Ashton Whitty and Asia Argento
Ashton Blaise Whitty is an American actress who was born in Berkeley on October 1, 1996. Her work as an actress is known for Choices (2010, The Heart and Other Small Shapes, 2006) as well as Chrissie Mair's Content House 2022.
Asia Argento began her career as an actor as an actress in Rome. The family she is from also includes a number of filmmakers. The actress made her film debut at the age of nine in Sergio Citti's Sogni bisogni. By 1988, she was the star of Cristina Comencini's Zoo and part of Michele Soavi's The Church. Following that her debut, she portrayed Nanni Moritti's daughter as a child in Red Wood Pigeon. Her professional career took off after she landed the role of Nanni's daughter on the set of Close Friends. It was well received at the Cannes International Film Festival. In Trauma she acted for the first time with her father, famed Italian filmmaker of horror Dario Argento her mother is one of Argento's favorite actresses, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. Asia was in Dario's The Phantom of the Opera, the third film she co-directed with her dad. Other films were Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. In 1993, she starred alongside the film Perdiamoci by Carlo Verdone di vista, in which she played Arianna an physically handicapped girl. It was a complex, challenging role that won her the David di Donatello for most outstanding actress. She also played a featured role in the cast international of Queen Margot directed by Patrice Chereau. She worked in Peter Del Monte's Compagna di viaggio with Michel Piccoli, which won her the David di Donatello award and a Grolla of Oro. Asia's debut short film was an episode of the De Generazione movie. Two years after, Asia became a director and produced two films. One of them was AbelAsia is a tribute to her dad. Asia debuted as a director in 1999 with Scarlet Diva. She was also the principal screenwriter and actor. It premiered worldwide in May 2000. The film received an award during the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York.
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