Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Birthday of Ashton Blaise Whitty falls on 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is known as an actress in Choices (2010). The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2007) as well as Chrissie's Content House

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an extended family of actors and filmmakers. Both professions she has herself pursued. Aged nine the actress made her film debut in the role of Sergio Citti in Sogni e bisogni. The role she played was the main one in Cristina Comencini's Zoo (1988) as well as part of Michele Soavi's 1989 movie The Church. Next, in 1989 she played Nanni Moretti's (also directed) daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. 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 moved on to play more complex and more mature roles. The film received a great reception during the Cannes International Film Festival. She's made three films along with her father, Trauma, The Stendhal syndrome, and Phantom of Opera. The Phantom of the Opera, which was made together with her late father and is the final of three films she's worked on. The other two were Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Giuseppe Piccioni used her absorbed and intense manner of acting in the film Condannato a Nozze. Patrice Chereau directed her in Queen Margot in which she was the main character. She also starred alongside Michel Piccoli as Traveling Companion as played by Peter Del Monte. This part earned her a David di Donatello (for the most talented actor) as well as a Grolla of Oro. In 1994 Asia decided to try her hand at directing and turned out two short films, Prospettive and Prospettive In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father, and in 1998, she directed a documentary about the legendary director Abel Ferrara, Abel/Asia (1998) that received an award from the Rome Film Festival. In 1999 Asia was the first to direct a feature film with Scarlet Diva (2000), where she played the leading actress and author for the script. The film came out on the 20th of May the 20th of May, 2000 in Italy and around the globe. The film was honoured by the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York. Anna Lou was her first born child in the year 2001. After having directed a number of music videos, she welcomed Anna Lou. She was in 2002 on the screen as The Red Siren by Olivier Megaton alongside Jean-Marc Bar and the action thrilledirected of Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel. Asia has also been the author of several stories that have been published in a variety of high-end magazines.