Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on the 1st October 1996. She is an actress well-known for Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022).

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family which includes actors and directors, pursued these professions as well. As a young girl when she began her acting debut in Sergio Citti's Sogni e Bisogni. in 1988 she portrayed the role of lead in the first feature of Cristina Comencini's film Zoo. Additionally, she was one of Michele's cast in The Church. Red Wood Pigeon was the subsequent year's film, in which Asia played Nanni's child. Close Friends was written by Michele Placido and was directed by her. This was when Asia's career started to grow She shifted from roles for young girls to mature and complex ones. The film was highly acclaimed during the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicole Nicolodi was Argento's favorite actress and was portrayed as a teenage anorexic searching for her parents murderer in Trauma. Asia's absorbed intense style of performing was well used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze. She played Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di the vista, a physically handicapped girl, was a difficult and intricate role, which brought it the David di Donatello award as the most outstanding actress. Her film debut was a performance as Queen Margot, directed by Patrice Cereau. In 1995, she collaborated along with Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte Compagna di viaggio in which she was awarded the title of David di Donatello. Asia began her directing career in 1994 and released two short films and an episode from the movie De Generazione. In 1996 she directed an documentary on her father, and AbelAsia, a film on the famous director Abel Ferrara. In 1998, Asia directed AbelAsia, that was honoured by the Rome Film Festival. Asia's first feature-length film directed by her was Scarlet Diva, in which she starred as the lead actress and wrote the screenplay. In May of 2000, the film was released throughout the world. It was the winner of the Brooklyn's special prize at the Williamsburg festival of film.