Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress, born in Berkeley on October 1, 1995. She is best known for her acting appearing on screen in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004) and Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a household that includes directors and actors, pursued both professions. Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti and starring Asia Argento when she was nine was her first film. The film featured her in a lead role in the film as Cristina Comencini in her first film Zoo, 1988. Michele Soavi directed The Church 1989. In 1989, she was Nanni Moretti's (also directed by Michele Soavi) child in Red Wood Pigeon. It was with 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, to more complex, mature roles. This movie received a positive response at the Cannes International Film Festival. The Phantom of The Opera is her third collaboration together with her dad. Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome were her first two. The Phantom of the Opera is her third movie together with her father, the first two films being Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. Asia's absorbed and intense approach to acting has been utilized for the part of Giuseppe Piccioni in Condannato a nozze. Patrice Chereau was her director in Queen Margot the film, in which she played a prominent role. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion , which again earned her a David di Donatello and the Grolla d'oro. Asia was the first director she met in 1994 with two shorts. Prospettive. In 1996, Asia directed a documentary on her father. In 1998, Asia created Abel/Asia (2000) which was an award-winning documentary that focused on Abel Ferrara. Asia produced her first feature in Scarlet Diva (2000). The film was made in collaboration with Asia with screenwriter/actor Linda McArtney. In May of 2000, the film premiered in Italy and across the world. It received a prestigious prize by the Williamsburg Festival of Film in Brooklyn. In 2001, following the directing of a number of music videos and giving birth, she welcomed the first of her daughters, Anna Lou. In 2002 she starred in The Red Siren by Olivier Megaton along with Jean-Marc Barr, and the action thrilledirected of Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel. Asia has also written a few short stories that were published in a variety of magazines.