Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress, born in Berkeley on the 1st October 1996. She is an American actress who has appeared on screen in Choices (2010) and The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an actor's family and filmmakers, both occupations that she's pursued. At the age of nine when she began her acting debut in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e Bisogni. in 1988 she was cast in the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first feature film Zoo. Additionally, she was an integral part of Michele Soavi's cast in The Church. She played Nanni's daughter the following the following year on Red Wood Pigeon. It was her acting career that truly was launched with Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido. Cannes International Film Festival was a great success for the film. She worked with her father for the very first time in Trauma an award-winning film by Italian director of horror, Dario Argento. The mother of her, Daria Nicoleli, is Argento's favorite actress and she was the anorexic trying to track down the killer of her parents. Asia's intense, absorbed acting style was put to good use in the film Condannato a nozze. She co-starred with Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di the view as Arianna the girl with physical handicap. The intricate and challenging part earned her an award: a David di Donatello award for Best actor. In 1995, her work alongside Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her a David di Donatello, in addition to an award of Grolla of Oro. In 1994, Asia decided to try directing and turned out two short films in the episode of the film De Generazione In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father. In 1998, one on the cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which received an award from the Rome Film Festival. The year 1999 was the year Asia made her feature-directing debut by directing Scarlet Diva where she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. It was released worldwide in May 2000. This film was awarded during the Williamsburg Festival in Brooklyn, New York.