Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty's birthday is 1 October in Berkeley, California. Her most well-known role is as an actress, having appeared on screen in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004), and Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento grew up in Rome Italy. Her family is made up of actors, and she herself has been doing both professions. In 1985 she debuted in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. She had a leading role in the film as Cristina Comencini in her first film Zoo which was released in 1988. Michele Soavi directed The Church 1989. Red Wood Pigeon, directed also by Moretti in 1989, was her role as Nanni Moretti's daughter. Close Friends (written and directed by Michele Placido) was when Asia's acting career started to blossom. She played roles that ranged from very young and then becoming mature. It was a huge success at the Cannes International Film Festival. The Phantom of the Opera was her third film with her dad. Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome were her previous two. The Phantom of the Opera is her third film that she's co-produced alongside her father, the previous two being Trauma as well as The Stendhal SyndromeAsia's absorbed, dramatic style is well utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozzeIn 1993 she was a co-star in the film Perdiamoci di Via in which she played Arianna who was a disabled girl. This was an intricate and difficult role that won it the David di Donatello for best actress . Patrice Chereau directed her in Queen Margot the film, in which she was the main character. In 1995, she starred alongside Michel Piccoli as Traveling Companion by Peter Del Monte. This role won her both a David di Donatello (for the top actor) and a Grolla in Oro. Asia began her career in 1994 as a director, and produced two shorts: Prospettive (1996), a document on her father and her mother, as well as Abel/Asia (1998) which was a documentary about cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara. The latter received an award from the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia made her feature-directing debut by directing Scarlet Diva (2000), where she played the lead actress as well as the writer for the script. The film premiered in May 2000 across Italy and around the world. The film was honoured by the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York. Anna Lou was born in 2001 after she directed a few music videos. In 2002 Asia appeared on The Red Siren with Jean Marc Barr, and Rob Cohen's Action thriller, which was directed by Vin Diesel. The short stories of Asia have been published in some of the most prestigious magazines.