‘Rain Man’ Star Valeria Golino, 60, Looks Unrecognizable at Venice Film Festival

Valeria Golino looks dramatically different nearly four decades after starring opposite Tom Cruise in Rain Man.

The Italian actress, 60, showed off her curly, blond-highlighted hair while making a series of glamorous appearances at the 2026 Venice Film Festival. Golino, who played Cruise’s onscreen girlfriend Susanna in the Oscar-winning 1988 movie, looked dramatically different from the dark-haired actress moviegoers may remember from the classic film.

For a screening of Bunker, Golino stepped out in an all-white look, pairing a loose button-down shirt with a flowing pleated skirt on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. She completed the ensemble with layered necklaces and a statement ring, while her softly defined eyes, glowing complexion and natural pink lip kept her makeup simple.

Golino switched things up for another festival appearance on Saturday, September 5, stepping out in a sleeveless black sequined dress for the red carpet premiere of Serpenti. She completed the look with layered statement necklaces featuring colorful stones, while her blond-highlighted curls framed her face as she posed for photos.

“I am a different woman when I have curly hair,” the Morning Show alum has said, per Flaunt.

Three years after starring alongside Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Golino showed off her comedic side in Hot Shots!, the 1991 spoof that took aim at Hollywood action movies, most notably Cruise’s Top Gun.

Now, Golino is embracing a different stage of her career. In addition to acting, she has increasingly moved behind the camera as a director, a role she has said gives her an unexpected feeling of youth. “I’m a middle-aged actress but a young director,” she said, according to a report Hello! published on Tuesday, September 8. “Being a director makes me feel younger.”

Golino has also found that entering her sixth decade hasn’t slowed her career — actually, quite the opposite. “I work more now than I ever worked before,” she said, per Flaunt.

Still, the actress has been candid about having mixed emotions when it comes to getting older. “On one hand I’m terrified, on the other I know I have to accept it,” she told Italian magazine Donna Moderna, per Hello!.