Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento
Ashton Blaise Whitty (born October 1, 95 at Berkeley California) is an actress. She is an actress from America that has appeared in Choices (2010) as well as The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004).
Asia Argento was raised in Rome by an actor and film family. The two professions she chose to pursue were herself. Her first film came out when she was just nine years old old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e Bisogni in 1988. she had the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo, and was part of the cast of The Church directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon was the next year, and Asia played Nanni's child. Close Friends was written by Michele Placido and was directed by her. It was at this point that Asia's career took off She shifted from girlish roles to more mature and complicated roles. It was a huge success at the Cannes International Film Festival. Daria Argento, her mother, and one of Argento's favorite actors, Daria is an anorexic teenage girl who was searching for the killer of her parents in Trauma. Asia worked alongside Dario Argento on three movies, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome and the Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze, Asia's absorbed manner of character acting was utilized well. In 1993 she co-starred in the Perdiamoci of Carlo Verdone di vista, in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult character that earned her the David di Donatello award for the best actress. She was also an important role in the cast international for Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. She was a part of Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio with Michel Piccoli and won a David di Donatello as well as a Grolla of Oro. In 1994, Asia decided to try the art of directing, and produced two short films in the episode of the movie De Generazione In 1996 she directed a documentary on her father and, in 1998, a film about the cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which was awarded an award at AbelAsia, which was awarded an award at the Rome Film Festival. Asia began directing her first feature in 1999. It was Scarlet Diva. In this movie she also acted as the star and wrote the script. The film was released in May 2000 in Italy and the rest of the world. The film was awarded an distinction in Brooklyn at the Williamsburg International Film Festival.
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