Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty was born on the 1st October 1995, in Berkeley, California, USA. She is an actress from America that has appeared on screen in Choices (2010) as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family which also includes actors and directors was also a professional. She first made her debut in film at age nine in Sergio Citti's Sogni bisogni. By 1988, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele's The Church. She was Nanni's daughter in the next season in Red Wood Pigeon. It was the beginning of her professional career when it took off with Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Ninodi is the director's favorite actress and played a young anorexic woman seeking to find her parents' murderer in Trauma. Asia was a part of Dario's Phantom of the Opera, the third film she co-directed together with her father. Two of them included Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. Co-starring with Carlo Verdone in Perdiamoci di vista as Arianna the girl who is physically disabled. The complex and demanding part earned her the David di Donatello award for Best Actress. In 1995, she was a co-star together with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio. This collaboration won her the David di Donatello prize as well as the Grolla of Oro. In 1994, Asia turned her hand to direct and made two short films in the episode of the movie De Generazione In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, a film about the cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which received an award from The Rome Film Festival. Asia began directing her first feature film in 1999. It was Scarlet Diva. In this film, she was the main character and composed the script. The film was released in May 20, 2000, both in Italy in addition to all over the world. It won an award in the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.