Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty, born November 1, 1995 was raised in Berkeley, California. She is an American actress who was seen in Choices (2010) as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento began her career as an actor at the age of nineteen in Rome. She is part of a family that also comprises of film makers. When she made her debut, she was only nine years young in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e bisogni In 1988 she starred as the main character in the debut film of Cristina Comencini, Zoo, and was in the ensemble of The Church directed by Michele Soavi. In the following year, she appeared as Nanni Moretti's daughter Red Wood Pigeon It was with Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she had the opportunity to move on from playing very young girls, to larger, more sophisticated roles. Cannes International Film Festival received the film with great awe. Daria Argento as well as her mother and one of the actors who was a favorite of Argento's, Daria, played an anorexic teenager who is searching for the murderer of their parents, in Trauma. Asia was a part of Dario's Phantom of the Opera, the third movie she made alongside her dad. Two of them included Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. The actress co-starred alongside Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di perspective as Arianna an actress who was physically handicapped. The intricate and challenging part earned her a David di Donatello Award for the Best actress. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration earned her the David di Donatello prize as well as an award called a Grolla d'oro. The first short film Asia made was a scene from the De Generazione movie. Two years later, Asia became a director and made two more films. The first, AbelAsia is a tribute to her dad. In 1999, Asia made her feature-directing debut by directing Scarlet Diva in which she was the main actress and author of the screenplay. The film was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. The Williamsburg Festival of Film located in Brooklyn, New York awarded the film with a prize.