Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty, an actor, was born on the 1st of October 1995 in Berkeley, California. She is an acclaimed actress who has appeared on Choices (2010). The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006,) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House.

Asia Argento grew up in Rome Italy. Her family is comprised of actors, as is she, herself doing both professions. Her debut came when she was just nine years old, in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988, she played the lead role in the debut film of Cristina Comencini, Zoo (1988), and also was in the ensemble of The Church (1989), directed by Michele Soavi. In 1989, she portrayed Nanni Moretti's baby for the film Red Wood Pigeon. (Also directed by Moretti). Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido in 1992, was the point where Asia's acting career started off. From playing young girl roles, she went on to play more complex and mature roles. Cannes International Film Festival was a great movie's success. The film, Trauma (1993), she was the first to work alongside her father, the renowned Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera was her third film together with her father and the two other films were Trauma, as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Her deeply absorbed and intense style of acting was well utilized in the film Condannato by Giuseppe Piccioni. nozze. Patrice Chereau helmed Queen Margot in which she also played an important part. Her next collaboration was with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion in 1995, earning her another David di Donatello, as well as the title Grolla D'oro. Asia began directing short films around 1994. The two she directed were Prospettive, 1996, she produced a documentary on her father; and Abel/Asia from 1998. Both focused on the cult film director Abel Ferrara. This latter was awarded at the Rome Film Festival. Asia began her directorial debut as a feature-length film in 1999, with Scarlet Diva (2000). It was also her main actress, and the author of the script. It was released on May 20, 2000 both in Italy and across the globe. The film was awarded a prize at the Williamsburg International Film Festival in Brooklyn. Anna Lou was born in 2001 after she directed some music videos. In 2002 Asia appeared as a character in The Red Siren with Jean Marc Barr, and Rob Cohen's Action-Thrille, directed by Vin Diesel. Asia also has a collection of stories that have appeared in prestigious magazines.