Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st of October, 1995, in Berkeley, California, USA. Her work as an actress is known for Choices (2010, The Heart and Other Small Shapes, 2006) as well as Chrissie Mair's Content House 2022.

Asia Argento began her career as an actor as an actress in Rome. She is part of a family that is also a group of film makers. When she was nine and acting, she made her debut in Sergio Ciotti's film Sogni e bisogni. The year 1988 was the time she was cast in the role of lead in the first feature of Cristina Comencini's film Zoo. In addition, she was an integral part of Michele Soavi's cast in The Church. In the following year, she appeared as Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon It was in the film Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career took off, and she had the opportunity to move on from playing very young girls into more complex, mature roles. The film was given a warm response in the Cannes International Film Festival. Her father was in the film for the debut time on Trauma an award-winning film by Italian horror director Dario Argento. Her mother, Daria Nicoleli, is Argento's favorite actress and she was the anorexic seeking to locate her parents' killer. Asia was a part of Dario's The Phantom of the Opera, the third movie she made together with her father. Other films included Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. In 1993, she starred alongside Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. She performed the role of Arianna an physically handicapped girl--an intricate, difficult part that earned an award from David di Donatello award for the best actress. She was also an important role in the cast international in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. In 1995, she worked with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration was rewarded with an award from the David diDonatello and the Grolla oro. Asia began her directing career in 1994. She released two shorts as well as an episode of the movie De Generazione. In 1996 she directed an documentary on her father, and AbelAsia, a film on the famous film maker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, that was honoured by the Rome Film Festival. Asia's feature directing debut was Scarlet Diva with the film in which she played the lead actress and wrote the screenplay. In May 2000, the movie was released throughout the world. It was awarded during the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.