Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

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

Asia Argento is an Italian actor and director of films who is a member of a large family of both. She's pursued the two professions herself. The actress made her debut when she was just nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni (1985). In 1988 the film of Michele Soavi's The Church was directed by Michele Soavi and she played the role of Cristina Comencini's Zoo. Then, in 1989, she played Nanni Moretti's (also directed by Michele Soavi) daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. The film Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she was able to change from playing young girls into more mature, complex role. It was a huge success in the Cannes International Film Festival. Trauma (1996) as well as The Stendhal Sydrome (1996) are two other movies she worked on with her famous father. The Phantom of the Opera is her third film that she's co-produced alongside her father, the previous two being Trauma as well as The Stendhal SyndromeAsia's absorbed, aggressive style of acting was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozzeIn 1993 she was a co-star in the film Perdiamoci di Via in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl. It was a complex, challenging part that earned she an award from David di Donatello Award for the most outstanding actress . In addition, she had a prominent role in the international cast of Queen Margot produced by Patrice Chereau. She worked again with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion in 1995, earning her another David di Donatello as and the title Grolla D'oro. Asia began her career in 1994 as a director when she made two short films: Prospettive (1996), a document on her father, and Abel/Asia (1998) Abel/Asia, a feature about cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara. The latter won an award from the Rome Film Festival. Asia's feature-length debut came in the form of Scarlet Diva (2000) in 1999. In it, she acted as the lead actress and also wrote the screenplay. The film was released in May 2000 both in Italy as well as throughout the globe. The film won a prize at the Williamsburg International Film Festival, Brooklyn. In 2001, following the directing of numerous music videos, she gave birth to her first daughter, Anna Lou. In 2002, she appeared involved in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action thriller featuring Vin Diesel. Asia's short stories have also appeared in high-profile publications.