Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress born in Berkeley on the 1st of October 1995. She is best known as an actor appearing on screen in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004) as well as Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family which comprises directors and actors pursued both professions. In 1985, she made her debut in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. The film featured her in a lead role in the film as Cristina Comencini in her first film Zoo which was released in 1988. Michele Soavi directed The Church 1989. Next, in 1989 she portrayed Nanni Moretti's (also directed by Michele Soavi) daughter, also directed by Michele Soavi in Red Wood Pigeon. Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido was the film which launched Asia's career career. It was her first time moving from roles of a young girl to mature and complex ones. The film was a hit during the Cannes International Film Festival. The actress has produced three films with her father, Trauma, The Stendhal syndrome, and Phantom of Opera. The Phantom of the Opera is her third movie she has made with her father. The previous two being Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Asia's deeply absorbed and dramatic style was well-loved by Giuseppe Picioni's Condannato A Nozze. In 1993, she played a part in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di Via in which she portrayed Arianna a physically handicapped girl--an intricate, difficult role that won it an award from David di Donatello award for the best actress . Patrice Chereau was her director in Queen Margot the film, in which she was a major character. The collaboration she had alongside Michel Piccoli, in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion won her yet another David di Donatello award as well as Grolla of Oro. In 1994, Asia turned her hand to filmmaking and made two short films: Prospettive In 1996, she made a documentary of her father and, in 1998, a film about cult director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998) that won an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia made her feature-directing debut with Scarlet Diva (2000), where she played the main actress and writer of the screenplay. The movie was released worldwide in May 2000. It was awarded a special prize by the Williamsburg Festival of Film in Brooklyn. In 2001, after directing several music videos, she gave birth to the first of her daughters, Anna Lou. In 2002, she appeared in The Red Siren by Olivier Megaton alongside Jean-Marc Bar and in the action thriller directed in the film by Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel. Asia is the creator of several short stories, which were published in various magazines.