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Asia Monet Ray is a dancer, singer and actress. She is known for “Dance Moms”, “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition”, “Raising Asia” and “Grey’s anatomy”.

Asia Kate Dillon is an actor from Ithaca, New York, known for playing Brandy Epps in Orange Is the New Black and Taylor Mason in Billions. Dillon identifies as non-binary and uses singular they pronouns. Their role on Billions is the first gender non-binary character on television.

Asia Argento is an Italian actress, singer, model, and director. Argento is best known for portraying her role as Yelena in the action film xXx, the first installment in the xXx franchise.

Asia Nitollano is an American singer, dancer, model and cheerleader. After winning the television series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, Nitollano became a member of the Pussycat Dolls, only to leave a few months later to pursue a solo career.

Asia Agcaoíli is a former Filipino actress, model, columnist for FHM Philippines and TV and radio host.

Asia Kim is an American glamour model. She is of partial Korean descent.

Asia Frigga Booth Clarke was a sister of John Wilkes Booth. She was reportedly given the name Asia because that was where Eden is said to be located.

I think this name's usage in Italy was probably inspired by actress Asia Argento.

Actress Penelope Cruz used to have a cat named Asia. My sister, who's a little snobbish, named our own cat Asia after Pe's cat, so for me, though it's a beautiful name, Asia is the name of an animal.

There is a famous movie star named Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento. Her name was pronounced ah-SHEE-ah. There is a full biography of her at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000782/bio & yes, Asia is a beautiful name. Peace to all that bear it.

I can think of two famous bearers of this name: Asia Argento is an actress. Can't remember what movies she's been in, but I think I heard somewhere she was linked with Vin Diesel at one time. The other famous Asia is the porn star Asia Carrera, whose real name is Jessica Steinhauser. She is of Japanese ancestry and one of her claims to fame is she is a member of Mensa, the organization for high-IQ people.