Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

The birthday of actress Ashton B. Whitty falls on 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is an actress known as the actress behind Choices (2010), The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento was raised in Rome by a film maker as well as an actor family. She pursued both professions her own. At nine years of age she made her feature film debut alongside Sergio Citti in Sogni e bisogni. She played the lead in the film as Cristina Comencini in her first film Zoo in 1989. Michele Soavi directed The Church 1989. Later in the year, she was Nanni Moretti's daughter in Red Wood Pigeon (1989) (also directed by Moretti). Close Friends (written and directed by Michele Placido) was when Asia's acting career took off. Her roles went from very young to becoming more mature. The film received a great reception in the Cannes International Film Festival. Trauma (1996) and The Stendhal Sydrome (1996) are other films she has collaborated on with her renowned father. The Phantom of the Opera is her third movie with her Father, which includes 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 directed Queen Margot. The actress had an international part. She also was in a role with Michel Piccoli as Traveling Companion by Peter Del Monte. This part earned her an award from David di Donatello (for the most talented actor) and the Grolla of Oro. Asia took up directing as an occupation in the year 1994. Her debut short film was Prospettive. The documentary she wrote about her father and then Abel/Asia (1998) which was a movie that won a prize in the Rome Film Festival and was each directed from 1996 to 1998. Asia made her debut as a feature-length director with Scarlet Diva (2000). The film featured her as a director. She was also the lead actress and wrote the screenplay. The film released May 2000 both in Italy, and throughout the globe. The film was released on Brooklyn, New York it received an award from the Williamsburg film festival. Anna Lou was her first born daughter in 2001. After having directed a number of music videos, she got Anna Lou. In 2002, she was in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action-packed thriller with Vin Diesel. The short stories of Asia have appeared in high-profile publications.