Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

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

Asia Argento, born in Rome to a family that also includes actors and directors also pursued these careers. The actress began her career in film when she was nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. At the age of eighteen she was the lead of Cristina Comencini's Zoo as well as a part of Michele Soavi's The Church. She was later cast as Nanni Moretti's daughter Red Wood Pigeon It was in the film Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she had the opportunity to move on from playing very young girls, to more mature, complex roles. The film was highly acclaimed during the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicole Nicolodi was Argento's beloved actress. She played a young anorexic woman seeking to find her parents' murderer in Trauma. Asia has worked with Dario Argento in three of his films, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome, and the Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze, Asia's absorption manner of character acting was utilized well. In 1993, Asia co-starred in the role of Arianna the disabled child in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. It was an intricate and challenging role, for which she won the David di Donatello. In 1995, her work with Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her an award from David diDonatello in addition to the Grolla of Oro. The first short film Asia made was a scene from the De Generazione movie. Two years later, Asia became a director and produced two films. The first, AbelAsia was a homage to her father. In 1999 Asia began her film-directing career by directing Scarlet Diva with Scarlet Diva, in which she played the lead actor and wrote the screenplay. It premiered worldwide on May 20, 2000. It was awarded during the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York.