Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in America. Ashford is an actress or singer, as well as dancer. Her early Broadway roles are Wicked Legally Blonde & Hair. The Tony Award was given to Ashford for her role as Essie Carmichael from You Can't Take It With You. Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford is a veteran of her time working with some of the most acclaimed actors and directors in the stage, film and TV and she is continuing her award-winning work with several upcoming projects. Ashford can be seen next in the role of Kumail Nanjiani, in Robert Siegel's Hulu exclusive Welcome to Chippendales. It debuts on the 22nd November. Ashford is currently in the making for Searchlight Pictures' terror thriller Dust which also features Sarah Paulson. The film is a Hulu Original and will be streamed on Disney DTC. In March of 2023 Ashford will make a return appearance on Broadway and play alongside Josh Groban in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Thomas Kail, director and producer of Hamilton will lead the production. Ashford was most recently seen as Paula Jones in Ryan Murphy FX series American Crime Story Impeachment. The show centers around the National Crisis, which saw Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky Linda Tripp in the middle of the nation's first impeachment proceedings in Over an Century. She was the star of two seasons on CBS comedy B Positive. It was produced by Chuck Lorre with Marco Pennette. It featured Linda Lavin Sheryl Crow, Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen. Ashford is no stranger to Broadway. Her performance as Essie on You Can't Take It with You won her the Tony Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards. The actress has also performed on Broadway in Sunday in the Park With George Wicked, Legally Blonde and the first character of Lauren as Lauren in Kinky Boots for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Ashford was born and raised in Denver and currently splits her life between Los Angeles, and New York.






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