Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty, born on the 1st of October, 1995 was raised in Berkeley, California. Her work includes actor in Choices (2010). The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2007) as well as Chrissie mayr's Content House 2022.

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family which also includes actors and directors pursued these professions as well. She made her film debut at age nine in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni bisogni. At the age of eighteen she had become the main character of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele Soavi's The Church. Red Wood Pigeon, the film that she played Nanni Moretti's little daughter was released a year later. It was Close Friends by Michele Placido that made Asia's acting career explode. The film was highly acclaimed in the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted for the first time with her father, famed Italian film director Dario Argento her mother is one of the most beloved actresses by Argento, Daria Nicolodi, playing an overweight girl on the lookout of her parents' killer. Asia has collaborated with Dario Argento on three movies, 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 well utilized. In 1993 she co-starred in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista, in which she played Arianna who was a disabled girl--an intricate, difficult role that won an award from David di Donatello for the best actress. She was also an important role in the international cast in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. The 1995 film she co-directed alongside Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her an award from David diDonatello in addition to an award of Grolla of Oro. Asia began directing in 1994, releasing two shorts as well as an episode of the movie De Generazione. In 1996, she produced an documentary on her father. She also produced AbelAsia is a feature film about the legendary filmmaker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which won awards by the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia began her film-directing career by directing Scarlet Diva with Scarlet Diva, in which she played the lead actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released May 20, 2000 throughout Italy as well as different nations. The Williamsburg Film festival located in Brooklyn, New York awarded it with a top prize.