Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an actor's family and filmmakers, both occupations which she has herself been pursuing. She made her film debut at the age of nine in Sergio Citti's Sogni bisogni. By 1988, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele's The Church. She was later cast as Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon It was when she starred in Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career took off, and she was able to transition from roles that were played by young girls, to more complex, mature characters. It was well received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she worked in her first film with her father, the renowned Italian filmmaker of horror Dario Argento Her mother is one of his favorite actors, Daria Nicolodi, playing an overweight girl on the lookout of her parents' murderer. Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she has produced with her father, other films being Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed, intense style of acting is well utilized in Giuseppe Picioni's Condannato, a nozze . Her role as Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di the vista, a physically handicapped girl, was an arduous and complicated role that brought her the David di Donatello award for the best actor. Her film debut was a role in Queen Margot, directed by Patrice Cereau. In 1995, she collaborated with Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte Compagna di viaggio in which she was awarded the title of David di Donatello. In 1994 Asia turned her hand to direct and made two short films as part of the series of the film De Generazione In 1996 she produced a documentary about her father and, in 1998, another film on the legendary director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which was awarded an award at the Rome Film Festival. Asia's debut feature film as a director was Scarlet Diva where she was the main actress and wrote the screenplay. The film debuted in May 2000 in Italy as well as the rest of the world. It won the Brooklyn's special prize at the Williamsburg festival of film.