Asia, officially named Aria, was born in Rome on 20 September 1975, the daughter of Dario and Daria Nicolodi.

She started her acting career when she was only nine years old. Since then she's been in over fifteen movies, she has won two 'DAVID DI DONATELLO' (the Italian oscar), two 'CIACK', an Italian 'GOLDEN GLOBE' when she was only twelve, and a 'GROLLA D'ORO'.

She has acted in French in La Reine Margot (1994) and English, in B. Monkey (1998) where she played Beatrice, the lead role.

In 2000 she finished her directorial debut feature, Scarlet Diva.

" During the shooting of my directorial debut, I must never let myself go to any goliardery, even if I might think I am missing some fun, never mingle with the rest of the crew, because they are actors while I am the mirth of a rickety poem. They are solo artists, virtuosos - but I am the orchestra, the strings carpet where everybody has to lay. They are the public, while I am tonight's special event. I allow them to be instantly well-liked, but I must remain rigorous to reveal my eyes, I have to act out the things that never happen. When I think of my film, I don't take anything from the reality that I know, I suck only from the utopia/reality I would want to live. When I say my lines, the ones I have written for myself, I think about this, of a womb-like world where amniotic liquids protect me from injustices and the boogey man."

- Asia Argento

In 2001 she gave birth to a baby girl.