Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on October 1, 1996. She's an actress popular for Choices (2010, The Heart and Other Small Shapes, 2006) and Chrissie Mair's Content House 2022.

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by an film and actor family. Both professions she pursued herself. The Church was directed by Michele Soavi. In the year following her debut, she portrayed Nanni Moritti's child in Red Wood Pigeon. Her career took off when she got the part of Nanni's little girl for the film Close Friends. The film was highly acclaimed in the Cannes International Film Festival. Her father was in the film for the very first time in Trauma, a renowned Italian director of horror, Dario Argento. Her mother, Daria Nicoleli, is the most adored actress of Argento, and she was the anorexic trying to track down the killer of her parents. Asia's intense, absorbed acting skills were used to great effect in the film Condannato a nozze. Her role as Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista, which focuses on a physically disabled girl, was a challenging and complicated role that won her the David di Donatello award for best actress. She had a feature role in Queen Margot, directed by Patrice Cereau. In 1995 she worked alongside Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration was rewarded with the David di Donatello prize and a Grolla of Oro. Asia took up acting as a profession in 1994. She produced two shorts and one of which was De Generazione. The following year, 1996, Asia made a document about her father. Then, in 1998 was the year that Asia produced a feature film on Abel Ferrara (AbelAsia), which was recognized with an award at the Rome Film Festival. Asia began directing her first feature film in 1999, Scarlet Diva. In the film she also played the star and directed the script. In May 2000, the film was released throughout the world. The film won an award in Brooklyn during the Williamsburg International Film Festival.