Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Birthday of Ashton Blaise Whitty falls on 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is best known for her acting who has appeared in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004) and Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an extended family of actors and filmmakers. Both professions she herself has taken up. Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti and starring Asia Argento when she was nine was her first film. In 1988 the film of Michele Soavi's The Church was directed by Michele Soavi and she played the role of Cristina Comencini's Zoo. Red Wood Pigeon, directed also by Moretti in 1989, was her character as Nanni Moretti's daughter. Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido in 1992, was where Asia's career took off. From playing young girls, she moved on to more complicated and mature roles. Cannes International Film Festival was a huge success for the film. Trauma (1996) as well as The Stendhal Sydrome (1996) are two other movies she worked on with her famous father. The Phantom of the Opera will be her third film together with her father, her first two movies being Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome. Asia's absorbed and intense approach to acting has also been used by Giuseppe Piccioni in Condannato a Nozze. Patrice Chereau was the director. Queen Margot as well. She played the role of an physically handicapped girl in the movie. In 1995, Asia worked alongside Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion, for which she received a prize from David di Donatello. Asia was the first director she met in 1994 with two shorts. Prospettive. In 1996, Asia directed a documentary about her father. in 1998 Asia produced Abel/Asia (2000) which was an award-winning documentary on Abel Ferrara. Asia directed her debut feature film Scarlet Diva (2000). The film was a collaboration with Asia with screenwriter/actor Linda McArtney. It was released on May 20, 2000, both in Italy and across the globe. The film was released on Brooklyn, New York it received an award from the Williamsburg film festival. After directing several music videos, she gave birth to the first of her daughters, Anna Lou. The year 2002 saw Asia appear as Jean-Marc Barr's co-star in The Red Siren (Olivier Megaton) as well as Vin Diesel was the star in Rob Cohen's thriller The Action. Asia has also written a few short stories that have been published by many magazines.