song.
She is a member of AMPAS thanks to the invitation of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
In 2016, she was a member of the main competition jury of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2018, she directed Euforia which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and is considered to be one of best performances of Riccardo Scamarcio, who played the main role.
Her recent project, L’Arte della Gioia TV series, was screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

## Personal life

From 2005-2016, she dated Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio. Since 2018, she has been dating a lawyer, Fabio Palombi, who is 24 years younger than her. Golino doesn't have children.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1983 | A Joke of Destiny | Adalgisa De Andreiis | |
| 1984 | Blind Date | Girl in bikini | Cameo appearance |
| 1985 | My Dearest Son | Francesca | |
| 1985 | Little Flames | Mara | |
| 1986 | Detective School Dropouts | Caterina Zanetti | |
| 1986 | A Tale of Love | Bruna | |
| 1987 | The Gold Rimmed Glasses | Nora Treves | |
| 1987 | Dernier Été à Tanger | Claudia Marchetti | |
| 1988 | Love and Fear | Sandra Parini | |
| 1988 | Big Top Pee-wee | Gina Piccolapupula | |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Susanna | |
| 1989 | Torrents of Spring | Gemma Rosselli | |
| 1990 | Traces of an Amorous Life | Lucia | |
| 1990 | The King's Whore | Jeanne de Luynes | |
| 1991 | Hot Shots! | Ramada Thompson | |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner | Maria | |
| 1991 | Year of the Gun | Lia | |
| 1992 | Puerto Escondido | Anita | |
| 1993 | Hot Shots! Part Deux | Ramada Thompson | |
| 1994 | Clean Slate | Sarah Novak / Beth Holly | |
| 1994 | Immortal Beloved | Julie Guicciardi | |
| 1994 | Like Two Crocodiles | Marta | |
| 1995 | Submission | Dolores | Short film |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Terri | |
| 1995 | Four Rooms | Athena | |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Taslima | |
| 1996 | Escoriandoli | Ida | |
| 1996 | Slaughter of the Cock | Wife | |
| 1997 | The Acrobats | Maria | |
| 1998 | Shooting the Moon | Silvia | |
| 1998 | Side Streets | Sylvie Ottie | |
| 1999 | Harem Suare | Anita | |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Lilly | |
| 2000 | Ivans Xtc | Constanza Vero | |
| 2000 | Against the Wind | Nina | |
| 2001 | Hotel | Italian actress | Cameo appearance |
| 2002 | Winter | Anna | |
| 2002 | Respiro | Grazia | |
| 2002 | Frida | Guadalupe Marín | |
| 2003 | Prendimi e portami via | Luciana | |
| 2004 | San Antonio | L'italienne | |
| 2004 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Camille Vrinks | |
| 2005 | Mario's War | Giulia | |
| 2005 | Texas | Maria | |
| 2006 | Our Country | Rita | |
| 2007 | Actrices | Nathalia Petrovna | |
| 2007 | The Girl by the Lake | Chiara Canali | |
| 2007 | Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny! | Annamaria | |
| 2007 | Black Sun | Agata | |
| 2008 | Quiet Chaos | Marta Siciliano | |
| 2008 | Cash | Julia Molina | |
| 2008 | La fabbrica dei tedeschi | Wife | |
| 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Giulia | |
| 2009 | The French Kissers | Actress on film | Cameo appearance |
| 2009 | The Cézanne Affair | Franca | |
| 2010 | Come un soffio | Hostess | Short film |
| 2010 | Dark Love | Psychologist | Cameo appearance |
| 2010 | School Is Over | Daria | |
| 2011 | Kryptonite! | Rosaria Sansone | |
| 2013 | Like the Wind | Armida Miserere | |
| 2013 | Human Capital | Roberta Morelli | |
| 2014 | Jacky in Women's Kingdom | Bradi Vune | |
| 2014 | The Invisible Boy | Giovanna Silenzi | |
| 2015 | An Italian Name | Betta | |
| 2015 | Per amor vostro | Anna Ruotolo | |
| 2015 | The Very Private Life of Mister Sim | Luigia | |
| 2016 | La vita possibile | Carla | |
| 2017 | Il colore nascosto delle cose | Emma | |
| 2018 | The Invisible Boy: Second Generation | Giovanna Silenzi | |
| 2018 | Daughter of Mine | Tina | |
| 2018 | The Summer House | Elena | |
| 2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | The Countess | |
| 2019 | 5 Is the Perfect Number | Rita | |
| 2019 | Adults in the Room | Danaī | |
| 2019 | Volare | Elena Manzato | |
| 2019 | Un confine incerto | Paola Cristiani | |
| 2020 | You Came Back | Perla Gallo | |
| 2020 | Fortuna | Gina / Rita | |
| 2021 | La terra dei figli | The Witch | |
| 2021 | The Catholic School | Ilaria Arbus | |
| 2021 | Occhi blu | Valeria | |
| 2022 | Marcel! | The psychoanalyst | |
| 2023 | I Told You So (Te l’avevo detto) | Pupa | |
| 2024 | The Beautiful Game | Valeria | |
| 2024 | Maria | Jackie Callas | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Eugenie Kolchenko | Episode: "Red Wind" |
| 1999 | La vita che verrà | Nunzia | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Julius Caesar | Calpurnia | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Tigri di carta | Delacroix | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | In Treatment | Eleonora | 9 episodes |
| 2021 | The Morning Show | Paola Lambruschini | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | The Lying Life of Adults | Vittoria | 6 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Event | Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
| Annecy Italian Film Festival, France | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Athens Panorama of European Cinema, Greece | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Special Award for Acting | Special Award for Acting | Won |
| Barcelona Italian Film Festival, Spain | 2013 | – | Honorary CSCI Award | Honorary CSCI Award | Won |
