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Annaleigh Ashford

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 06/05/1985 (38) | Denver, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
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Annaleigh Amanda Ashford (née Swanson; born June 25, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her early roles on Broadway include in the musicals Wicked (2007), Legally Blonde (2007), and Hair (2010). She received the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It With You (2014–2015). Her other Tony-nominated roles include Lauren in Kinky Boots (2013) and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023). She also starred in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George (2017). She released her debut album Lost in the Stars: Live at 54 Below in 2015. Ashford's notable film and television credits include Showtime period drama Masters of Sex (2013-2016), the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable (2019), the HBO film Bad Education (2019), the FX drama Impeachment: American Crime Story ()
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Annaleigh Amanda Ashford (born June 25, 1985) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked (2005–2006; 2007–08), and Margot in Legally Blonde (2007), as well as for originating the role of Lauren in Kinky Boots (2013–14), a performance for which she received a 2013 Tony nomination. Ashford won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Essie Carmichael in the revival of You Can't Take It with You (2014–15).In 2017, she starred as Dot/Marie in the critically acclaimed, limited-run revival of Sunday in the Park with George. Additionally, she is known for portraying the role of Betty DiMello on the period drama television series Masters of Sex, which ran for four seasons on Showtime. In 2019, she starred as Jenny Aquila in Bad Education, and, in 2020, as Paula Jones in Impeachment: American Crime Story.Description above is from the Wikipedia article Annaleigh Ashford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over th ...

Frozen

FSK: 0+ years

2013 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Animation, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
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A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams. ...

Unicorn Store

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2017 | 3.0/5 | 1h 32min
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
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An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations. ...

American Crime Story

FSK: 16+ years

2016- | 3.8/5
Crime, Drama
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William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the ...

Masters of Sex

FSK: 18+ years

2013 | 3.6/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Annaleigh Ashford

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Annaleigh Ashford as Actress(21)

2023 Dust
as Nano2022 American Reject
as Performer2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
as herself2020 One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
as Mimi Mismatch2019 Late Night
as herself2019 Annaleigh Ashford in Concert
as Jenny Aquila2019 Bad Education
as Crying Lady2019 John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
as Lily2019 A Rainy Day in New York
2018 New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Bernstein on Broadway
as Hildy Ostrander2018 Second Act
as Crystal2017 Unicorn Store
as Liza2016 Love on the Run
as Columbia2016 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Anne2016 Better Off Single
2014 Russian Broadway Shut Down
as Michele2014 Top Five
as Additional Voices (voice)2013 Frozen
as Quick Stop Cashier2008 Rachel Getting Married
as Spoiled Label Queen2008 Sex and the City
as Margot2007 Legally Blonde: The Musical

TV Shows/Series with Annaleigh Ashford as Actress(16)

as Irene2022 Welcome to Chippendales
as Alexis Young2020 The Undoing
as Gina2020 B Positive
as Bridget Farrell2019 Evil
as Fliss2018 God Friended Me
as Roisin Orbinson2017 The Good Fight
as Elizabeth Cote2016 American Crime Story
as Paula Jones2016 American Crime Story
as herself2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Shelly Rozansky2015 Younger
as Betty DiMello2013 Masters of Sex
as Lisa McMann2012 Smash
as Lindsay Anderson1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1990 Law & Order
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as herself??? Live from Lincoln Center

Additional Information

Full Name: Annaleigh Ashford
Born: Wednesday, 06/05 1985 (June) in Denver, Colorado (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 38 years + 318 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Marymount Manhattan College, Wheat Ridge High School
Other names for Annaleigh Ashford (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Annaleigh Amanda Ashford"
"Annaleigh Amanda Swanson"
Annaleigh Ashford frequently works together with these people:
Lou Martini Jr. (13x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
William H. Burns (12x, Actor)
Adam LeFevre (11x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
John Doman (10x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (10x, Crew)
Terry Serpico (10x, Actor)
Joe Pentangelo (10x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (10x, Actor)
Jennifer Lee (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:491344, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024