Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress, born in Berkeley on October 1, 1996. She is an actor 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. She is part of a family that also includes a number of filmmakers. She made her film debut when she was nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni bisogni. At the age of eighteen, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo as well as a part of Michele Soavi's The Church. She was Nanni's daughter in the following season in Red Wood Pigeon. It was her acting career that truly began to take off after Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido. The film was well-received during the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicolodi is Argento's most favorite actress and was portrayed as a teenage anorexic seeking to find her parents' killer in Trauma. Asia has collaborated with Dario Argento on three movies, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome and The Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze, Asia's absorbed technique of powerful acting was used well. Co-starring with Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di vista as Arianna an actress who was physically handicapped. This intricate and difficult part earned her an award: a David di Donatello Prize for Best Actress. In 1995, she was a co-star alongside Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration was rewarded with an award from the David diDonatello and the Grolla of Oro. Asia took up acting as a profession in 1994, and made two shorts, one of which was De Generazione. The following year, in 1996, Asia made a document about her father. Then, in 1998, Asia made a feature film about Abel Ferrara (AbelAsia), which was recognized with an award at the Rome Film Festival. Asia debuted as a director in 1999 with Scarlet Diva. It was also the principal screenwriter and actor. It was released worldwide in May 2000. The film won an prize in Brooklyn during the Williamsburg International Film Festival.