Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on the 1st October 1996. She is an American actress who has appeared on screen in Choices (2010) and The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento, born in Rome into a family that includes actors and directors, pursued these professions as well. The Church was directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon, the film that she played Nanni Moretti's little daughter was released just a few years later. But it is Close Friends by Michele Placido that made Asia's acting career explode. The movie was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film was made with her father for the the first time Trauma an award-winning film by Italian horror director Dario Argento. Her mother, Daria Nicoleli, is the most adored actress of Argento, and she played an anorexic looking to find her parents' killer. Asia has collaborated with Dario Argento in three of his films, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome as well as the Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze, Asia's absorbent manner of character acting was used well. The role she played as Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di the vista, a physically handicapped girl, was a difficult and complex role that won it the David di Donatello award as the most outstanding actor. The film also featured her in a major role on the screen in Queen Margot, directed by Patrice Cereau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again won her a David diDonatello as well as a Grolla of Oro. Asia started directing in the year 1994 and released two short films and an episode from the film De Generazione. In 1996 she directed an documentary on her father, and AbelAsia which was a documentary about the legendary film maker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which was awarded at the Rome Film Festival. Asia was the director of her first feature in Scarlet Diva (1999), where she was both the actress leading the film and also the creator of its screenplay. The movie was released on May 20, 2000 throughout Italy as well as in various other nations. It was awarded at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.