- Officially named Aria since the registration office did not accept Asia.
- Daughter of Dario Argento and Daria Nicolodi.
- Made Italy's first digital film.
- Her first name is pronounced "ah-SEE-ah.".
- In early 2017, it was reported by several Italian news sources that Argento was in a relationship with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain died of an apparent suicide in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, Haut-Rhin, France, on 8 June 2018.
- Speaks Italian, French, and English.
- Was the youngest female director in Italy.
- Her first child is daughter Anna Lou Castoldi born June 20, 2001, in Lugano, Switzerland, with her former partner Marco Castoldi. Anna Lou is named after Asia's half-sister Anna Ceroli, who died in a motorcycle accident in 1994.
- In October 2017, Argento alleged in a New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow that she had been sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein during the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. She confirmed that a scene in her feature debut Scarlet Diva (2000) - where her character is accosted by a movie executive - was indeed a reference to Weinstein.
- The Welsh Hardcore/metal band Hondo Maclean, named a song after her. Once she heard it, she offered to do a publicity photo for them. It appeared on the back of their "Plans for a Better Day" EP.
- Claims that she fell in love with Marco Castoldi, singer of Bluvertigo and father of her daughter Anna Lou, at first sight.
- Her close friends are Valeria Golino, Adrien Brody, Libero De Rienzo, Vera Gemma, Norman Reedus, Laura Albert , Marilyn Manson, and Rose McGowan.
- Granddaughter of photographer Elio Luxardo, known as the Italian Leni Riefenstahl.
- Ran away from home at 14.
- Starred in three films that were screened at 2007 Cannes Film Festival: Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress (2007), Olivier Assayas' Boarding Gate (2007) and Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales (2007).
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival in 2009.
- Granddaughter of Salvatore Argento.
- Her second child is a boy named Nicola Giovanni (b. September 15th, 2008) with her ex-husband Michele Civetta.
- Resides in Los Angeles, California. (February 2004)
- Niece of Claudio Argento.
- Living in Rome. (June 2007)
- Half-sister of Fiore Argento.
- Born at 8:07am-CEDT
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