Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

The birthday of actress Ashton B. Whitty falls on 1 October, in Berkeley, California. She is an actor who has been featured in Choices 2010 The Heart and Other Small Shapes 2006 as well as Chrissie Mayr's Content House

Asia Argento was born in Rome, Italy, into an extended family of actors and filmmakers, both occupations which she's been pursuing. As a young girl, Asia Argento made her acting debut in Sergio Cittis's Sogni e bisogni. In 1988 The Church, a film by Michele Soavi The Church was directed by Michele Soavi and she played part of the character Cristina Comencini's Zoo. The following year she played 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 really started to blossom. She played roles that ranged from very young before becoming more mature. Cannes International Film Festival received the film with great awe. For Trauma (1993) the actress made her debut with her father, famed Italian horror director Dario Argento (her mother is one of his favorite actors, Daria Nicolodi, playing an obese girl on the lookout for her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she has acted in together with her father, her first two movies being Trauma & 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 a role that was internationally acclaimed. In 1995 Asia worked with Michel Piccoli to produce Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion, for which she was awarded a David di Donatello. Asia began directing for profession in 1994. The first film she directed was Prospettive. The film she made about her dad and then Abel/Asia (1998) which was a movie that was awarded a prize during the Rome Film Festival in 1998. They were each directed from 1996 to 1998. Asia began her directorial debut as a feature-length film in 1999, with Scarlet Diva (2000). It was also her main performer, as well as the creator for the screenplay. The movie was released globally in the month of May. The film was awarded a prize at the Williamsburg International Film Festival. Brooklyn. Anna Lou was her first born child in the year 2001. After directing several music videos she had Anna Lou. In 2002, she appeared in The Red Siren by Olivier Megaton with Jean-Marc Barr and in the action thriller directed of Rob Cohen, with Vin Diesel. Asian's short stories have been published in some of the most prestigious magazines.