Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st of October, 1995 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress from America who was seen on screen in Choices (2010) as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento was raised in Rome with a actor and film family. The two professions she chose to pursue were herself. The Church was directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon, the film in which she starred as Nanni Moretti's young daughter, came out a year after. However, it came from Close Friends by Michele Placido which saw Asia's acting career take off. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted for the first time alongside her father, the renowned Italian horror director Dario Argento Her mother is one of the most beloved actresses by Argento, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search for her parents' killer. Asia played a role in Dario's Phantom of the Opera, the third movie she made alongside her dad. Other films were Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. In 1993, she was a co-star in the Perdiamoci of Carlo Verdone di vista in which she played Arianna an physically handicapped girl--an intricate, difficult role that won an award from David di Donatello for best actress She also had prominent roles in the international cast in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. In 1995 she co-starred with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again won her a David di Donatello and an award of Grolla oro. Asia took up directing as a career in 1994. She produced two shorts and an episode from De Generazione. The following year, in 1996, Asia made a document about her father. And, finally, 1998, Asia produced a feature film on Abel Ferrara (AbelAsia), which was recognized with an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia made her feature-directing debut with Scarlet Diva with Scarlet Diva, in which she played the lead actress as well as the writer of the screenplay. The film was released May 20, 2000 throughout Italy, and in different countries. The Williamsburg Festival of Film held in Brooklyn, New York awarded it a award.