Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st of October, 1995 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress well-known by her roles in Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022).

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into the family of actors as well as filmmakers, both of that she's taken up. The Church was directed by Michele Soavi. She was later cast as Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon It was in the film 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 into more complex, mature characters. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted for the first time alongside her father, the famous Italian film director Dario Argento Her mother is one of his favorite actors, Daria Nicolodi, playing an overweight girl on the lookout for her parents' killer. Asia has collaborated with Dario Argento in three of his films, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome as well as the Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze, Asia's absorbent technique of powerful acting was utilized well. In 1993, she starred alongside Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. She was Arianna who was a disabled girl. It was a complex, challenging part that earned an award from David di Donatello for most outstanding actress. She also played an important role in the cast international in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again brought her a David diDonatello and a Grolla of Oro. Asia's first short film was an episode in the De Generazione movie. Two years after, Asia became a director and produced two films. The first, AbelAsia was a homage to her father. The year 1999 was the year Asia made her feature-directing debut by directing Scarlet Diva where she was the leading actress as well as the writer of the screenplay. The film released May 2000 both in Italy in addition to around the globe. The film was awarded an award during the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.