Valeria Golino Net Worth

What Is Valeria Golino's Net Worth?

Valeria Golino is an Italian actress, director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $5 million. Valeria Golino started her film career with a role in the movie "A Joke of Destiny" in 1983 and left her modeling career behind in order to focus on acting full-time. She went on to appear in both English and Italian-language films steadily from there. Some of her projects include the films "A Tale of Love" (1986), "Three Sisters" (1988), "Big Top Pee-Wee" (1988), "Rain Man" (1988), "Hot Shots!" (1991), "Immortal Beloved" (1994), "Four Rooms" (1995), "Escape from L.A." (1996), "Respiro" (2002), "Frida" (2002), and "Mario's War" (2005) and the television series "In Treatment" (2013) and "The Morning Show" (2021). She wrote and directed the award-winning 2013 Italian film "Miele" ("Honey") as well as the 2010 short "Armandino e il madre," the 2018 film "Euphoria," and the 2024 miniseries "The Art of Joy." Valeria has also produced films such as "Word of Honor" (2001), "L'uomo doppio" (2012), and "The Invisible Thread" (2024).

Early Life

Valeria Golino was born on October 22, 1965, in Naples, Italy. Her mother was a Greek painter, and her Italian father was a Germanist scholar. Valeria was raised in an "artistic household," and after her parents separated, she grew up in Sorrento, Italy, and Athens, Greece. She has a brother, who is a musician, and journalist Enzo Golino was her uncle. When Golino was a child, her mother often took her to the movie theater, and Valeria became interested in films at a young age. Before becoming an actress, she wanted to become a cardiologist. At the age of 11, Golino was diagnosed with scoliosis, and a steel rod was implanted in her back. The steel rod was removed after five years. She was in the care of a surgeon in Chicago for several months, and she learned to speak English there. When she was 14, Valeria began working in Athens, London, Milan, and Los Angeles as a fashion model, and she subsequently appeared in commercials for cosmetics, perfume, and beer. She made her first movie when she was in high school, then she dropped out of school.

Career

Golino appeared in her first film, 1983's "A Joke of Destiny," after director Lina Wertmüller called Valeria's uncle Enzo and said she was looking for a young actress for her movie. Next, she appeared in "My Dearest Son" (1985), "Little Flames" (1985), "A Tale of Love" (1986), "The Gold Rimmed Glasses" (1987), "Dernier Été à Tanger" (1987), "Love and Fear" (1988), and "Torrents of Spring" (1989), and in 1988, she co-starred with Paul Reubens and Kris Kristofferson in "Big Top Pee-wee" and with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man," which won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In the '90s, Valeria starred in films such as "Hot Shots!" (1991), "Year of the Gun" (1991), "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993), "Clean Slate" (1994), "Immortal Beloved" (1994), "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995), "Four Rooms" (1995), "Escape from L.A." (1996), "Escoriandoli" (1996), "Shooting the Moon" (1998), and "Harem" (1999). She also guest-starred on "Fallen Angels" in 1995, and she played Nunzia in the 1999 miniseries "La vita che verrà." In 2000, Golino appeared in the films "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her," "Ivans Xtc," and "Against the Wind," followed by "Winter," "Respiro," and "Frida" in 2002. That year she also played Calpurnia in the TNT miniseries "Julius Caesar."

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Next, Valeria appeared in the films "Prendimi e portami via" (2003), "San Antonio" (2004), "Mario's War" (2005), "Texas" (2005), "Our Country" (2006), "Actrices" (2007), "The Girl by the Lake" (2007), "Quiet Chaos" (2008), "Cash" (2008), "The Cézanne Affair" (2009), and she starred in the title role in 2009's "Giulia Doesn't Date at Night." In 2008, she played Delacroix in the miniseries "Tigri di carta," then she starred in films such as "Kryptonite!" (2011), "Like the Wind" (2013), "Human Capital" (2013), "The Invisible Boy" (2014), "Per amor vostro" (2015), "La vita possibile" (2016), "Il colore nascosto delle cose" (2017), "Daughter of Mine" (2018), "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" (2019), "Volare" (2019), and "The Beautiful Game" (2024). Golino co-wrote and directed the 2013 film "Honey" ("Miele"), which won more than 20 awards. She played Eleonora on the Italian series "In Treatment" (based on the HBO series of the same name) in 2013, Paola Lambruschini on the Apple TV+ drama "The Morning Show" in 2021, and Vittoria on Netflix's "The Lying Life of Adults" in 2023.

Personal Life

Valeria was in a relationship with actor Riccardo Scamarcio from 2005 to 2016. In 2018, she began dating Fabio Palombi, a lawyer who is 24 years her junior. Golino was the maid of honor at Patricia Arquette's 2006 wedding to Thomas Jane.

Awards

Golino has won more than 70 awards for her work, including a Cinema Italian Style Innovator Award (2006), a Castle of Precicchie Prize (2014), a Plate of the City of Lipari from the Eolie Film Festival (1987), an Honorary Silver Tumbarinu from the Gavoi Film Festival (2005), an Excellence Award from Los Angeles Italia (2014), and a Taormina Arte Award for Cinematic Excellence from the Taormina Film Festival (2006). She has won acting awards for "Kryptonite!," "Giulia Doesn't Date at Night," "Come il vento," "Respiro," "Human Capital," Mario's War," "Our Country," "Le acrobate," "The Girl by the Lake," "36 Quai des Orfèvres," "A Tale of Love," "I sfagi tou kokora," and "For Your Love." For "Honey," which she co-wrote and directed, Valeria received a Euromillions Audience Award and a Studio L'Équipe Award at the Brussels European Film Festival, a Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival, a Golden Pegasus for Best Director at the Flaiano International Awards, a Best Screenplay Award at the Gallio Film Festival, a Breakout Italian Director of the Year Award at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, a Best First Feature Award at the Magna Graecia Film Festival, and a Best First Work Award at the Tétouan International Mediterranean Festival. She has earned six nominations from the Golden Globe Awards (Italy), winning Best Breakthrough Actress for "Little Flames" and "My Dearest Son" (1986), Best Actress for "Mario's War" (2006), and Best Debut Feature Film for "Honey" (2013).

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