Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Birthday of Ashton Blaise Whitty is 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is an actor, known as the actress behind Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a film maker and an actor family. Both professions she pursued herself. The actress made her debut when she was just nine years old in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e bisogni (1985). The role she played was the main one in Cristina Comencini's Zoo (1988) and also appeared as part of Michele Soavi's 1989 feature film The Church. She played Nanni Moretti's daughter the following time in Red Wood Pigeon (also directed Moretti) (1989). Close Friends (1992), directed and written by Michele Placido was the film which launched Asia's career career. Asia was able to transition between roles for young girls to complex and mature roles. It was a huge success at the Cannes International Film Festival. The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she has made together with her father. Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome were her first two. The Phantom of the Opera is a film that was created by 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 Condannato, a nozze. In addition, she had a prominent part in the international cast of Queen Margot produced by Patrice Chereau. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion , which again earned her a David di Donatello as well as a Grolla of Oro. Asia started directing short films in 1994. Two of them were made: Prospettive, 1996, she produced a documentary on her father, and Abel/Asia in 1998, about the cult film director Abel Ferrara. This latter was recognized at the Rome Film Festival. Asia started directing her first feature film in 1999 with Scarlet Diva (2000). She was also the main actress, and the author of the script. In May 2000, the film was made available both in Italy and across the world. It won an prize at the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. Anna Lou, the first of two daughters she has was born in the month of January of 2001. In 2002, she appeared involved in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action-packed thriller featuring Vin Diesel. Asia's short stories have also appeared in high-profile publications.