Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on the 1st October 1996. She is an actor, 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 was born in Rome, Italy, into the family of actors and film makers, two careers that she's pursued. She made her debut when she was only nine years young in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she played the lead role in the debut film of Cristina Comencini, Zoo, and was in the ensemble of The Church directed by Michele Soavi. In the following year, she appeared as Nanni Moretti's daughter Red Wood Pigeon It was with Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she had the opportunity to move on from playing very young girls, to larger, more sophisticated roles. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Argento and her mother, and one of the actors who was a favorite of Argento's, Daria, played an anorexic teenager who is searching for the murderer of their parents, in Trauma. Dario Argento's the Phantom of the Opera is the third movie she's produced with her father, other films being Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed and intense acting style is well utilized in Giuseppe Picioni's Condannato, a nozze . She co-starred with Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di the view as Arianna an actress who is physically disabled. This intricate and difficult part earned her an award: a David di Donatello Award for Best Actress. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again won her the David di Donatello as well as a Grolla oro. Asia started directing in the year 1994. She released two shorts and an episode from the movie De Generazione. In 1996 she made a documentary about her father and AbelAsia, a film on the cult film maker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which won awards by the Rome Film Festival. Asia began her career as a filmmaker in 1999 with Scarlet Diva. The film was also the main screenwriter and actress. The film premiered on May 20, 2000 across Italy as well as in various several other nations. The Williamsburg Film festival located in Brooklyn, New York awarded it a award.