Anna Leigh Ashford
Annaleigh Amanda Ashford was born in the US. Ashford is an actor as well as a singer and dancer. Her first Broadway roles, she played the role of Essie Carmichael in Wicked Legally Blonde Hair. The Tony Award was given to Ashford for her performance as Essie Carmichael, in You Can't Take It With You. Annaleigh, Tony Award-winning actress and director, has spent the majority of her career working with well-known directors and actors on screen and in television. Ashford is next seen opposite Kumail Nannjiani on Robert Siegel's Hulu Limited series Welcome to Chippendales premiering November 22. Ashford's current project includes the Searchlight Pictures horror thriller Dust and he will be starring with Sarah Paulson and Ebonmoss-Bachrach. The film is an Hulu Original, the film will be a part of Disney Digital Television's channels. Ashford will return to Broadway in the month of March 2023 in which he'll be starring alongside Josh Groban opposite Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. The production will be held at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The team behind Hamilton director Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail is at the leading the show. Ashford's latest performance was Paula Jones on Ryan Murphy FX's American Crime Story Impeachment. It is based upon the National scandal that featured Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky, as well as Linda Tripp. She was also the lead in two seasons on CBS Comedy B Positive. The show was created by Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre it also featured legendary actors Linda Lavin Hector Elizondo and Ben Vereen.No new to Broadway Ashford has won Tony Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Essie in You Can't Take It with You. Her additional Broadway roles include Sunday in the Park with George Wicked Legally Blonde and the lead role in Lauren as Lauren in Kinky Boots a performance for which she was awarded a second Tony Award nomination. She was born and grew up in Denver Ashford currently splits her time between Los Angeles and New York.






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