Asia Argento and Ashton Whitty

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

Asia Argento is an Italian actress and film director who is a member of a large family of both. She's pursued the two professions her own. In 1985, she made her debut in Sergio Citti's Sogni e bisogni. She played the lead role in Cristina Comencini's Zoo (1988) and also appeared as part of Michele Soavi's 1989 film The Church. Then, in 1989, she played Nanni Moretti's (also directed by Michele Soavi) daughter in Red Wood Pigeon. Close Friends (1992), written and directed by Michele Placido was the film that launched Asia's acting career. She was able move between roles for young girls to complex and mature roles. Cannes International Film Festival was a huge success for the film. In Trauma (1993) the actress was the first to work alongside her father, the renowned Italian filmmaker Dario Argento (her mother is among the most beloved actors of Argento, Daria Nicolodi, playing an anorexic girl in search of her parents' killer. The Phantom of the Opera is the third film she has acted in alongside her father, with which includes Trauma & The Stendhal Syndrome. Asia's absorbed and intense approach to acting was also utilized by Giuseppe Piccioni in Condannato a nozze. Patrice Chereau directed Queen Margot and she played a crucial part. In 1995 she worked with Michel Piccoli in Peter Del Monte's Traveling Companion , which again won her a David diDonatello and a Grolla of Oro. Asia took up directing as an occupation in the year 1994. Her first short film was Prospettive. A documentary she made about her dad and then Abel/Asia (1998), a film which won an award during the Rome Film Festival and was both produced between 1996 and 1998. Asia debuted 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 was released in May 2000 in Italy, and throughout the globe. It was awarded a trophy during the Williamsburg International Film Festival, Brooklyn. In 2001, following the directing of a number of music videos, she gave birth to the first of her daughters, 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 thriller featuring Vin Diesel. The short stories of Asia have been featured in prestigious publications.