Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on October 1, 1995 in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actor, famous as the actress behind Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022).

Asia Argento began her career as an actor at the age of nineteen in Rome. Her family also comprises of film makers. The Church, directed by Michele Soavi, was her first role. The following year she played Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon It was in the film Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career took off, and she had the opportunity to move on from playing very young girls to more complex, mature role. Cannes International Film Festival received the film with great awe. Daria Nicholodi was among the most beloved actresses of Argento and played the role of an obese child who is looking for the killer. Asia's intense way of performing was well used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze. In 1993, she co-starred in the role of Arianna a disabled child in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. It was an intricate and challenging role, for which she won the David di Donatello. She worked in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio with Michel Piccoli, which won her the David di Donatello award as well as an award of Grolla of Oro. In 1994 Asia decided to try direct and made two short films as part of the series of the film De Generazione In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, a film about the cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which was awarded an award at the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia was the first to direct a feature film with Scarlet Diva with Scarlet Diva, in which she played the lead actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released globally on May 20, 2000. It won an award in the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.