Valeria Golino

Personal context

Summary

Valeria Golino is an Italian actor, director, and producer whose work ranges from Rain Man and Hot Shots! to Miele, Euforia, and The Art of Joy. Her directing often centers on women’s agency and difficult ethical questions, including assisted suicide. She has said gender equality and equal pay remain unfinished issues in film, and has called for protections for women and sexual minorities. She has also criticized political correctness for highlighting minorities and genders in ways she sees as restrictive and divisive, and objected to judging films by a director’s gender. No public DEI affiliations or sustained activist campaign are on record.