Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by an film and actor family. She pursued both professions herself. When she made her debut, she was only 9 years young in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e bisogni In 1988 she played the lead role in the debut film of Cristina Comencini, Zoo, and was part of the cast of The Church directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon, the film she appeared in as Nanni Moretti's young daughter, came out a year after. But it was Close Friends by Michele Placido that made Asia's acting career take off. The film received an enthusiastic review at the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicholodi was one of the most beloved actresses of Argento and played the role of an anorexic child searching for their murderer. Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she's produced with her father, among them Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed and intense acting style is well utilized in Giuseppe Picioni's Condannato a Nozze . The actress co-starred alongside Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di vista as Arianna an actress with physical handicap. This intricate and difficult character earned her the David di Donatello award for the Best actor. In 1995 she worked alongside Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration was rewarded with an award from the David diDonatello and the Grolla d'oro. Asia began directing in 1994. She released two shorts and an episode from the movie De Generazione. In 1996 she made a documentary about her father. She also produced AbelAsia which was a documentary about the cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, which was awarded by the Rome Film Festival. Asia's debut feature film as a director was Scarlet Diva where she played the lead actress and wrote the screenplay. The film was released May 20, 2000 across Italy as well as in various other countries. It won the Brooklyn's special prize at the Williamsburg festival of film.