Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento

Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on the 1st of October 1996. She is an actress well-known for Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022).

Asia Argento, born in Rome into a family that includes actors and directors, also pursued these careers. The Church, directed by Michele Soavi, was her debut role. She was later cast as Nanni Moretti's daughter Red Wood Pigeon It was when she starred in Close Friends written and directed by Michele Placido, that Asia's career really took off and she had the opportunity to transition from roles that were played by young girls, to larger, more sophisticated role. The film received a great reception at the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Nicholodi is one of Argento's favorites actresses and played the role of an anorexic child searching for their murderer. Asia worked alongside Dario Argento on three movies, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome as well as the Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze, Asia's absorption manner of character acting was utilized well. She played Arianna in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista, a physically-disabled girl, was a challenging and complicated role that earned she the David di Donatello award as the most outstanding actress. The film also featured her in a major part on the screen in Queen Margot, directed by Patrice Cereau. The 1995 film she co-directed alongside Michel Piccoli for Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio won her a David di Donatello, as well as the Grolla d'oro. Asia's debut short film was an episode of the De Generazione movie. Two years later, Asia became a director and completed two other films. One of them, AbelAsia is a tribute to her father. In 1999, Asia was the first to direct a feature film in the form of Scarlet Diva with Scarlet Diva, in which she was the leading actress and author of the screenplay. The movie was released on May 20, 2000 across Italy as well as different countries. The Williamsburg Film festival located in Brooklyn, New York awarded it with a prize.