Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

The birthday of actress Ashton B. Whitty falls on 1 October in Berkeley, California. She is a famous actress who has appeared in Choices (2010). The Heart and Other Small Shapes (2006,) and Chrissie Mayr's Content House.

Asia Argento is an Italian actress and film director who was born into the largest family with both. She's pursued the two professions her own. In 1985 she debuted in Sergio Citti'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. In 1989, she was Nanni Moretti's (also directed by Michele Soavi) child in Red Wood Pigeon. Close Friends, written and directed by Michele Placido in 1992, was the film that launched Asia's career off. After playing the role of young girls, she moved on to perform more challenging and mature characters. Cannes International Film Festival received the film well. Trauma (1996) and The Stendhal Syndrome are others she's worked on with her famous father. The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she's co-produced alongside her father, the previous two being Trauma as well as The Stendhal Syndrome. Asia's deeply absorbed and dramatic style was well-used in Giuseppe Piccioni's Condannato a nozzeIn 1993 she was a co-star in the film Perdiamoci di Via in which she portrayed Arianna a physically handicapped girl. This was an intricate and difficult part that earned it the David di Donatello Award for the most outstanding actress . In addition, she had a prominent part in the international cast of Queen Margot produced by Patrice Chereau. Her next collaboration was with Michel Piccoli on Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion in 1995, earning her another David di Donatello as and the title Grolla D'oro. Asia began directing for a career in 1994. Her debut short film was Prospettive. The film she made about her dad followed by Abel/Asia (1998) which was a movie that won a prize in the Rome Film Festival in 1998. They were the two films she directed from 1996 to 1998. In 1999 Asia was the first to direct a feature film with Scarlet Diva (2000), where she acted as the lead actress as well as the writer for the script. In May 2000, the film was released both in Italy as well as around the world. The film won an award in the Williamsburg Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. Anna Lou, her first baby, was born in the year 2001. She has directed numerous music videos. In 2002, she was in The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton and starred alongside Jean-Marc Barr. Rob Cohen also directed the action thriller with Vin Diesel. Asia is the creator of several short stories, that have been published in a variety of magazines.