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 for her acting, having appeared in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004), and Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family that comprises directors and actors was a professional in both fields. As a young girl, Asia Argento began her acting career in Sergio Cittis's Sogni e bisogni. The role she played was the main one in the film of Cristina Comencini's Zoo (1988) and appeared as part of Michele Soavi's 1989 movie The Church. She played Nanni Moretti's daughter in the next time for Red Wood Pigeon (also directed Moretti) (1989). Close Friends, written and directed Michele Placido in 1992, was the film that launched Asia's career off. After playing the role of young girls, she shifted to play more complex and more mature roles. The film was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. The Phantom of the Opera was her third collaboration together with the father of her. Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome were her previous two. The Phantom of the Opera is the third time she has collaborated together with the director's father. The others are Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato A Nozze demonstrated Asia's intense manner that she exhibited in her performing. In 1993, she played Arianna in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista. It was a character which was so complicated that she received the David di Donatello prize for best actress. Patrice Chereau directed Queen Margot. She had an international part. She worked again with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion in 1995, which earned her another David di Donatello role as in addition to an award from Grolla D'oro. Asia took up directing as an occupation in the year 1994. Her debut short film was Prospettive. A documentary she made about her dad and then Abel/Asia (1998) which was a movie that was awarded a prize at the Rome Film Festival, were each directed between 1996 and 1998. Asia's first feature length film debut was Scarlet Diva (2000) in 1999, where she also acted as the lead actress and also wrote the screenplay. In May 2000, the movie premiered in Italy as well as around the world. In Brooklyn, New York it won a award at the Williamsburg film festival. In 2001, following the directing of a number of music videos the actress gave birth to her first child, Anna Lou. In 2002, she was featured in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action thriller together with Vin Diesel. Asia has also written a few short stories that have been published by a number of magazines.