Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty's birthday is 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is an actress famous for Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an extended family of actors and filmmakers. Both professions she has herself pursued. When she was nine the actress made her acting debut in Sergio Cittis Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, Michele Soavi's The Church was directed by Michele Soavi and she played the role of Cristina Comencini's Zoo. Next, in 1989 she played Nanni Moretti's (also directed) daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. Close Friends, written and directed Michele Placido in 1992, was the point where Asia's acting career started off. As she grew older, playing girls, she shifted to more complicated and more mature roles. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma (1993) the actress worked for the first time with her father, well-known Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of his favorite actors, Daria Nicolodi, playing an obese girl on the lookout of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera is her third film that she has made alongside her father, the other two being Trauma and The Stendhal SyndromeAsia's absorbed, dramatic style is well utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato A Nozze. In 1993, she played a part in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista where she portrayed Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult character that earned she the David di Donatello Award for the most outstanding actress . Patrice Chereau was the director. Queen Margot. It was an international part. The collaboration she had with Michel Piccoli, in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion won her yet another award, this time the David di Donatello as well as Grolla of Oro. In 1994, Asia began filmmaking and made two short films: Prospettive In 1996, she made a documentary of her father and, in 1998, one on legendary director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998) and won an award at the Rome Film Festival. Asia's feature-length debut came in the form of Scarlet Diva (2000) in 1999. In it, she was the lead actor and also wrote the screenplay. The film premiered on May 20, 2000, in Italy and the rest of the world. The film was honoured at the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York. In 2001, following the directing of several music videos, she gave birth to her first child, Anna Lou. In 2002 Asia appeared on The Red Siren with Jean Marc Barr, and Rob Cohen's Action-Thrille, directed by Vin Diesel. Asia has also written some short stories which have been published by many magazines.