Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty (born October 1, 1995, on the streets of Berkeley California) is an actor. She is an American actress who has appeared in Choices (2010) as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an actor's family and filmmakers, both occupations that she's been pursuing. The Church, directed by Michele Soavi, was her debut role. The following year, she played Nanni Moritti's child as a child in Red Wood Pigeon. Her profession took off after she was cast as Nanni's daughter in Close Friends. The film received an enthusiastic response during the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted for the first time with her father, the famous Italian film director Dario Argento her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an obese girl who is in search of her parents' killer. Dario Argento's Phantom of the Opera is the third film she's made with her father, among them Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome Asia's absorbed and intense acting style was fully utilized in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato, a nozze . In 1993, she was a co-star in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista. She played Arianna, a physically disabled girl. This was an intricate and difficult part that earned her the David di Donatello award for the the best actress. She was also a featured role in the international cast in the film Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. The 1995 film she co-directed together with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her a David di Donatello, in addition to an award of Grolla d'oro. Asia took up acting as a profession in 1994. She produced two shorts and an episode from De Generazione. The following year, 1996, Asia made a document about her father. And, finally, 1998 was the year that Asia produced a feature film about Abel Ferrara (AbelAsia), that was awarded an award by the Rome Film Festival. Asia's feature directing debut was Scarlet Diva, in which she starred as the lead actress, and also wrote the screenplay. It premiered worldwide in May 2000. The film received an award by the Williamsburg Festival in Brooklyn, New York.