Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento began her career as an actress at the age of nineteen in Rome. The family she is from also includes a number of film makers. She first made her debut in film when she was nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni bisogni. At the age of eighteen she had become the main character of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele Soavi's The Church. Following that, she played Nanni Moritti's child in Red Wood Pigeon. Her career took off when she was cast as Nanni's little girl in Close Friends. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Ninodi is the director's favorite actress and was portrayed as a teenage anorexic looking for her father's killer in Trauma. Asia's intense and concentrated style of acting was effectively utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze. The actress co-starred alongside Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di perspective as Arianna an actress who is physically disabled. The complex and demanding part earned her a David di Donatello Award for the Best actress. The 1995 film she co-directed together with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her an award from David diDonatello as well as the Grolla d'oro. Asia began directing in 1994, releasing two shorts as well as an episode of the movie De Generazione. In 1996, she produced a documentary about her father. She also produced AbelAsia is a feature film about the legendary film maker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which was awarded by the Rome Film Festival. In 1999, Asia began her film-directing career by directing Scarlet Diva where she played the lead actress and author of the screenplay. The movie was released on May 20, 2000 across Italy as well as several other countries. The film won an distinction in Brooklyn at the Williamsburg International Film Festival.