Anna Leigh Ashford

Annaleigh Amanda Ashford (born April 14th in 1980) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. In her early Broadway roles, she played in Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. She received her Tony Award for Best Featured actress in a Play to play Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It With You. Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford spent the majority of her career working alongside renowned actors and directors in stage film and television and she continues that award-winning collaboration with a variety of upcoming projects. Ashford is scheduled to be as a co-star with Kumail Nanjiani, on 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 with Sarah Paulson. The film is scheduled to stream on Disney's DTC platforms and will be available as a Hulu Original. Ashford's Broadway return is scheduled to take place on March 20, 2023. He plays alongside Josh Groban for the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre revival of Stephensondheim's Sweeney Todd. Thomas Kail (director) and Jeffrey Seller (producer), the same team who brought us Hamilton directed the production. Ashford's last role was as Paula Jones on Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment. The show is based on the national scandal which involved Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky, and Linda Tripp. Ashford appeared for two seasons on the CBS popular comedy B Positive. In addition, she appeared on the popular series developed by Marco Pennette Chuck Lorre, that starred legendary actors Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo Ben Vereen. A veteran of Broadway Ashford has been awarded both the Tony Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Awards with her character Essie. Additional Broadway roles for Ashford includes Sunday in the Park, as George Wicked legally Blonde, as well as the role of Lauren in Kinky Boots. For this role, she earned an Tony Award nomination. Ashford splits her life between Los Angeles & New York. Her birthplace was in Denver & raised there.