| Bari International Film Festival, Italy | 2014 | Come il vento | Italian Competition Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Brussels European Film Festival, Belgium | 2013 | Honey | Euromillions Audience Award | Euromillions Audience Award | Won |
| Brussels European Film Festival, Belgium | 2013 | Honey | Studio L'Équipe Award | Studio L'Équipe Award | Won |
| Busto Arsizio Film Festival, Italy | 2003 | Respiro | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival, France | 2013 | Honey | Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury | Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury | Won |
| Cannes Film Festival, France | 2013 | Honey | Golden Camera Award | Golden Camera Award | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival, France | 2013 | Honey | Un Certain Regard Award | Un Certain Regard Award | Nominated |
| Capri Hollywood, Italy | 2013 | Come il vento | Capri European Actress Award | Capri European Actress Award | Won |
| Castle of Precicchie Prize, Italy | 2014 | – | Castle of Precicchie Prize | Castle of Precicchie Prize | Won |
| Cervia Spettacoli e Dintorni Festival, Italy | 1986 | – | Best Newcomer Award | Best Newcomer Award | Won |
| Cinema Italian Style, USA | 2006 | – | Innovator Award | Innovator Award | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2015 | The Invisible Boy | David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2014 | Human Capital | David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2014 | Honey | David di Donatello | Best New Director | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2014 | Honey | David di Donatello | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2008 | Quiet Chaos | David di Donatello | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2006 | Mario's War | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Won |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 2003 | Respiro | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 1998 | The Acrobats | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 1988 | The Gold Rimmed Glasses | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| David di Donatello Awards, Italy | 1987 | A Tale of Love | David di Donatello | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Eolie Film Festival, Italy | 1987 | – | Plate of the City of Lipari | Plate of the City of Lipari | Won |
| European Film Awards | 2013 | Honey | European Film Award | Discovery of the Year | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 2003 | Respiro | Audience Award | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai, Italy | 2011 | Kryptonite! | FICE Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai, Italy | 2006 | Our Country | FICE Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Federazione Italiana Cinema d'Essai, Italy | 2005 | Mario's War | FICE Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Festival delle Cerase, Italy | 2007 | Mario's War | Winter Award | Winter Award | Won |
| Flaiano International Awards, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Golden Pegasus | Best Director | Won |
| Flaiano International Awards, Italy | 2006 | Mario's War | Golden Pegasus | Best Actress | Won |
| Gallio Film Festival, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Best Screenplay Award | Best Screenplay Award | Won |
| Gavoi Film Festival, Italy | 2005 | – | Honorary Silver Tumbarinu | Honorary Silver Tumbarinu | Won |
| Giffoni Film Festival, Italy | 2011 | – | Giffoni Award | Giffoni Award | Won |
| Giffoni Film Festival, Italy | 2002 | Respiro | Bronze Gryphon | Best Actress | Won |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2015 | The Invisible Boy | Golden Ciak | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2014 | Honey | Golden Ciak | Best First Feature | Won |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2014 | Honey | Golden Ciak | Best Screenplay | Nominated |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Golden Ciak | Best Actress | Won |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2011 | L'amore buio | Golden Ciak | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 2008 | Quiet Chaos | Golden Ciak | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Ciak Awards, Italy | 1987 | A Tale of Love | Golden Ciak | Best Actress | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Golden Globe | Best Debut Feature Film | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 2006 | Mario's War | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 2004 | Take Me Away | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 2002 | L'inverno | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 1986 | Little Flames | Golden Globe | Best Breakthrough Actress | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards, Italy | 1986 | My Dearest Son | Golden Globe | Best Breakthrough Actress | Won |
| Golden Goblet Awards, Italy | 1997 | Le acrobate | Golden Goblet | Best Actress | Won |
| Golden Graal Awards, Italy | 2009 | Quiet Chaos | Golden Graal | Best Dramatic Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Graal Awards, Italy | 2008 | The Girl by the Lake | Golden Graal | Best Dramatic Actress | Won |
| Golden Graal Awards, Italy | 2007 | Mario's War | Golden Graal | Best Dramatic Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Graal Awards, Italy | 2006 | Texas | Golden Graal | Best Dramatic Actress | Nominated |
| Golden Graal Awards, Italy | 2005 | 36 Quai des Orfèvres | Golden Graal | Best International Performer | Won |
| Golden Sacher Awards, Italy | 1997 | Le acrobate | Golden Sacher | Best Actress | Won |
| Haifa International Film Festival, Israel | 2013 | Honey | Special Mention of the Jury | Special Mention of the Jury | Won |
| Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Breakout Italian Director of the Year Award | Breakout Italian Director of the Year Award | Won |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Kinéo Award | Kinéo Award | Won |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Kinéo Award | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Kinéo Award | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2008 | The Girl by the Lake | Kinéo Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2008 | Quiet Chaos | Kinéo Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Kinéo Awards, Italy | 2003 | Respiro | Kinéo Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Lecce European Film Festival, Italy | 2007 | – | Honorary Award | Honorary Award | Won |
| Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia | 2013 | Honey | Kingfisher Award | Kingfisher Award | Won |
| Los Angeles Italia, USA | 2014 | – | Excellence Award | Excellence Award | Won |
| Lux Prize | 2013 | Honey | Lux Prize | Lux Prize | 2nd place |
| Magna Graecia Film Festival, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Best First Feature Award | Best First Feature Award | Won |
| Mantova Film Festival, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Golden Laurel | Golden Laurel | Won |
| Maremetraggio International Festival, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Ippocampo Competition Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Marzamemi Border Film Festival, Italy | 2007 | – | WindJet Award | WindJet Award | Won |
| Mons International Love Film Festival, Belgium | 2003 | Respiro | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| New Italian Cinema Events Festival, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Susan Batson Award | Best Acting Performance | Won |
| Nice Italian Film Festival, France | 1985 | My Dearest Son | Best Newcomer Award | Best Newcomer Award | Won |
| Primavera del Cinema Italiano Festival, Italy | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Federico II Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Rome Film Festival, Italy | 2013 | Come il vento | L.A.R.A. Award | L.A.R.A. Award | Won |
| Sergio Amidei Prize | 2013 | Honey | Sergio Amidei Prize | Sergio Amidei Prize | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2014 | Come il vento | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Silver Ribbon | Best Debut Feature Film | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2012 | Kryptonite! | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2011 | Armandino e il Madre | Silver Ribbon | Best Debut Short Film | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2011 | Armandino e il Madre | Silver Ribbon | Best Short Film | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2010 | The Cézanne Affair | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Silver Ribbon | Best Original Song | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2009 | Giulia Doesn't Date at Night | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2007 | Mario's War | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2006 | Texas | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2004 | Take Me Away | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 2002 | Respiro | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 1999 | Shooting the Moon | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 1989 | Rain Man | Silver Ribbon | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 1988 | Three Sisters | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 1987 | A Tale of Love | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Won |
| Silver Ribbon Awards, Italy | 1986 | Little Flames | Silver Ribbon | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Sulmona Film Festival, Italy | 2002 | Respiro | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Taormina Film Festival, Italy | 2006 | Mario's War | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Taormina Film Festival, Italy | 2006 | – | Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence | Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence | Won |
| Terra di Siena Film Festival, Italy | 2009 | – | Honorary Award | Honorary Award | Won |
| Tétouan International Mediterranean Festival, Morocco | 2014 | Honey | Best First Work Award | Best First Work Award | Won |
| Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece | 2006 | – | Honorary Golden Alexander | Honorary Golden Alexander | Won |
| Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece | 1996 | I sfagi tou kokora | Greek Competition Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Trani Film Festival, Italy | 2002 | – | Stupor Mundi Award | Stupor Mundi Award | Won |
| Valenciennes Festival 2 Cinéma, France | 2014 | Come il vento | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Vasto Film Festival, Italy | 2012 | – | Honorary Award | Honorary Award | Won |
| Venice Film Festival, Italy | 2015 | For Your Love | Volpi Cup | Best Actress | Won |
| Venice Film Festival, Italy | 2015 | For Your Love | Pasinetti Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Venice Film Festival, Italy | 1986 | A Tale of Love | Best Actress Award | Best Actress Award | Won |
| Venice Film Festival, Italy | 1986 | A Tale of Love | Golden Ciak | Best Actress | Won |
| Viareggio EuropaCinema Festival, Italy | 2003 | Take Me Away | EuropaCinema Award | Best Actress | Won |
| Vittorio De Sica Awards, Italy | 2013 | Honey | Vittorio De Sica Award | Vittorio De Sica Award | Won |
| Vittorio De Sica Awards, Italy | 1986 | – | Vittorio De Sica Award | Vittorio De Sica Award | Won |