Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st of October, 1995 in Berkeley, California, USA. Her work as an actress is popular for Choices (2010, The Heart and Other Small Shapes, 2006) as well as Chrissie Mair's Content House 2022.

Asia Argento began her career as an actress at the age of nineteen in Rome. Her family also comprises of filmmakers. She made her debut when she was just nine years old aged in Sergio Citti's film Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she played the lead role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo, and was one of the actors in The Church directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon, the film in which she starred as Nanni Moretti's little daughter was released a year later. But it is Close Friends by Michele Placido that saw Asia's acting career explode. It was a huge success at the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicholodi was among Argento's favorite actresses. She played the role of an anorexic child searching for their killer. Asia's intense and absorbed acting style was put to good use in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze. In 1993, she co-starred as Arianna a disabled child in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista. It was an intricate and demanding role that she was awarded her the David di Donatello. In 1995, she worked with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration won her the David di Donatello prize and the Grolla of Oro. Asia started acting as a profession in 1994. She produced two shorts, an episode of De Generazione. The following year, in 1996, Asia made a document on her father. Then, in 1998 was the year that Asia created a feature-length film on Abel Ferrara (AbelAsia), which received an award from the Rome Film Festival. Asia's first feature-length film directed by her was Scarlet Diva where she played the lead actress and also wrote the screenplay. In May 2000, the movie was released throughout the world. The film received an award during the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York.