Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento
Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress, born in Berkeley on the 1st of October 1996. She is an actor, known by her roles in Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House (2022).
Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a film and actor family. The two professions she chose to pursue were her own. The actress first made her debut in film when she was nine years old in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni bisogni. At the age of eighteen, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele's The Church. The film featured her as Nanni's daughter. next season in Red Wood Pigeon. It was her career that really was launched with Close Friends, written and directed Michele Placido. It was well received in the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted in her first film with her father, the renowned Italian horror director Dario Argento Her mother is one of the most beloved actresses by Argento, Daria Nicolodi, playing an overweight girl on the lookout for her parents' killer. Asia's absorbed intense style of performing was well used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato nozze. In 1993, she was a co-star in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di vista in which she performed the role of Arianna, a physically disabled girl--an intricate, difficult character that earned an award from David di Donatello for best actress She also had a featured role in the cast international for Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. In 1995 she co-starred with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again earned her the David di Donatello as well as an award of Grolla oro. In 1994 Asia decided to try direct and made two short films in the episode of the film De Generazione In 1996 she produced a documentary about her father and, in 1998, another film on the the cult director Abel Ferrara, AbelAsia which was awarded an award at The Rome Film Festival. Asia made her debut as a director in 1999, with Scarlet Diva. She was also the lead screenwriter and actress. It premiered worldwide in May 2000. The film was honoured during the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York.
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