Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty (born October 1st, 1995 in Berkeley California) is an actor. She is an actress, well-known by her roles in 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 actor and film family. She pursued both professions herself. As a young girl when she began her acting debut in Sergio Citti's Sogni e Bisogni. The year 1988 was the time she portrayed the leading role in the debut feature film of Cristina Comencini. film Zoo. She was also a part of Michele Soavi's acting cast for The Church. Red Wood Pigeon, the film in which she starred as Nanni Moretti's little daughter was released a year later. It was Close Friends by Michele Placido that saw Asia's acting career explode. The film was well-received during the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Argento as well as her mother and one the actors who was a favorite of Argento's, Daria is an anorexic teenager searching for the killer of their parents, in Trauma. Asia's intense and concentrated style of performing was well used in the film Condannato a nozze. She also was a co-star in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista, in which she played Arianna an athlete. This role was complex and demanding, earning recognition from David di Donatello as the most outstanding actor. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again earned her the David di Donatello as well as a Grolla of Oro. The first short film Asia made was an episode of the De Generazione movie. Two years following, Asia became a director and made two more films. One of them, AbelAsia was a homage to her father. In 1999, Asia was the first to direct a feature film by directing Scarlet Diva where she played the lead actress and author of the screenplay. The movie was released on May 20, 2000 throughout Italy as well as in various several other nations. The film was awarded an award during the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.