Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Ashton Blaise Whitty's birthday falls on 1 October, in Berkeley, California. She is an actor, famous by her roles in Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) as well as Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento grew up in Rome Italy. Her family is a group of actors as is she, herself working in both fields. Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti and starring Asia Argento at the age of nine was her first film. The role she played was the main one in Cristina Comencini's Zoo (1988) and also appeared as a part of Michele Savi's 1989 movie The Church. She played Nanni Moretti's daughter later in the season on the film Red Wood Pigeon (also directed Moretti) (1989). Close Friends, written and directed Michele Placido in 1992, was the film that launched Asia's career off. After playing the role of young girls, she shifted to play more complex and mature roles. Cannes International Film Festival was a great achievement for the film. For Trauma (1993) the actress made her debut with her father, well-known Italian film director Dario Argento (her mother is among his favorite actors, Daria Nicolodi, playing an obese girl on the lookout of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera is the third time she has collaborated together with the director's father. The others are Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze showed Asia's absorption way in performing. The year 1993 saw her played Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista. The role was in which she was so intricate that she earned the David di Donatello award for best actress. She also had a featured performance in the international ensemble of Queen Margot produced by Patrice Chereau. She also was in a role with Michel Piccoli as Traveling Companion as played by Peter Del Monte. This part earned her an award from David di Donatello (for the top actor) as well as a Grolla in Oro. Asia began her career in 1994 as a director when she made two short films: Prospettive (1996), documentary about her father and her mother, as well as Abel/Asia (1998) Abel/Asia, a feature about the cult filmmaker Abel Ferrara. The latter won an award from the Rome Film Festival. Asia's feature-length debut was Scarlet Diva (2000) in 1999. She also was the lead actor and wrote the screenplay. In May 2000, the movie was released both in Italy as well as around the world. In Brooklyn, New York it received an award from the Williamsburg film festival. Anna Lou was her first born daughter in 2001. After having directed a number of music videos, she welcomed Anna Lou. She appeared in 2002 involved in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action thriller together with Vin Diesel. Asia is also the creator of several short stories published in many famous magazines.