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Aria Anna Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento (born 20 September , 1975 , Rome ) is an Italian Television and Film Actress and Director . In Rome, the city's registry office refused to acknowledge ''Asia'' as an appropriate name, and instead officially inscribed her as '''Aria Argento'''. Despite this, she uses the name '''Asia Argento''' professionally. Asia is Pronounced {Ozzy-ah}. BACKGROUND Her mother is the actress Daria Nicolodi and her father is Dario Argento , an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter well known for his work in the Italian Giallo genre, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, on 20 June , 2001 , with Italian Rock And Roll Musician Marco Castoldi , also known as ''Morgan'', as the father. CAREER Asia Argento was directed in one of her first works ''Trauma'' ( 1993 ) by her father, Dario Argento . During this film she also had her first (of many) nude scenes when she was 18. She received the David di Donatello (Italy's response to Hollywood's Academy Award) for Best Actress in 1994 for her performance in ''Perdiamoci di vista!'', and again in 1996 for ''Compagna di viaggio'', which also earned her a Grolla d'oro Award. In 1998, Asia began appearing in the American movies, such as ''B. Monkey'' and '' New Rose Hotel '', alongside Christopher Walken . Asia has also proven her ability to work in multiple lanuages, adding French to the list of languages in which she has performed, with a role in 1994's ''La Reine Margot''. That same year, she made her first foray into directing, calling the shots behind the short films ''Prospettive'' and ''A ritroso''. In 1996, she directed a documentary on her father, and in 1998 a second one on Abel Ferrara , which won her the Rome Film Festival Award. She Directed and Wrote her first movie called '' Scarlet Diva '' (2000) and four years later she directed her second movie, '' The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things '' (2004), this time in the United States . In addition to her accomplishments in the world of film, Asia has written a number of stories for magazines such as ''Dynamo'' and ''L'Espresso'', while her first novel, titled ''I Love You Kirk'', was published in Italy in 1999. CONTROVERSY
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