Biography
Raised in Greece and Italy, she worked regularly in Italian features including "Little Flames" (1985) and "Love Story" (1986). She made an impact in the USA co-starring in two high-profile 1988 films opposite two very different leading men. "Big Top Pee-Wee" cast her as a trapeze artist who falls for Pee-Wee Herman, with whom she shares what is reputedly the screen's longest kiss. As Tom Cruise's sympathetic girlfriend in "Rain Man", the …
Career Milestones
| Co-starred in the TNT miniseries "Julius Caesar" (lensed 2002) | ||
| Raised in Athens, Greece and in Rome and Naples, Italy | ||
1981 | Began modeling at age 14 | |
1983 | At age 16 met director Lina Wertmuller at her uncle's house in Rome; director cast her in "Scherzo del Destino in Agguato Dietro L'Angolo Come un Briganti di Strada/A Joke of Destiny Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Robber" | |
1984 | First US film, "Blind Date" | |
1988 | Had featured role in "Big Top Pee-Wee" | |
1988 | Played Tom Cruise's love interest in "Rain Man" | |
1991 | Co-starred in "The Indian Runner", directed by Sean Penn | |
1991 | Displayed comedic abilities in "Hot Shots!" | |
1993 | Reprised her role in "Hot Shots! Part Deux" | |
1994 | Appeared in "Immortal Beloved" | |
1995 | Played one of the witches in the Allison Anders-directed segment ("Strange Brew") of the omnibus "Four Rooms" | |
1996 | Had featured role in "John Carpenter's Escape From L.A." | |
2000 | co-starred in "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking at Her" | |
2002 | played Lupe Marin in Salma Hayek's Frida Kahlo biopic "Frida" | |