Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the United States. Ashford is an actress as well as a singer and dancer. Her early Broadway shows include Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. For her role as Essie in You Can't Take It With You she received the Tony Award. Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford is a veteran of her career working alongside renowned actors and directors across the stage, film and TV and she will continue that work with several upcoming projects. Ashford in the near future will play opposite Kumail in Robert Siegel's Hulu-exclusive series Welcome to Chippendales which premieres the 22nd of November. Ashford is currently working for Searchlight Pictures' horror thriller Dust which stars Sarah Paulson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. It's also available in the form of an Hulu Original on Disney DTC. Ashford is scheduled to return to Broadway in the month of March 2023 in which he'll be starring alongside Josh Groban opposite Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. The production takes place located at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The group behind Hamilton director Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail is at the control of the production. Ashford has most recently played Paula Jones in the new Ryan Murphy FX series American Crime Story Impeachment based on the nation's crisis, which swept across the country. Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp as principal characters for the first impeachment proceedings in over 100 years. She starred in two seasons of hit CBS comedy B Positive. Created by Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre it also featured legendary actors Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen.No no stranger to Broadway Ashford has won Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her role as Essie as Essie in You Can't Take It with You. Sunday in the Park with George Wicked legally blonde and the original role of Lauren in Kinky Boots were among her other Broadway roles. Ashford, who was born in Denver is now based in Los Angeles and New York.
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