Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born 1 October, 1995 in Berkeley, California, USA. She's an actress known for Choices 2010, The Heart and Other Small Shapes 2006 as well as Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a film maker and actor family. The two professions she chose to pursue were herself. Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti and starring Asia Argento, at nine, was her debut film. She played the lead part in Cristina Comencini's debut feature film Zoo (1988), as in addition to being a part of Michele Soavi's cast for The Church (1989). Next, in 1989 she was Nanni Moretti's (also directed) daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. Close Friends (1992) by Michele Placido (both writer and director) is where Asia really began to take off. The film allowed her to progress from the roles of young girls to more complicated adult character. It was received well during the Cannes International Film Festival. Trauma (1996) and The Stendhal Syndrome are two other movies she collaborated on with her renowned father. The Phantom of the Opera was her third film with her dad with the other two being Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Her absorbed, intense acting style is well-known in the film Condannato by Giuseppe Piccioni. nozze. She also had a featured performance in the international ensemble of Queen Margot produced by Patrice Chereau. In 1995, Asia worked alongside Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion, for which she won a David di Donatello. Asia began directing short films in the year 1994. Two of them were made: Prospettive In 1996, she produced a documentary on her father; and Abel/Asia, 1998, on the cult film director Abel Ferrara. This latter was presented by the Rome Film Festival. The year 1999 was the year that Asia was the first to direct a feature film with Scarlet Diva (2000), where she played the leading actress and author of the screenplay. The film came out in May 2000 across Italy and the rest of the world. The film was awarded a prize in the Williamsburg International Film Festival in Brooklyn. Anna Lou was her first born daughter in 2001. After directing several music videos, she got Anna Lou. The year 2002 saw Asia as a character in The Red Siren with Jean Marc Barr, and Rob Cohen's Action thrille directed with Vin Diesel. Asia also has a selection of short stories which have been published in some of the most prestigious magazines.