Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Birthday of Ashton Blaise Whitty is 1 October, in Berkeley, California. Her acting credits include Choices 2010. The Heart and Other Small Shapes 2006 as well as Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento is an Italian actor and director of films who came from a large family of both. She has pursued these two professions her own. Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti and starring Asia Argento at the age of nine, was her debut film. The film featured her in a lead role as Cristina Comencini in her first film Zoo, the year 1988. Michele Soavi directed The Church 1989. In 1989, she portrayed Nanni Moretti's daughter for the film Red Wood Pigeon. (Also directed by Moretti). Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido in 1992, was the point where Asia's acting career started off. From playing young girls, she shifted to play more complex and more mature roles. The film was well-received at the Cannes International Film Festival. Trauma (1996) as well as The Stendhal Sydrome (1996) are other films she has worked on with her famous father. The Phantom of the Opera marks her third collaboration with her father. The others are Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze showed Asia's absorption style of playing. In 1993, she played Arianna in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista, a role in which she was so intricate that she earned the David di Donatello award for best actress. Patrice Chereau was the director. Queen Margot in the film, and she had the role of an physically handicapped girl in the film. In 1995, she acted alongside Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion , which again brought her a David diDonatello as well as a Grolla oro. Asia started directing short films in the year 1994. Two of them were made: Prospettive in 1996. She directed a documentary about her father and then Abel/Asia, 1998, on the cult film director Abel Ferrara. This latter was awarded by the Rome Film Festival. Asia debuted as a feature-length director with Scarlet Diva (2000). In this film, she played the role of a lead actor and also wrote the screenplay. In May of 2000, the film was made available both in Italy and around the globe. In Brooklyn, New York it won a award at the Williamsburg film festival. Anna Lou was born in 2001, after having directed some music videos. She was a part of Jean-Marc Barr's performance in The Red Siren, directed by Olivier Megaton. In 2003 she appeared with Vin Diesel and Rob Cohen's action-packed thriller. Asia's short stories have also been featured in prestigious publications.