Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the United States. Ashford is an actress, singer and dancer. Her first Broadway performances, she starred her role in Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. The Tony Award was given to Ashford for her performance as Essie Carmichael from You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh has been collaborating on projects with award-winning directors, actors, and producers throughout the course of her professional career. Ashford will be next as a co-star with Kumail Nanjiani, in Robert Siegel's Hulu exclusive Welcome to Chippendales. It debuts on the 22nd November. Ashford is currently in the making of Searchlight Pictures' terror thriller Dust with Sarah Paulson. The film is scheduled to stream through Disney's DTC platforms, as well as Hulu Original. The film will premiere in March 2023. Ashford will make a return appearance on Broadway and star opposite Josh Groban in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Thomas Kail, director and producer of Hamilton is the director of the show. Ashford played Paula Jones, the main actor in Ryan Murphy's upcoming FX show American Crime Story Impeachment. The show is based on the scandal that brought Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp as well as other main actors into the very first impeachment proceedings in America for more than a century. In two seasons, Ashford was a star of CBS's hit comedy B Positive. It was produced by Chuck Lorre with Marco Pennette. It featured Linda lavin, Hector Elizondo, and Ben Vereen. Ashford is no stranger to Broadway. Her performance as Essie in You Can't Take It with You won her the Tony Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Sunday in the Park with George Wicked legally blonde and the originating part of Lauren in Kinky Boots were among her other Broadway roles. Ashford splits her life between Los Angeles & New York. She was born in Denver and grew up there.






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