Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st of October, 1995, in Berkeley, California, USA. She is known as an actor in Choices (2010). The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2007) and Chrissie mayr's Content House 2022.

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a acting and film-making family. She pursued both professions herself. When she was nine, she made her acting debut in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e Bisogni. In 1988, she played the role of lead in the first feature of Cristina Comencini's film Zoo. She was also a part of Michele Soavi's cast in The Church. Following that the film, she portrayed Nanni Moritti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. Her career took off when she landed the role of Nanni's little girl for the film Close Friends. The film was given a warm reception during the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she worked for the first time alongside her father, the famous Italian filmmaker of horror Dario Argento Her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' murderer. Asia's absorbed intense style of performance was well utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze. In 1993, she co-starred in the role of Arianna a disabled child in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista. It was an intricate and demanding role for which she won her the David di Donatello. The 1995 film she co-directed together with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her a David di Donatello, as well as the Grolla of Oro. In 1994 Asia decided to try the art of directing, and produced two short films an episode of the movie De Generazione In 1996 she produced a documentary about her father, and in 1998, one on cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which was awarded an award at The Rome Film Festival. Asia debuted as a director in 1999, with Scarlet Diva. She was also the main actress and screenwriter. The film came out in May 2000 both in Italy in addition to all over the world. The film won an distinction in Brooklyn at the Williamsburg International Film Festival.