Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in America. Ashford is an actor or singer, as well as dancer. Her early Broadway roles included Wicked Legally Blonde & Hair. She received her Tony Award for Best Featured actress in the Play for playing Essie Carmichael in You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh Ashley, Tony Award winning actor and actress has collaborated with directors, actors, and other performers in stage and on screen throughout all of her career. Ashford's upcoming project is a limited-edition Hulu show called Welcome to Chippendales, created by Robert Siegel. The show premieres on November 22, and Ashford plays opposite Kumail Najiani. Ashford is in the production for Searchlight Pictures' terror thriller Dust starring Sarah Paulson. The film will stream through Disney's DTC platforms and will be available as a Hulu Original. Ashford is set to appear alongside Josh Groban on Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre during the march 2023 revival of Stephen Sondheims Sweeney Todd. Thomas Kail (director) and Jeffrey Seller (producer), the same duo who created Hamilton directed the musical. Ashford's latest part was that of Paula Jones on Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment. It is based upon the nationwide scandal that involved Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky, and Linda Tripp. She starred in two seasons of the cult CBS comedy B Positive. It was developed by Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre the series also starred legendary performers Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen.No new to Broadway Ashford was awarded the Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Essie as Essie in You Can't Take It with You. 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 was born and raised in Denver and currently splits her time between Los Angeles, and New York.






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