Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento
Ashton Blaise Whitty born October 1st of 1995 in Berkeley California USA. She is an actress, famous 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 actor and film family. She pursued both professions herself. The actress made her film debut when she was nine years old in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele Soavi's The Church. Red Wood Pigeon was the subsequent year's film, in which Asia played Nanni's daughter. Close Friends was written by Michele Placido and was directed by her. It was at this point that Asia's career started to grow as she transitioned from young girl roles to mature and complex ones. Cannes International Film Festival received the movie well. Daria Ninodi is the director's loved actress, and she played a young anorexic woman searching for her parents killer in Trauma. Asia worked alongside Dario Argento on three films, Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome and The Phantom of the Opera. In Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozze, Asia's absorbent technique of powerful acting was used well. In 1993, Asia co-starred in the role of Arianna the disabled child in the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista. It was a complex and demanding role that she was awarded the David di Donatello. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio which again brought her the David di Donatello and a Grolla of Oro. Asia started her short film directing career in 1994. In addition, she directed an episode for the movie De Generazione. 1996 saw her direct a documentary with her dad. 1998 was the year she directed AbelAsia about the legendary director Abel Ferrara. This film won a prize at the Rome Film Festival. Asia's debut feature film as a director was Scarlet Diva where she was the main actress, and also wrote the screenplay. The film debuted in May 2000 in Italy as well as around the world. It was honored with an prize in Brooklyn at the Williamsburg International Film Festival.
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