Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on October 1, 1995, in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress from America who has appeared 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. Both professions she pursued her own. She made her film debut when she was nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo as well as a part of Michele Soavi's The Church. The following year her debut, she portrayed Nanni Moritti's daughter on screen in Red Wood Pigeon. Her professional career took off after she landed the role of Nanni's little girl on the set of Close Friends. Cannes International Film Festival received the film well. Daria Nicholodi is one of Argento's favorite actresses. She performed the part of an orexic kid looking for the killer. Asia was in Dario's Phantom of the Opera, the third film she co-directed alongside her dad. Other films included Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. In 1993, she starred alongside the Perdiamoci of Carlo Verdone di vista, in which she performed the role of Arianna, a physically disabled girl. It was a complex, challenging role that won her the David di Donatello for best actress She also had an important role in the international cast in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. She was a part of Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio with Michel Piccoli and won an award from David diDonatello as well as a Grolla d'oro. Asia began her directing career in 1994, releasing two shorts and an episode from the film De Generazione. In 1996, she produced a documentary about her father and AbelAsia which was a documentary about the famous film maker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, that was honoured by the Rome Film Festival. Asia directed her debut film in Scarlet Diva (1999), in which she was both the main actress in the film as well as the writer of the screenplay. The film premiered on May 20, 2000 across Italy, and in several other countries. The film was awarded an distinction in Brooklyn during the Williamsburg International Film Festival.