Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

Birthday of Ashton Blaise Whitty is 1 October, in Berkeley, California. She is best known as an actress, having appeared in Choices (2011), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2004) and Chrissie Mair's Content House.

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a filmmaker as well as an actor family. The two professions she chose to pursue were herself. In 1985, she made her debut in the film of Sergio Citti, Sogni e bisogni. In 1988, she played the leading role in Cristina Comencini's first film, Zoo (1988), as well as being part of the cast of The Church (1989), directed by Michele Soavi. Red Wood Pigeon, directed also by Moretti in 1989, played her role as Nanni Moretti's young daughter. Close Friends (written and directed by Michele Placido) was when Asia's acting career began to take off. The roles she played changed from very young to becoming more mature. Cannes International Film Festival received the film with great awe. The Phantom of the Opera was her third film together with her father. Trauma and The Stendhal Syndrome were the two previous films. The Phantom of the Opera is her third film that she's co-produced with her father. The other two being Trauma and The Stendhal SyndromeAsia's intense, dramatic style was well-loved by Giuseppe Picioni's Condannato a nozzeIn 1993 she played a part in Carlo Verdone's Perdiamoci di Via in which she played Arianna, a physically disabled girl. It was a complex, challenging character that earned it the David di Donatello Award for the most outstanding actress . Patrice Chereau directed her in Queen Margot in which she was the main character. In 1995, Asia collaborated with Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion, for which she received a prize from David di Donatello. Asia began directing for a career in 1994. Her debut short film was Prospettive. A documentary she made about her dad followed by Abel/Asia (1998) which was a movie which won an award at the Rome Film Festival, were the two films she directed from 1996 to 1998. Asia directed her debut feature film Scarlet Diva (2000). It was a collaborative effort between Asia as well as screenwriter/actress Linda McCartney. The film came out in May 2000 in Italy as well as the rest of the world. The film won awards at the Williamsburg Festival of Brooklyn, New York. Anna Lou, her first baby, was born in 2001. She directed a number of music videos. In 2002, she starred as Jean-Marc Barr's co-star The Red Siren (Olivier Megaton) and Vin Diesel was the star of Rob Cohen's thriller action The Action. Asia also wrote several short stories which were published in a variety of magazines.