Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family which includes directors and actors, pursued these professions as well. The Church, directed by Michele Soavi, was her first film role. Red Wood Pigeon was the subsequent year's film, in which Asia played Nanni's child. Close Friends was written by Michele Placido and was directed by her. This was when Asia's career took off, and she moved from girlish roles to more mature and complicated roles. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. She worked with her father for the the first time Trauma which was directed by the acclaimed Italian horror director Dario Argento. The mother of her, Daria Nicoleli, is the most adored actress of Argento, and she played an anorexic trying to track down the murderer of her parents. Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera is the third movie she's made with her father, other films being Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed and intense acting style was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a Nozze . The actress co-starred alongside Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di perspective as Arianna the girl who was physically handicapped. The complex and demanding part earned her an award: a David di Donatello Award for the Best actor. Her 1995 work with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her the David di Donatello award, in addition to an award of Grolla of Oro. Asia started directing in the year 1994. She released two shorts and an episode from the movie De Generazione. In 1996 she directed an documentary on her father, and AbelAsia which was a documentary about the famous director Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which was awarded at the Rome Film Festival. Asia produced her debut feature in Scarlet Diva (1999), in which she was both the actress leading the film as well as the writer of the screenplay. The film premiered in May 2000 in Italy as well as around the world. The film was awarded a special award at Brooklyn's Williamsburg film festival.