Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento, born in Rome into a family that also includes actors and directors also pursued these careers. As a young girl, she made her acting debut in Sergio Ciotti's film Sogni e bisogni. in 1988 she was cast in the leading role in the first feature of Cristina Comencini's film Zoo. In addition, she was a part of Michele Soavi's casting in The Church. In the following year, she appeared as Nanni Moretti's daughter in 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 change from portraying young girls to more complex, mature role. Cannes International Film Festival received the movie well. In Trauma she appeared for the first time alongside her father, the famous 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' killer. Dario Argento's the Phantom of the Opera is the third film she has produced with her father, other films being Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed and intense acting style was fully utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato, a nozze . In 1993, she starred alongside the Perdiamoci of Carlo Verdone di vista, in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl. It was a complex, challenging character that earned her the David di Donatello for best actress She also had an important role in the cast international of Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. She worked in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio with Michel Piccoli and won an award from David diDonatello along with the Grolla d'oro. Asia began directing short films in 1994. She also directed an episode for the movie De Generazione. 1996 saw her directing a documentary alongside her dad. 1998 saw her direct AbelAsia on the legendary director Abel Ferrara. This film received a prize from the Rome Film Festival. Asia produced her debut feature in Scarlet Diva (1999), where she was both the lead actress as well as the writer of the screenplay. The film was released globally during May of 2000. It was awarded in the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.