Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the US. She is an actress or singer, as well as dancer. Some of her early Broadway shows included Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. The role she played on stage in You Can't Take It With You as Essie Carmahiel was rewarded with an award for the Tony Award in Best Featured Female Actor in the Play. Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford has spent the majority of her career collaborating with acclaimed actors and directors across stage film and television and she is continuing her award-winning project with various upcoming ones. Ashford's next project will be a limited-edition Hulu series titled Welcome to Chippendales, created by Robert Siegel. The show debuts on November 22 and Ashford plays opposite Kumail Najiani. Ashford has been working on Searchlight Pictures' horror film Dust that stars Sarah Paulson alongside Ebon and Moss Bachrach. The film is scheduled to air on Disney DTC as an Hulu Original. Ashford will return in 2023. He will be starring opposite Josh Groban at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for the revival of Stephensondheim's Sweeney Todd. Thomas Kail (director) and Jeffrey Seller (producer), the same team who brought us Hamilton, will direct the production. Ashford played Paula Jones most recently in Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment, inspired by the scandal that involved Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp in the nation crisis. Her two-season stint on the CBS show B Positive was her first big part. The show was created by Chuck Lorre with Marco Pennette. The show featured Linda Lavin as well as Hector Elizondo as well as Ben Vereen. Ashford is no stranger to Broadway. Her portrayal of Essie in You Can't Take It with You won her the Tony Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Also, she has performed in Broadway on Sunday in the Park With George Wicked, Legally Blonde and the first role of Lauren In Kinky Boots for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award. Ashford is a Denver origins native, and now splits his time between Los Angeles.
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