giordano first appeared on screen in mario monicelli's amici miei atto ii in 1982. in 1983, she appeared as the female protagonist in andrey tarkovsky's "nostalghia". in 1986 giordano won the international fantasy film award at fantasporto for her lead performance as the daughter of leon trotsky in ken mcmullen's award-winning film "zina" (1985). giordano also played roles in such films as jean-luc godard's "nouvelle vague" (1990) and neil jordan's "interview with the vampire" (1994).