Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford (born April 14th, 1980) was an American performer, actor as well as a dancer. Her initial roles on Broadway include in the musicals Wicked Legally Blonde and Hair. The role she played in You Can't Take It With You as Essie Carmahiel earned her the Tony Award in Best Featured Female Actress in the Play. Annaleigh, Tony Award-winning actress and director has spent most of her career working alongside well-known directors and actors on screen and in television. Ashford is scheduled to be starring opposite Kumail Nanjiani on the Hulu limited series Welcome to Chippendales from creator Robert Siegel premiering on November 22. Ashford's current project includes the Searchlight Pictures horror thriller Dust, starring alongside Sarah Paulson and Ebonmoss-Bachrach. The film will be available on Disney's DTC platforms and will be available as a Hulu Original. The film will premiere in March 2023. Ashford returns to Broadway and play alongside Josh Groban in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Thomas Kail (director) and Jeffrey Seller (producer), the same duo who produced Hamilton directed the show. Ashford's last performance was Paula Jones on Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment. The series is based on a national scandal which involved Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky, as well as Linda Tripp. Ashford was a part of two seasons in the CBS successful comedy B Positive. The show was created by Chuck Lorre with Marco Pennette. The show featured Linda Lavin Sheryl Crow, Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen. Ashford is no stranger to Broadway. The role she played 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 appeared in Broadway on 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 now divides her life between Los Angeles, and New York.






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